BOOKS AND COLLECTIONS
Australian Essays
80. Melbourne: William Inglis, 1886. 167p.
Contents: “Melbourne and Her Civilization,” “The Poetry of Adam Lindsay Gordon” (originally published Melbourne Review, 10.38 [April 1885]: 196-210), “The Salvation Army,” “Sydney and Her Civilization,” “Culture,” “Dawnwards: A Dialogue.”
81. London: Griffith, Farran, 1886. Same as 80.
82. London: Griffith, Farran, 1892. New and cheaper edition (1/-). Same as 80.
The Australians: A Social Sketch
83. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1893. Based largely on articles published in Fortnightly Review. “Social Life in Australia” (1891), “Some Australian Men of Mark” (1892), “Two Australian Writers” (1892).
The New Egypt: A Social Sketch
84. Ed. with Preface, J.W. Longsdon. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1893. Unfinished at FA’s death. 297p.
Essays in Modernity: Criticisms and Dialogues
85. London & New York: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1899. Most essays previously published in Fortnightly Review (FR). 253p.
Contents: “Tennyson” (New Review, March 1894), “Democracy: A Dialogue” (as “A New Capitalist,” Contemporary Review, Jan 1892), “An Anglo-Indian Story-Teller” (FR, Nov 1891), “The Poetry and Criticism of Mr. Swinburne,” “Some Recent Novels” (FR, July 1892), “Shelley” (FR, Aug 1892), “Mr Rudyard Kipling’s Verse” (FR, Nov 1893), “The Hunt for Happiness: A Dialogue” (FR, Dec 1893).
ESSAYS IN NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES
86. “Tennyson.” Victorian Review, Vol. 11. Two parts: 1 Jan 1885:241-61; 2 Feb 1885:408-16.
87. “Arnold.” Victorian Review, Vol. 11. Two parts: 2 March 1885:522-41; 1 April 1885:682-90.
88. “The Poetry of Adam Lindsay Gordon.” Melbourne Review, 10.38 (April 1885): 196-210. Reprinted in 80, 81, 82 with one minor revision.
89. “Dante Rossetti.” Victorian Review, Vol. 12. Two parts: 1 June 1885:198-209; 1 July 1885:281-86.
90. “Introduction to Othello.” Victorian Review, Vol. 13 (1 Jan 1886):229-37.
91. “The Church and the Stage.” Queensland Review, 1.3 (June 1886):275-77.
92. [FA] Review of ‘Mr. Heney’s “Fortunate Days.”’ Brisbane Courier, 29 Nov 1886:5. Identified through letter to Francis Adams from Thomas Heney in National Library of Australia MS 3271/1, enclosed in letter from Francis Adams to J. Branton Stephens.
93. “The Prose Works of Marcus Clarke.” Sydney Quarterly Magazine, 4.2 (June 1887): 115-35.
94. Tribute to Carl Feilberg (editor of Brisbane Courier). Boomerang, 19 Nov 1887:13.
95. “Australian Civilisation. A Gaol Flogging.” Bulletin, 26 Nov 1887:4.
96. “Australian Civilisation. A Gaol Flogging.” Darling Downs Gazette, 3 Dec 1887:5. Reprint of 95.
97. “What the Chinese Can Teach Us.” Boomerang, 11 Feb 1888:10. Reply, “The Case for the Anti-Chinese” by “Sketcher,” same page.
98. “A Voice from the Bush.” Bulletin, 14 April 1888:7. Letter about attribution of authorship of the poem, “A Voice from the Bush,” often mistaken for Gordon’s.
99. By Proteus. Note on the death of English artist Frank Miles. Boomerang, 5 May 1888:9.
100. “Dear Bulletin” In defence of Sarah Bernhardt. Bulletin, 16 June 1888:12. Signed F.A.
101. [Attrib. to FA by I.M. Britain], “Overflowing China: Travelling Through the Lands Invaded by the Mongol,” in eight parts, all in Boomerang. Parts I to IV, “Port Darwin,” 12 May 1888:13; 19 May 1888:13-14; 9 June 1888:9-10; 30 June 1888:9; Part V “Port Darwin to Samarang,” 7 July 1888:13; Part VI “Samarang,” 14 July 1888:14; Part VII “Batavia & Tand-Jong Priok,” 4 Aug 1888:11; Part VIII “Singapore,” 11 Aug 1888:5.
