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- y A Colonial King London : F. V. White , 1905 Z273451 1905 single work novel
- y A Colonial Tramp : Travels and Adventures in Australia and New Guinea London : Ward and Downey , 1891 Z844896 1891 single work autobiography travel London : George Bell and Sons , 1898
- y Paving the Way : A Romance of the Australian Bush London : Gay and Bird , 1893 Z445727 1893 single work novel London : George Bell and Sons , 1898
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Blood Tracks of the Bush : An Australian Romance
London
:
George Bell and Sons
,
1900
Z445627
1900
single work
novel
His novel explicitly deals with the massacres of Aborigines by settlers. It was less successful than his earlier work, "partly because inferior, but also because he courageously and accurately portrayed horrific mass-murders of Aborigines by police and pastoralists. The public was not ready for such honesty."
Source: G. K. Jenkin, 'Newland, Simpson (1835–1925)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 11, Melbourne University Press, 1988, pp 10–12.
London : George Bell and Sons , 1900 - y The Woman of Death London : George Bell and Sons , 1900 Z799086 1900 single work novel mystery London : George Bell and Sons , 1900
- y A Cabinet Secret London : John Long , Z799083 1900 single work novel war literature London : George Bell and Sons , 1900
- y The Childerbridge Mystery London : F. V. White , 1902 Z799119 1902 single work novel mystery London : George Bell and Sons , 1902
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The Curse of the Snake
London
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F. V. White
,
1902
Z799101
1902
single work
novel
horror
Set in tropical Queensland, Melbourne and Hong Kong, and filled with malevolence, murder, evil deeds and possession, The Curse of the Snake is one of Boothby's scarcer thrillers.
London : F. V. White , 1902 - y A Tramp's Note-book London : F. V. White , 1904 Z1385420 1904 selected work autobiography travel London : George Bell and Sons , 1904
- y A Brighton Tragedy London : F. V. White , 1905 Z799155 1905 single work novel romance London : George Bell and Sons , 1905
- y The Eternal Feminine London : Hurst and Blackett , 1907 Z166118 1907 single work novel London : George Bell and Sons , 1907
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A Saint in Mufti : A Novel
London
:
Eveleigh Nash
,
1910
Z805151
1910
single work
novel
'Major Sarning (an extremely seedy gentleman who chums in a very seedy London lodging-house with an almost equally seedy writer and actor) is walking home in the fog one night when he stumbles upon a derelict girl. His pity is aroused, then his interest, and, very much against the derelict's wish, he furnishes her with first aid in the shape of much-needed food and shelter, while he passes the night supperless on the landing. Despite his own slender means he decides, in confederation with his two doubting friends, and with the consent (for a consideration) of his even more doubting land-lady, to afford the girl more permanent shelter and succour. Betty's story has been a very sad one, and it is difficult to break down her callous disregard for respectability ; but the generous attitude of her protectors does at last break it down, and the gentle and disinterested consideration of two of them wins her to even higher levels than of merely negative virtue. In her effort to be good Betty meets many obstacles, but the beautiful charity and selflessness of the down-at-heels Major helps her at every turn.'
Source:
'The Bookworm's Corner', Freeman's Journal, 19 May 1910, p.32.
London : Eveleigh Nash , 1910