Appendix 3: Fiction Syndicates in Provincial Newspapers, 1877 to 1899

Appendix 3: Fiction syndicates in provincial newspapers, 1877 to 1899

X – Extended fiction discovered through automatic searching and harvesting from Trove T – Extended fiction in Trove but not discovered through automatic searching1 * Years refer to when publication began; split years indicate publication began in both years, in different newspapers # Author probably Australian but not definitively proven to be so

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Star (NSW) Star

(QLD) Times

Title Author Nat. Balmain Observer (NSW) Observer Balmain (NSW) Press Free Bathurst (NSW) Standard Bega (VIC) Ensign Benalla (SA) Watch Border (VIC) Courier Broadford (SA) Record Burra (NSW) Herald Campbelltown (VIC) Chronicle Camperdown (TAS) Herald Devon (VIC) Leader Elsternwick (VIC) Times Gippsland Gympie (VIC) Times Horsham IllawarraMercury (NSW) (SA) Herald Kapunda (NSW) Reporter Kiama (QLD) Witness Logan (QLD) Mercury Mackay (NSW) Mercury Maitland (NSW) Mercury Manaro (VIC) Standard Mornington (NSW) Times Nepean (SA) Argus Northern Northern (SA) Australian North (VIC) Leader Oakleigh (SA) News Adelaide Port (VIC) Guardian Portland (QLD) Times Queensland (NSW) Record Riverina (NSW) Grazier Riverine (NSW) Telegraph Shoalhaven (NSW) Argus Singleton (SA) Elliot) (Port Argus Southern (VIC) Guardian Warragul (QLD) Argus Warwick (QLD) Roma and Star Western (VIC) Chronicle Williamstown “A Modern Mephistopheles” Louisa May Alcott Am X X X (1877/8) “A Skeleton in the Closet” (1878/9) Mrs, E. D. E. N. Am X X X X X X X X Southworth “He Wins Who Waits” (1878/9) Grosvenor Bunster Aust X X X X X X X “The Bride of Barcelona” (1878/9) William H. Peck Am X X X X X X X “Denis Devine, the Australian Gil Grosvenor Bunster Aust X X X X X X X Blas” (1880) “The Haunted Grange” (1880) Mrs Chad Aust X X X X X X X X “In the Folds of the Serpent” Donald Cameron Aust X X X X X X X X X X (1880/1) “Married to an Actress” (1880/1) Eliza Winstanley Aust X X X X X X “A Love Race” (1881) Robert P. Aust X X X X X X Whitworth “An Unknown Settlement” (1881) Robert P. Aust X X X X X X X Whitworth “Partners: A True Story” (1881) Frank Morley Aust X X X X X X X X X “The Ferryman’s Secret” (1881) Sylvanus Cobb Am X X X X X X X X “The Mystery of Major Molineux” Marcus Clarke Aust X X X X X X X X X (1881) “Bella’s Hero; or The Marquis and Sylvanus Cobb Am X X X X X X X X X X X X X the Freebooter: A Story of the Welsh Marches” (1881/2) “By Slow Degrees: A Story of Alexander Aust X X X X X X X X X X X Australia” (1882) Montgomery “Grit: A story of past and present; Donald Cameron Aust T X X X X T X T T X of Ordinary men and Ordinary things, in Ordinary language” (1882) “Saved by a Ring” (1882/3) Harold W. H. Aust X X X X X X X X X X T X X Stephen “Theodora Vail: A Story in Six Janet Carroll Aust X X X T X X X X Chapters” (1883) “Ettie’s Error: An Australian Harold W. H. Aust T X X X X X X X X X X X X Story” (1883) Stephen “Evangeline” (1883) Donald Cameron Aust T X X X X T T T “Harry Bloomfield; or, The Angus McLean Aust X X X X X X X X X X X Adventures of an Early Australian Squatter” (1883) “Kitty Dunolly, My Schoolmate: A # G. E. C. Unk X X X X X X X T X Victorian Sketch” (1883) “Mrs Birtles’ Boarders” (1883) Robert P. Aust X X X X T X X X X X Whitworth “Harriette Hurst’s Christmas” Janet Carroll Aust X X X X X X X (1883/4) “Urbain and Isette” (1883/4) George R. Sims Brit X X X X X X X X X X X “A Witness for the Defence” R. E. Matthews Unk X X X X X X X X X X X X X X (1884) “Alice. Episodes in the Life of a Donald Cameron Aust X X X X X X X X X X X Millionaire” (1884) “Bonshaw: A Moreton Bay King” # Magnus Badge Unk X X X X X X X X X X (1884) “Dan Lyons’ Doom” (1884) Waif Wander Aust X X X X X X X X T X X X “Intrigue” (1884) Brigadier General Am X X X X X X X X X