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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,...

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9arpxPpn

The Cornhill Magazine - two anonymously written short stories, A specimen of the bush & My pistols, ca. 1860, 1861

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Full title

The Cornhill Magazine - two anonymously written short stories, A specimen of the bush & My pistols, ca. 1860, 1861

Author / Creator

Date

ca. 1860, 1861

Call Numbers

MLMSS 7665

Record Identifier

9arpxPpn

Reference Code

448859
Physical Description

Contents

1 folder - 0.02 Meters

Textual Records - (manuscript)

Other Descriptions

Level of description

Fonds

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Scope and Contents

Contents

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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Full title

The Cornhill Magazine - two anonymously written short stories, A specimen of the bush & My pistols, ca. 1860, 1861

Authors, Artists and Contributors

Author / Creator

Contextual Information

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.

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

MLMSS 7665

Record Identifier

9arpxPpn

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Reference code

448859

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