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Reviews

REVIEWS – FICTION

Leicester: An Autobiography (Item 1)

162. Leader, 6 March 1886:36.

163. “Novels of the Week.” Athenaeum, 85.3005 (30 May 1885):692.

Madeline Brown’s Murderer (Item 2)

164. Sydney Morning Herald, 3 Dec 1887:6.

165. [Fred Broomfield], Bulletin, 31 Dec 1887:9.

166. Boomerang, 19 Nov 1887:8.

John Webb’s End (Item 3)

167. Bookman, 1.1 (Oct 1891):39.

168. Academy, 1412 (27 May 1899):260.

The Melbournians (Item 5)

169. Athenaeum, 100.3393 (5 Nov 1892):628.

170. Age (Melbourne), 31 Dec 1892:8.

171. ”Novels, New and Old.” Queenslander, 28 Jan 1893:163.

172. National Observer, IX.209 (19 Nov 1892):20.

173. Review of Reviews (London), VII. 39 (March 1893): 327.

174. Argus, 31 Dec 1892:4.

Australian Life (Item 7)

175. Age (Melbourne), 4 June 1892:13.

176. Australian Weekly, 1.19 8 Feb 1895:230.

“A New Capitalist” (Item 33)

177. “The Danger before Labour.” Review of Reviews (London), V.25 (Jan 1892): 78.

REVIEWS – POETRY

Poetical Works (Item 36)

178. Brisbane Courier, 16 Feb 1887:2 (FA replied by letter, 17 Feb 1887:6; reviewer replied 21 Feb 1887:2).

179. Leader (Melbourne) 4 June 1887:36.*

180. Sydney Quarterly Magazine, IV.1 (March 1887):95.

Songs of the Army of the Night (Item 38)

181. Sydney Quarterly Magazine, V.l (March 1888):96.

182. Sydney Jephcott, Australian Standard. Review reprinted in 40, but newspaper not yet located to verify.

183. Bulletin, 26 Nov 1887:8.

184. “F.J. Broomfield, Sydney Bulletin.” Review reprinted in 40 but not located in Bulletin (perhaps written by Broomfield, but not actually published).

185. Brisbane Courier, 13 Feb 1888:7.

186. “Adams at it Again.” Boomerang (Brisbane), 10 December 1887:12.

187. (1st English edn – Item 39), Athenaeum, 96.3274 (26 July 1890): 126.

188. (2nd English edn – Item 40), Bookman, 2.10 (July 1892): 126.

189. (4th New and Revised edn – Item 42), Bookman, 38.224 (May 1910): 94-95.

190. (4th New and Revised edn – Item 43), Current Literature (NY), 50.1 (Jan 1911):[ ]. Reference from Ian Britain – original not sighted.

REVIEWS – NON-FICTION

Australian Essays (Items 80, 81, 82)

191. Sydney Quarterly Magazine, III. 1 (June 1886):506.

192. Age, 22 May 1886:13.

193. Australasian, 3 April 1886:632.*

194. Queenslander, 22 May 1886:812.

195. Queensland Review, 1.3 (June 1886): 293-94.

196. Once a Month (Melbourne), 1 May 1886:464.

197. Leader (Melbourne), 10 April 1886:35.*

The Australians (Item 83)

198. Age (Melbourne), 24 June 1893:4.

199. Argus (Melbourne), 27 May 1893:13.

200. Bookman (London), 4.20 (May 1893):55 (review), 62 (listing).

201. Daily Chronicle (London), 12 Sept 1893:[n.p.].

202. National Observer (London), IX.233 (6 May 1893):631-32.

203. Review of Reviews (London), VII.41 (May 1893):545.

The New Egypt (Item 84)

204. Athenaeum (London), 102.3452 (23 Dec 1893):881.

205. National Observer (London), XI (3 Feb 1894):298-99.

206. Spectator (London) 72 (10 Feb 1894):204-05.

207. Age (Melbourne) 14 April 1894:13.*

208. Argus (Melbourne) 31 March 1894:13.*

Essays in Modernity (Item 85)

209. Athenaeum (London), 113.3732 (6 May 1899):561.

210. Bookman (London), 16.96 (Sept 1899): 166.

211. Illustrated London News, 13 May 1899:681.

212. Richard Le Gallienne, Star, 22 April 1899:1. Copy in A.G. Stephens, Newspaper Cuttings, Mitchell Library MSS 4937/11.

REVIEWS – ESSAYS IN PERIODICALS

“Realism” (Item 102)

213. Bulletin, 25 Aug 1888:5.

“The Labour Movement in Australia” (Item 114)

214. Boomerang, 10 Oct 1891:5.

“Some Recent Novels” (Item 121)

215. Review of Reviews (London), VI. 31 (July 1892):61.

“Two Australian Writers” (Item 124)

216. Review of Reviews (London), VI.33 (Sept 1892):276.

217. Review of Reviews (Australasian edn), 1.4 (Oct 1892):83.

“The Hunt for Happiness” (Item 128)

218. Spectator (London), 71 (9 Dec 1893):831-32.

“Tennyson” (Item 129)

219. Review of Reviews (London), IX.54 (April 1894):255.

REVIEWS – PLAYS

Tiberius: A Drama (Item 130)

220. Athenaeum (London), 104.3486 (18 Aug 1894):233-34.

221. Bookman, 6.35 (Aug 1894): 150-51.

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