X X X Henry Ronald McIver “Lindigo the White Woman; or, Angus McLean Aust X X X X X X X X X X X X X The Highland Girl’s Captivity among Australian Blacks. A Story of the Australian Pioneers” (1884) “Marc Grecli” (1884) Janet Carroll Aust X X X X X X X X X X X X “Philip Penfold” (1884) Frank Morley Aust X X X X X X X X X X X T “A Terrible Legacy” (1884/5) Grosvenor Bunster Aust X X X X X X X X X X X X X X “After Many Days” (1884/5) Robert P. Aust X X X X X X X X X X X X X Whitworth “An Australian Pilgrimage” Lee L’Acton Unk X X X X X X X X X X X X X X (1884/5) “Orinora, A Pacific Idyll: Episodes Donald Cameron Aust X X X X X X X X X X X in the Life of a Millionaire” (1884/5) “An Apostle of the Tules” (1885) Bret Harte Am X X X X X X X “Darkest Before Dawn. A Tale of Robert P. Aust X X T X X T T X Black Wednesday” (1885) Whitworth “His One Mistake” (1885) Bertha M. Clay Am X X X X X X X X X X X X X “Little Count Tista” (1885) Rita Brit X X T “Poor Little Life” (1885) Sheriff Rampini Brit T X X T X T T “Royal Love” (1885) Wilkie Collins Brit X X X X X X X X X “Yvonne: A Steamer Romance” Unknown Unk T X X X X T X X (1885) “Put Asunder; Or Lady Charlotte Brame Brit X X X T X X X X X X X X X X Castlemaine’s Divorce” (1885/6) “Carmeline; Or, The Convict’s Francis A. Am X X X X X X X X X X X Bride. A Romance of England and Durivage Australia. Founded on Fact” (1886) “John Abberton. The Confessions Grosvenor Bunster Aust X X X X X X T X X X X X of a Man of the World” (1886) “A Race for Life” (1886/7) Robert P. Aust X X X X X X X X X X Whitworth “Alma. An Original Australian Harold W. H. Aust X X X X X X X X X X X X X Story” (1886/7) Stephen “Dora Dunbar: An Australian Mona Aust X X X X X X X X X X X Story” (1886/7) “Fifty Lashes” (1887) Atha Westbury Aust X X X X X X X X X “Hawksnest: A Love Story” (1887) Atha Westbury Aust X X X X X X “Days of Crime and Years of Owen Suffolk Aust X X X X X X X X X X X X X Suffering” (1887/8) “Florabel’s Lover; Or, Rival Laura Jean Libbey Am X X X X X X X X X Belles” (published as “The Rival Belles of Parramatta; A charming Love Story of Intense and Thrilling Interest”) (1888) “Hunted Down; Or, The Clink of Edmund Bury Unk X X X X X X X Gold” (1888) “The False Knight; Or, The Robber Sylvanus Cobb Am X X X X X X X X X X of the Black Forest” (1888) “The Midnight Prophecy or, Heir Emma Garrison Am X T X X X X X X T X X X X of Strathspey Towers” (1888/9) Jones “Caged; Or, Mrs Marchmont’s L. I. N. Unk T X X X X X X X Marriage” (1889) “Fairly Caught; or, He Would Annie G. Hopkins Brit T T X T X T X T Marry Money” (1889) “The Secret Chamber; Or, The Eliza A. Dupuy Am X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Gipsy’s Revenge” (1889/90) “Ruby’s Marriage; Or, The G. A. W. Unk X X X X X X X X X X X X Tragedy of a Life” (1890) “A Life at Stake” (1890/1) Harriet Lewis Am X X X X X X X X X X X “Nadja; Or, A Battle With Death: Frederick M. Dey Am X T X X X X X X T X X X X A Love Story Founded on the Mysteries of Theosophy and Transmigration” (1890/1) “The Haunted Husband; or Lady Harriet Lewis Am X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Chetwynd’s Spectre” (1890/1) “Jephthah’s Daughter” (1891) Julia Magruder Am X X T X X X X X X X “Ottilie Aster’s Silence” (published Ida Boy-Ed Ger X X X T X X X X X X X X as “The Eventful Secret: A Story of German Home Life”) (1891) “The Mount Macedon Mystery” James J. Wright Aust X X X X X X X X X X X (1891) “The Verdict Was --? A Story of Harold M. Aust X X X X X X X X X North Queensland” (1891) Mackenzie “Fifty Lashes” (1891/2) Atha Westbury Aust X X X X X X “The Bottle Imp” (1891/2) Robert Lewis Brit X T X X X X X X Stevenson “A Dead Letter” (1892) Unknown Unk X X T X X X X “The Shadow of Hilton Fernbrook” Atha Westbury Aust X X X X X X X X X X (1892) “Suhrab, the Turkoman Hero” Ferdinand Braun Unk X X X X T X X X (1892)

