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Notes
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Contents indexed selectively.
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The copy sighted for indexing at the National Library of Australia has part of page thirteen torn out.
Contents
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Popular Pressmen : No. X : Walter Jeffery,
single work
biography
(p. 3)'Yelwarc' provides an account of Walter Jeffery's early career in London and his literary output in Australia; he particularly notes Jeffery's collaboration with Louis Becke on novels such as A First Fleet Family.Note: port. (Walter Jeffery)
- What Pricei"The worth of a land-boomer's I. O. U.", single work poetry (p. 3)
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A Dilemmai"She stood upon the Esplanade,",
single work
poetry
(p. 3)
Note: Final line written by Ernest Simms.
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A Shocki"Beneath a spreading gum tree's shade,",
single work
poetry
(p. 3)
Note: Published without final line.
- La Belle Maiei"Oft, in a noontide dream,", single work poetry (p. 5)
- Stevensonia, single work column (p. 6)
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Purely Personal,
single work
column
(p. 7)A column reporting snippets of personal information on Victorian identities. In this column reference is made to Louis Becke's visit to London and the interest in that visit taken by the Earl of Roseberry.
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Gum-Suckeri"O for the mad, mad rush through the perfumed bush,",
single work
poetry
(p. 10)
Note: Illustrated by Lionel Lindsay.
- Mollyi"I'm sitting here cursing the weather", single work poetry humour (p. 10)
- A Psalm of Sorrowi"This knowledge is Truth-", single work poetry (p. 10)
- How Finnegan Lost His Quidi"Finnegan of Coonamoona stood upon the taproom floor-", single work poetry humour (p. 11)
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Henry Lawson - An Amende,
single work
correspondence
(p. 12)Mrs Ellen Todd takes offence at Steele Grey's description (in 'Henry Lawson: A Fellow Poet's View') of Louisa Lawson as a 'currency lass'. Todd outlines Lawson's editorship of the Dawn and extols her other virtues (including raising her son, Henry Lawson). In response, the editor of the Free-Lance apologises for any offence caused by the use of the term, explaining that it 'is generally understood (by vide Rolf Boldrewood among others) as meaning simply an Australian-born girl'.Note: Written as E. J. Todd.
- Before and After, single work short story (p. 13)
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Scribblers and Screed,
single work
column
(p. 14)
A column canvassing current literary news including announcements of upcoming publications of Australian writers by Angus and Robertson, Ward, Locke & Co. and Routledge. (Most of the titles noted appeared in 1896, but the column mentions a prose work by A. B. Paterson - 'A Saltbush Certainty' - and a novel by Henry Lawson - 'The Hero of Ridelay [Red Clay]' - which do not appear to have been published.)
The column notes Steele Robertson's intention to publish a collection of his poems under the title 'The Pathway of the Sun', 'a poem which led off a Christmas Bulletin a couple of years back'.
Reprinted is an item from the previous week's Sydney Daily Telegraph, reproduced from the London Daily Mail. The column relates to Ethel Turner's presentation in London society by Frances Hodgson Burnett. (The Free-Lance disputes the timing of Turner's visit, claiming the author was in Sydney at the time of her supposed London visit.)
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Mrs Waverley Brown
Reminiscences of the Demon Thought,
single work
short story
(p. 15)Mrs Waverley Brown is a member of the Congregational Church and secretary of the Higher Life and Purity Society. Speaking with an acquaintance in the society, she disparages women who work as prostitutes. In fact, Waverley Brown also is a prostitute. Her secret is discovered and, to avoid exposure, she quietly resigns her position in the society claiming 'highly strung nerves' and a period of 'dangerous excitement'.
- A Pair of Foolsi"They stand beside the gate, apart,", single work poetry (p. 15)
- The Burial of Moloneyi"Dear Mick, I said I'd drop a line", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Cloudlandi"Slow waves the long wild grass upon the heights,", single work poetry (p. 15)
