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Issue Details: First known date: 1881... vol. 17 no. 196 September 1881 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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Contents

* Contents derived from the 1881 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Untitled, single work obituary (p. 1)
The Late Mr. Marcus Clarke, single work prose
Obituary which recedes republication of His Natural Life. (PB)
 (p. 1)
The Colonel's Secret, George A. Walstab , single work short story
Tragedy of an English officer retired to Victoria who lives in seclusion with his sister. The local doctor is finally consulted when she has a fit of insanity and discovers the cause is the brutal breach of their engagement by her fiancee and his subsequent execution by her brother in a duel. Touching (and a little disturbing) portrait of brotherly/sisterly love. (PB)
 (p. 15-20)
Barbara's Sacrifice, Martin , single work short story
A dutiful daughter promises to marry a rich friend of her father's to save him from ruin and suicide, sacrificing her true love. The old man learns of her nobility and swaps grooms at the altar. Slight. (PB)
 (p. 21-22)
Winning an Heiress!, Herbert Herbert , single work short story romance
English romance of nobility. An impoverished handsome nobleman is convinced to win an heiress to retrieve his fortunes. He visits Lady Derwentwater's country house, openly avowing his attentions, and wins the love of his lady Maud Reading against her scornful intentions. Only when it appears that she too has lost her fortune is his true love revealed. Dashing passionate country house romance - formulaic but effective. (PB)
 (p. 26-28)
Little Jimmy, single work short story
A tale of a poor deformed invalid boy's illness and death - Roman Catholic overtones. Child pathos. Probably England/London. (PB)
 (p. 29)
Beautiful Children : A Story for Little Girls, Mrs Harrison Lee , single work children's fiction children's
Exemplary tale of plain but beautiful souled Jane whose humble self-denial teaches Maggie Milton that there is more than vanity and selfishness. (Sewing is the main occupation!) (PB)
 (p. 30)
She Read Her Title Clear, single work prose
A theology student is encouraged to propose by the titles of some books he is indexing with his admired one's assistance. (PB)
 (p. 39)
Captain Marvin's Housekeeper, W. W. , single work short story
A penniless English emigrant seeking work accepts a position as child's companion on a Victorian country station. On her arrival she finds the housekeeper full of citterness to her employer, the Captain, and his apparently mentally impaired daughter. The housekeeper's real identity, her madness and her terrible revenge through explosion and fire on the captain and his daughter are vividly portrayed. (PB)
 (p. 40-46)
The Great Prize, T. G. , single work short story
An old man advises his nephew to marry and cites his own petty tyranny which broke the spirit of his first wife as an example not to be followed. Preacherly. (PB)
 (p. 46-47)
A High Barometer, single work prose
US anecdote of a negro servant's attempt to ensure his master fine weather by placing the barometer at the top of a tree. (PB)
 (p. 47)
An Old Trapper's Reminiscences, Emerson Bennett , single work short story
A trapper in far west USA recalls his youthful love for Lucy Waterman on a Tennessee plantation, and the duel in which he killed a rival. Rough western romance. (PB)
 (p. 48-49)
Amusements, single work short story
Negro wisdom on the link between humanity and enjoyment of life. From Brudder Gardner. (PB)
 (p. 49)
Shams, S. H. , single work prose
On their hypocrisy and egotism, and the importance of truth. (PB)
 (p. 55)
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Notes:
Includes the first instalment of W. W.'s 'The Five-Acre Paddock', pp. 97-101.
Notes:
Includes final instalment of Sylvanus Cobb Jnr's serial fiction, 'The Dragoon's Plot; Or, the Fortunes of A Cornish Wrecker', pp. 22-25.
Notes:
Includes second instalment of Major Alfred Rochefort's serial fiction 'A Strange Case; Or, Beaten With His Own Weapons', pp. 31-39.
Notes:
Includes the first instalment of Marcus Clarke's serial fiction, 'His Natural Life', pp. 3-14.
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