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Title Author Nat (VIC) Advertiser Bairnsdale (NSW) Gazette Bega (SA) Record Burra (VIC) Leader Coburg (VIC) Herald Colac (TAS) Times Bay Emu (VIC) Observer Evelyn (VIC) Times Gippsland (VIC) Spectator Maffra (SA) Herald Narracoorte (NSW) Star Northern (SA) Standard Pirie Port (VIC) Sentinel Queenscliff District Berrima and Scrutineer (NSW) Press (VIC) Express Seymour Mornington and Bourke South (VIC) (VIC) Mail River Snowy (VIC) Times Yackandandah “Mrs Lorrimer’s Advertisement” (1883) # Bert Ferres Unk X X “The Bread of the Angels” (1883) E. M. Verano Ger X X “Dark Days: A Story of Light” (1884) George Manville Fenn Brit X X X X “The Bride of a Day” (1884) Charlotte Despard Brit X X X X “The Picture” (1884) Charles Reade Brit X X X X “Mr Pudster’s Return” (1884/5) W. Laird Clowes Brit X X X X X “Revised History of England” (1885) The Baron Unk X X X X X “Sylvester’s Wife” (1885) Ernest Dodson Unk X X X X X “Terror-stricken. A Narrative of the Experience of Two Themselves and Some Others Unk X X X Persons” (1885) “The Miner’s Partner” (1885) Henry Tinson Brit X X X X “A Charity Child” (1885/6) Unknown Unk X X X “The Convict’s Double” (1886) # J. A. Andrews Unk X X “Paraded in Print: A Story in Six Chapters” (1886) # C. B. M. Unk X X X “The Royal Mummy: A Story in Five Cadaverous Chapters” # V. J. Daley Unk X X (1886) “The Jullabad Tragedy” (1888) P. L. McDermott Unk X X X “Through the Furnace” (1888) Joseph Crawford Scott Brit X X X “With a Show Around the World” (1888) Edward Andrew Glover Am X X X “Beauty and the Beasts” (1888/9) Charles Rhoades Unk X X X “Strayed from the Flock” (1890) Unknown Unk T X X “The Manager’s Favorite; or, The Tragedy of Carnleigh Clara Augusta Jones Trask Am X X X X Shores” (1890) “My Lady’s Revenge” (1890) Emma Garrison Jones Am X X X X X “The Crime of a Countess” (1890) Nick Carter Am X X “The Rajah’s Vengeance. A Story of India” (1890) Frederick M. Dey Am X X X X X X X “From Prison to Parliament” (1891) James J. Wright Aust X X X X X X X X “In Love’s Crucible” (1891) Bertha M. Clay Am X X X X X X “O’Neil McDarragh, the Irish Detective; or, The Strategy of a Harlan P. Halsey Am X X X X X X Brave Man” (1891) “The American Detective in Russia, or Piping a Conspiracy” Harlan P. Halsey Am X X X X X X X (published as “Barnes, the Australian Detective” (1891) “Re-United; A Story of Love, Intrigue and Constancy” (1892) Unknown Unk X X X X X X X “Misericordia” (1892/3) A. G. R. Unk X X X X X X