102. “Realism.” Centennial, 1.1 (Aug 1888):56-60.
103. “Queensland Affairs. Two portraits and a Social Sketch.” Daily Telegraph, Monday 13 Oct 1888:9.
104. “The Contemporary Stage.” Centennial, 1.4 (Nov 1888):201-04.
105. “Two Judicial Murders: A Leaf from our Civilisation.” Boomerang, 17 Nov 1888:10.
106. “Matthew Arnold.” Centennial, 1.6 (Jan 1889):403-07.
107. “Shakspere: An Address for the Brisbane Literary Circle.” Centennial, 1.8 (March 1889): 574-78.
HIM, “Australian Criticism and the Reaction Against Gordon.” Centennial, 2.7 (Feb 1890):547-52.
109. “A Book to Read. The Latest Gilded Pill.” Review of Edward Bellamy’s Looking Backward. Bulletin, 1 Feb 1890:13.
110. “Adams on Gordon.” Boomerang, 1 March 1890:18. Letter from FWLA protesting at its description (15 Feb 1890:7) of his Centennial essay on A.L. Gordon as hostile, and an editorial reply.
111. “Apropos of Mr. R.L. Stevenson: A Protest.” Centennial, 2.10 (May 1890): 762-65.
112. “A Note on Mr. Herbert Spencer.” Centennial, 3.2 (Sept 1890): 108-14.
113. “A Letter from England.” Bulletin, 25 July 1891:7. Signed Francis Adams, London, June 7.
114. “The Labour Movement in Australia.” Fortnightly Review, n.s. 50 (1 Aug 1891): 181-95. Extract held in Mitchell Library.
115. “Social Life in Australia.” Fortnightly Review, n.s. 50 (1 Sept 1891):392-407, (1 Oct 1891):539-53. Reprinted in revised form in 83.
116. “An Anglo-Indian Story-Teller – Rudyard Kipling.” Fortnightly Review, n.s. 50 (1 Nov 1891):686-700. Reprinted in 85.
117. “Social Life in Australia.” Littell’s Living Age (Boston), Part II, Vol. 191, No. 2475 (5 Dec 1891):[not known]. First published in Fortnightly Review, reprinted in revised form in The Australians. Reference from Ian Britain – original not sighted.
118. “England and Australia.” Bulletin, 16 Jan 1892:21-22. Signed Francis Adams. London, Nov 14 [1891].
119. “Some Australian Men of Mark.” Fortnightly Review, n.s. 51 (1 Feb
1892): 194-212. Partially reproduced in Preface to 83.
120. “A Protest.” Bulletin, 5 March 1892:7. Refers to W.T. Stead’s discussion of “A New Capitalist” in Review of Reviews (see 174 below).
121. “Some Recent Novels.” Fortnightly Review, n.s. 52 (1 July 1892): 13-22. Reprinted in 85.
122. “A London Labour Day.” Worker, 3.63 (16 July 1892):3. “Francis Adams sends from France to the Worker a private letter written to him by a friend who had attended the May Day demonstration in Hyde Park.”
123. “Shelley.” Fortnightly Review, n.s. 52 (1 Aug 1892):217-23. Reprinted in 85.
124. “Two Australian Writers.” (Adam Lindsay Gordon and Marcus Clarke.) Fortnightly Review, n.s. 52 (1 Sept 1892):352-65. Reprinted in 83.
125. Letter on English Politics. Bulletin, 18 Feb 1893:6-7. Signed Francis Adams, Cairo, Egypt, 20 Dec 1892.
126. Interviews in Westminster Gazette: with Lord Cromer, 21 Feb 1893:1-2; Abbas II, Khedive of Egypt, 3 March 1893:1-2; Riaz Pasha and Tigrane Pasha, 29 March 1893:1-2. All reprinted in The New Egypt, pp. 131-88.
127. “Mr. Rudyard Kipling’s Verse.” Fortnightly Review, n.s. 54 (1 Nov 1893):590-603. Reprinted in 85.
128. “The Hunt for Happiness.” Fortnightly Review, n.s. 54 (1 Dec 1893):807-23. Reprinted in 85.
129. “Tennyson.” New Review, 10.58 (March 1894):311-23.