The Cornhill Magazine - two anonymously written short stories, A specimen of the bush & My pistols,...
The Cornhill Magazine - two anonymously written short stories, A specimen of the bush & My pistols, ca. 1860, 1861
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Date
ca. 1860, 1861
Call Numbers
MLMSS 7665
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1 folder - 0.02 Meters
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Fonds
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ca. 1860; A specimen of the bush was written by "B.W.". It is supposedly related to the author by a young Englishman who has returned to England from Australia. The story is about the leader of an expedition into the bush who is ambushed and tracked by Aborigines. He engages them in combat and eventually makes his perilous way back to the expediti...
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The Cornhill Magazine - two anonymously written short stories, A specimen of the bush & My pistols, ca. 1860, 1861
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Source
Acquired from AntiquariaatForum B.V., The Netherlands, 2006
Administrative / Biographical history
Both these short stories written by unknown authors were submitted to William Makepeace Thackeray, first editor of The Cornhill Magazine. They were not published.
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MLMSS 7665
Record Identifier
9arpxPpn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9arpxPpn
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448859
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