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Title Author Nat. Camperdown Camperdown (VIC) Chronicle Spectator Maffra (VIC) Herald Narracoorte (SA) Australian North (SA) Miner Northern (QLD) Guardian Portland (VIC) Guardian Warragul (VIC) Champion Western (QLD) Star Western (QLD) Roma “Griffith Gaunt, or, Jealousy” (1885) Charles Reade Brit X X “A Wire Frame” (1886) Unknown Unk X X “The Elephant Tamer” (1886) Unknown Unk X X X “Arthur Landon, the Australian Bushman” (1887) Angus McLean Aust X X X X “Out of a Labyrinth: A Detective Story” (1887) Emma Murdoch Van Deventer Am X X X X “The Black Pearl” (1887) Victorien Sardou Fr X X X “The Maiden of Windorf: A Story of Vienna and the Wienervald in the Sylvanus Cobb Am X X Time of the Emperor Joseph II” (1887) “The Man From Australia” (1887) Grosvenor Bunster Aust X X X X “A Gilded Bait; or Kin But Less Than Kind” (1888) # An Old Contributor Unk X X X X “A Late Repentance; Or, The Little White Hand” (1888) Mary A. Denison Am X X X X “An Evil Reputation” (1888) Dora Russell Brit X X X X “Friends; or A Double Trial” (1888) J. L. N. Unk X X “Ionie, The Pride of the Mill” (1889) Laura Jean Libbey Am X X “Mignon; or, Playing with Fire” (1889) A. D. N. Unk X X X “The Squatter’s Daughter” (1890) Harold M. Mackenzie Aust X X X

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stle Morning stle Herald(NSW)

Title Author Nat (VIC) Standard Yea and Alexandra (VIC) Express Marsh Bacchus (VIC) Advertiser Bairnsdale (VIC) Ensign Benalla (VIC) Independent Bendigo (VIC) Chronicle Camperdown (VIC) Herald Colac (VIC) Leader Elsterwick (VIC) Advertiser Euroa (VIC) Observer Evelyn (VIC) Press City Fitzroy (VIC) Times Kerang (VIC) Union Kyabram (SA) Herald Narracoorte Newca (VIC) Advertiser Melbourne North (NSW) Star Northern (VIC) Leader Oakleigh (VIC) Advertiser Murray and Ovens (SA) Times Petersburg (SA) News Adelaide Port (VIC) Guardian Portland (VIC) Reporter (SA) Elliot) (Port Argus Southern (VIC) Standard (VIC) Record Traralgon (VIC) Guardian Warragul (QLD) Champion Western “The Golden Hope: A Romance of the Deep” W. Clark Russell Brit X X X X X X X T X (1886/7) “Between the Two” (1887) Unknown Unk X X X T X “Like and Unlike” (1887) M. E. Braddon Brit X X T X X T X “Black Blood: A Peculiar Case” (1888) George Manville Fenn Brit X X X X X X X “Dead Man’s Rock: A Romance” (1888) Arthur Quiller-Couch Brit X X X X X X X T X “The Outlaws of Tunstall Forest: A Romance of Robert Louis Stevenson Brit X T X X X X X T X the Old World” (1888) “The Pillar House” (1890) Florence Severne Unk X X X X X “A Hardy Norseman” (1889/90) Edna Lyall Brit X X X X X X X T T X “Commodore Junk” (1888/9) George Manville Fenn Brit X X X X X X X X “My Plucky Boy Tom; or, Searching for P. T. Barnum Am X X X X X X X T X Curiosities in India for My Show” (1888/9) “The Frozen Pirate” (1888/9) W. Clark Russell Brit X X X X X X X X “An Ocean Tragedy” (1890) W. Clark Russell Brit X X X X X X X X X X “A Smuggler’s Secret” (1890) Frank Barrett Brit X X X T X “By Pike and Dyke” (1890) G. A. Henty Brit X X T X X X “The Bolton Square Tragedy” (1890) John K. Leys Brit X X X X X X “The Bondman: A New Saga” (1890) Hall Caine Brit X X X X X “The Curse of Carne’s Hold, a Tale of Adventure” G. A. Henty Brit X X X X T X (1890) “The Only Girl At Overlook” (1890) Franklin Fyles Am X X X T X X T X X “The Sign of the Four” (1890) Arthur Conan Doyle Brit X X X X T X “Leonard Lindsay; Or, The Story of a Buccaneer” Angus B. Reach Brit X X X X X X T X X X X (1890/1) “Paoli, the Warrior Bishop, or, The Fall of the W. C. Kitchin Am X X X X X X X X X Christians” (1890/1) “The Missing Merchantman” (1890/1) Harry Collingwood Brit X X X X T X X X “A Final Reckoning. A Tale of Bush Life in G. A. Henty Brit X X X X X T X X X X Australia” (1891) “Charlie Ransom: Story of the Oil Country” William Atkinson Am X X X X X X (1891) “McDermot, the Foundling” (1891) Ampere Unk X X X X X X X “Strange Friends: A Story of the North West” William Atkinson Am X X X X T X X X (1891) “Written in Red; Or, The Conspiracy in the North Charles Howard Montague Am X X X Case. A Story of Boston” (1891) “His Angel. A Romance of the Far West” Henry Herman Brit X X X X (1891/2) “The House of Rimmon” (1891/2) Jeanie Gwynne Bettany Brit X X X X X X X X X “The Master of Silence” (1891/2) Irving Bacheller Am X X X X X X “The Right Sort: A Romance of the Shires” Mrs Edward Kennard Brit X X T X X (1892) “Brought to Book” (1893) T. W. Speight Brit X X X X X X “The Golden Caves” (1893) Charles B. Lewis Am X X X

