AustLit

Set in the Western District of Victoria in the 1850s, a roving miner falls in love with a widow's daughter. She is lost one night during a wild storm, goes mad and dies, her mother soon following. Straightforwrad. (PB)

A child actress dies through overwork - told by her father. Sentimental. (PB)

On the want of charity in judging others. (PB)

On his dress, horse and habits. (PB)

Set on the worked out diggings at Sporting Flat, Dunolly, two large-hearted miners cede their claim to a poor miner and his starving family trying to eke out a living. Generous tale. (PB)

Sunset after a hot Australian day in a seaside suburb witnesses the reunion of long-time pride-separated lovers. Atmospheric focus rather than narrative account. (PB)

The narrator dreams of the thief who robs him - and meets the half-mad balladeer Dan O'Toole selling his songs, other books etc. (PB)

Phelim, an Irishman in the colonies, makes a wild ride and is mistaken for a bushranger while attempting to recapture his stolen horse. Only it is not his horse - for he was riding it himself ... (PB)

A London detective visiting friends - a banker and his son - becomes involved in solving the son's murder, and in doing so uncovers an avenging murdress responsible for a series of murders in England. Plot involves an ex-convict, the mudress' son. (PB)

A young orphans solves a Melbourne murder through information gleaned while hitching a ride behind a city 'bus'. The victim was a gold miner collecting £10000 for the sale of his mine ... Straightforward tale, well-told. (PB)

The injury of a street-child run over by a carriage brings together the two people she loves. Set in Melbourne: the first part told in the voice of the street child; the second by the beautiful betrayed woman she admires. Includes scenes in the Children's Hospital, and a sketch of the hard life of the child on the streets. Interesting in voice and form but tone conventional. (PB)