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Issue Details: First known date: 1893... vol. 28 no. 334 March 1893 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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Contents

* Contents derived from the 1893 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Boscobel House, single work prose
Account of the locality in England and the sanctuary given there in an oak tree to King Charles II, fleeing from Cromwell. (PB)
 (p. 355)
Juliet, K. C. , single work short story romance

A pretty country woman of good blood, raised by her yeoman farmer aunt and uncle, falls in love with the apparently widowed father of a little girl they agree to board. After they have declared their love he confesses that he is married but his wife has run away with another man, and he departs for India for three years. He returns on learning of his wife's death but then discovers that Juliet's father is the man who ran off with his wife. He refuses to marry Juliet until her father dies. The latter dies in Canada, and then Juliet is dying of consumption. She dies six months after her marriage in the south of France ... (PB)

 (p. 358-362)
One of Many, M. L. (Mrs) Rayne , single work prose
An abused wife refuses to let her drunken husband in until he is sober. Love and compassion move him to relent and in the morning she finds him dead ... Woman's self-sacrificing love. (PB)
 (p. 362)
The Bachelor's Dilemma, single work short story humour
Bachelor left in charge of baby sleeping and his futile attempts to calm it when it wakes, crying. (PB)
 (p. 369)
Miss Martha's Sacrifice, Florence B. Hallowell , single work short story romance
Romance of an old maid who surrenders her savings and thus her independence to save the man she loves from financial ruin. He marries another, unaware of her love or her generosity, and he prospers while she is driven to the poor house. (PB)
 (p. 370-372)
Parting is Such Sweet Pain, single work prose romance
Passionate farewell of lovers separating for two hours. (PB)
 (p. 372)
The Stratagem, single work short story romance
A headstrong woman's consent to the marriage desired by her parents is won after her suitor changes identity with a family friend visiting at the same time. (PB)
 (p. 373-376)
Writing for Life, single work short story
Tale of two hard-working doctors and a railway trip from London to Exeter during which the narrator's quick thinking averts his companion's insane decision to kill them both. (PB)
 (p. 376)
Stolen Gold, Lionel Sparrow , single work short story adventure romance
1854. Romance on the Ballarat diggings against a backdrop of the Eureka revolt. Young Frank West saves the daughter of a dead American digger from a fire at a low tavern, and takes on her guardianship, finding her respectable accommodation with a prosperous family. He also tracks down and wins back her gold inheritance stolen from a friend of her father's, murdered as he was planning to return it to her. True love follows. Includes a sly grog shanty, the Eureka rebellion, etc. (PB)
 (p. 377-383)
A Tragic Episode of Army Life, single work short story war literature
Tale of a lieutenant dogged through his army career by a crime committed as a youth. His advisor counsels against suicide but recomemnds he lose his dishonour and meet death fighting the Indians in the West. He does. (PB)
 (p. 383-384)
A Highland Echo, single work prose humour
Humorous account of a Highlander's naive astonishment at their echo speaking foreign languages. (PB)
 (p. 384)
My Burglar Friend, single work short story crime
A lawyer's defence of an enterprising burglar is rewarded years later, after the man's quick escape from gaol, by the return of silver and jewellery stolen from the lawyer's house. (PB)
 (p. 391-392)
The Lost Wig, single work short story humour
Tale of a bald young man's wig lost at a neighbouring Hall and not found until his honeymoon eleven years later. (PB)
 (p. 392)
Poor Nellie, W. W. , single work short story crime
A young English doctor comes to live in a small Victorian country town. He makes friends with the local mounted trooper, son of a 'good old English family' and goes to live in an old watch house on a local squatter's property. The squatter's younger daughter Nellie, a little mentally impaired, has an informal 'house' of her own there - and the doctor discovers she meets there a violent and cruel bushranger who uses as a tool to get money from her father. Theft and murder follows. (PB)
 (p. 393-399)
The Hon. Tommie Arden's Straight Tip, single work short story romance
Society betting tale. A former man about town reforms when he marries, but finding honesty does not pay and encouraged by his wife, he contracts a sure way of winning £1200 per race day. He bets for friends ... (PB)
 (p. 400-401)
A Woman's Nerve, single work short story
The celebrated actress Madame Vestris plays her greatest part in pretending ignorance of a terrible burglar in her room while sending for help. Purportedly true. (PB)
 (p. 413-414)
A Crime on the Line, Luke Sharp , single work short story crime detective
Murder mystery on an English railway line. A witness' evidence is doubted at first due to intoxication - but an engineer explains it ... includes Scotland Yard and a trial. (PB)
 (p. 414-415)
In Wolf's Clothing, H. M. Paull , single work short story
A brother and sister travel to Dartmoor to paint and to restore the sister's health. The brother is lost on the moor, robbed of his valuables and clothes by an escaped convict, and arrested as the escapee. A night in gaol and a summary hearing follow before his release - to find his sister and the household have not missed him. (PB)
 (p. 415-420)
Up the Eiffel Tower, Luke Sharp , single work prose
An American tourist's journey up the tower with a fellow traveller's reassuring thoughts on elevators, and the solution to the graffiti artist's desire for immortality ... (PB)
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Notes:
Includes second instalment of 'The Mystery of Big Oakey', pp. 349-354.
Notes:
Includes fifth instalment of 'Fernbrook's Double : A Romance of Maoriland', pp. 363-368.
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Includes the first instalment of Laura Jean Libbey's 'A Mad Betrothal : A Love Story of Intensely Thrilling Interest', pp. 385-391.
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Includes the final instalment of Mrs Anna Boulter's 'Jack and I', pp. 356-358.
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