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Free Press Press Free

Title Author Nat Press Free Bathurst (NSW) Bowral (NSW) and Standard Hay (NSW) Advertiser Times Katoomba (NSW) Advocate National (NSW) Times Petersburg (SA) Age Queanbeyan (NSW) Advocate Scone (NSW) Argus Warwick (QLD) Champion Western (QLD) and Windsor Gazette Richmond (NSW) “Goths, Huns, and Vandals” (1887) Harold W. H. Stephen Aust X X X “The Golden Yankee. A Tale of Life …” (1887) Harold W. H. Stephen Aust X X X “For Lack of Gold” (1888) # M. B. Simmons Unk X X X X “Margret, the Story of a Crime” (1888) Hans Blum Ger X X X T X “Bella-Demonia” (1889) Selina Dolaro Brit X X X X X “Dunraven Ranch” (1889) Charles King Am X X X X X “Hale-Weston” (1889) Molly Elliot Seawell Am X X X X X “The New Editor. An Episode in the History of Warrender’s Gulch, Harold W. H. Stephen Aust X X X X California” (1889/90) “That Girl From Texas” (1889/90) Jeannette H. Walworth Am X X X X X “Frances Kane’s Fortune” (1890) L. T. Meade Brit X X X X “Miss Ludington’s Sister” (1890) Edward Bellamy Am X X X X X “A Cast for Fortune” (1891) Christian Reid Am X X X “A Rose of a Hundred Leaves” (1891) Amelia E. Barr Brit X X X “A Sappho of Green Springs” (1891) Bret Harte Am X X X “A Wave of Life” (1891) Clyde Fitch Am X X X “By the World Forgot” (1891) E. J. Clayden Unk X X X X X “A Fair Blockade Breaker” (1892) T. C. De Leon Am X X X “Lady Patty” (1892) Margaret Wolfe Hungerford Brit X X “The Italian Peasant” (1892) Unknown Unk X X “The House on the Marsh” (1893) Florence Warden Brit X X

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es (VIC)es

(VIC)

(VIC) Advertiser Chronicle (VIC) Chronicle

Independent(VIC)

Title Author Nat (SA) Watch Border (NSW) Dispatch Braidwood (VIC) Courier Broadford Camperdown (VIC) Gazette Yarra South Chronicle, (VIC) Leader Coburg (QLD) Gazette Downs Darling (NSW) Liberal Dubbo (NSW) Chronicle Dungog (WA) Chronicle Districts Eastern (VIC) Leader Elsternwick (TAS) Times Bay Emu (VIC) Observer Evelyn Footscray (VIC) Times Gippsland (QLD) Times Gympie (SA) Herald Kapunda (VIC) Union Kyabram (TAS) Examiner Launceston (VIC) Spectator Maffra (NSW) Argus Molong (VIC) Standard Mornington (VIC) Advertiser Morwell (SA) Australian North Melbourn North (VIC) Gazette Melbourne North (VIC) Leader Numurkah (VIC) Leader Oakleigh (VIC) Telegraph Prahan (SA) Times Petersburg (SA) News Adelaide Port (SA) Dispatch Augusta Port (VIC) Sentinel Queenscliff (QLD) Times Queensland Press City Fitzroy (NSW) Grazier Riverina (NSW) Recorder Riverine (NSW) Press District Berrima and Scrutineer (VIC) Mail River Snowy (QLD) Telegraph (VIC) Guardian Warragul (QLD) Examiner Warwick (QLD) Roma and Star Western (VIC) Chronicle Williamstown Tim Yackandandah “The Masterpiece of Jean Richepin Fre X X X X X X X Crime” (1891/2) “An Eventful Night, Or the F. G. Kerr Unk X X Captain’s Peril” (1892) “Fairy Queen, Or Love Will Bonnie Dene Unk X X Find the Way” (1892/3) “Maoriland Ho! Nature’s Enchanting Wonder Isle: A Atha Aust X X X X X X X Weird and Entrancing Westbury Romance” (1892/3) “Seed-Time and Harvest” M. A. Aust X X X X T X X (1892) E. Branfill “The Avenging Skeleton” Harrison and Fre X X X X (1892/3) Gustav Toudouze “The Fatal Treasure” James J. Aust X X X X X X X X X X X X (1892/3) Wright “The Tell-Tale Skull” Gustave Fre X X X X X X X (1892) Toudouze “Why Did He Love Her?” Eliza A. Am X X X X X X X (1892) Dupuy “A Mystery Solved” (1893) Spectrum Unk X X X X X T X X X X X X X X “Aunt Pen’s Stratagem” # Ellis Peyton Unk X X X X X X X X X (1893) “Brier Rose: A Canadian Lilian Bell Am X X X X X X Story” (1893/4) “Link by Link; Or, The Nathan D. Chain of Evidence: A Great Am X X X X Urner Detective Story” (1893) “Returned From Afar” Ogilvy Grant Unk X X X X (1893) “Sybil Chase; or The Ann S. Am X X X X Gambler’s Wife” (1893) Stephens “The Doctor’s Step- C. Stafford Unk X X X X X X X X X Daughters” (1893/4) “The Mystery of Karina Mabel Am X X X X Donimirska” (1893) Wagnalls “A Daughter of the King” Beatrice Unk X X X X (1894) Deakin “College Jack: A

Remarkable Yet True Story James J. Aust X X X X X X X X X X X X of Penal Records of Van Wright

Dieman’s Land” (1894/5) “In The Sweet O’ The Unknown Unk X X X X X X X Year” (1894/5) “Talmud; A Strange Narrative of Central James J. Aust X X X X X X X Australia. Founded on Wright Natural Facts” (1894/5) “The Missing Hand” Aurelien Fre X X X X X X (1894/5)2 Scholl “Who Is He? Or The Indian Mahatma in Australia. An # Kenneth Unk X X X X X X X X X X X X Australian Story of the Hamilton Natural and Supernatural” (1894) “A Much-Mixed Affair; Or, The Mystery of an Ebony Unknown Unk X X X Box” “A Passing Shadow: A Mortimer Romance of the Great Coal Unk X X X X X X X X X Mansell Strike of 1893” (1895/6)3 “Barumba Station; Or, Amy River’s Sacrifice: A True James J. and Eventful Narrative of Aust X X X X X X X X X X X X X Wright the Early Days in New South Wales” (1895/6) “Feminter; Or, The Aurora X James Crozier Aust X X T X X X X X X X X Land of the South” (1895/6) “Gascon Hall” (1895/6) Olive May Unk X X T X X T X X X “Hunted Down; or, The Edmund Bury Unk X X X X T T T T Clink of Gold” (1895) Ella Cheever T “Ita’s Mystery” (1895) Am X X X X X Thayer “John Stirling’s Lesson” Albert E. Unk X X X X X X X T (1895) Hooper X “Might Versus Right” Julia Hack Brit X X X X X X X (1895) “Mignon; or, Playing with A. D. N. Unk X X X X X X Fire” (1895) “Secrets of the London Harry Blyth Brit X T X Streets” (1895) “The Tamar Pirates: A Sensational and True James J. Narrative of Adventure of Aust X X X X Wright the Early Days in Van X Diemen’s Land” (1895) “Tupo, the Pakeha. A Maori Atha Aust X X Romance” (1895) Westbury “A Father’s Will Or Her Own Mistress. A Romance” Unknown Unk X X (1896) “The Widow’s Surprise” M. B. Unk X X T X X (1896) Manwell X “A Great Wrong; Or, The Emma Mystery of Black Hollow Am X X X X X X X Garrison Jones Grange” (1896/7) “For Love and Fortune: A Stephen Romance of Leeds” Unk X X X Somerset (1896/7) X “Nelly Preston; or, The Lawyer’s Conspiracy” David Pae Brit X X X X X X X X (1896/7) “On the Waikato. A Atha Romance of Maoriland” Aust X X X X X Westbury (1896/7) “For Hester’s Sake” (1897) A. S. F. Unk X X X “John Stirling’s Lesson” Albert E. Unk X X X X X X X X (1897) Hooper “The Love of Reuben Andrew Unk X X X X Gywnne” (1897) Pollock “The Squatter’s Daughter” Harold M. X Aust X X X X X (1897/8) Mackenzie Whoso Findeth a Wife” William Le Brit X X X X (1897/8) Queux “Days of Crime and Years Owen Suffolk Aust X X X of Suffering” (1898) J. Fitzgerald “The Devil’s Head” (1898) Brit X X Molloy X “Colonel Thorndyke’s G. A. Henty Brit X X Secret” (1899) T X

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Title Author Nat Express Armidale (NSW) Camperdown (VIC) Chronicle Advertiser Euroa (VIC) (VIC) Times Horsham (VIC) Times McIvor Mercury Maitland (NSW) Herald Narracoorte (SA) Advocate National (NSW) Morning Newcastle (NSW) Herald Guardian Portland (VIC) Record Traralgon (VIC) Guardian Warragul (VIC) Times Yackandandah (VIC) “Love Better Than Sacrifice. An International Conflict” (1892) Oscar Park Unk X X X X X X X “Found Guilty; Or, The Hidden Crime” (1892/3) Leon Lewis Am X X X X X X X “Her Colonial Cousin” (1893) Unknown Unk X X X X “The Mystery of the Tower: A Tale of Thrilling Interest” (1893) Helen Corwin Pierce Am X X X X X X X X “The Story of Andrew Fairfax” (1893) Joseph Hocking Brit X X X X X X X “Ishmael Pengelly. An Outcast” (1893/4) Joseph Hocking Brit X X X X X X “A Dead Man’s Step” (1894) Lawrence L. Lynch Am X X X X X “In Strange Company” (1894/5) Guy Boothby Aust X X X X X X “The King of Hearts: An Historical Romance” (1894/5) Outram Tristram Brit X X X X X X “A Mistaken Man: A Short Detective Story” (1895) Nick Carter Am X X X “All Men Are Liars” (1895) Joseph Hocking Brit X X X X X “Her Three Lovers; Or, Delauney’s Debt” (1895) Unknown Unk X X X “Kerrigan’s Quality” (1895) Jane Barlow Brit X X X X “My Gifted Young Friend: A Short Detective Story” (1895) Nick Carter Am X X X “Sealed Orders; Or, The Triple Mystery” (1895) Nick Carter Am X X X X X “The Great Hesper” (1895) Frank Barrett Brit X X X “The Menacing Eye. A Short Detective Story” (1895) Nick Carter Am X X X “The Sacred Beetle” (1895) Lamont Graeme Unk X X X “A Lady in Black” (1895/6) Florence Warden Brit X X X X X X “The Crime of the "Liza Jane"” (1896) Fergus Hume Brit X X X “The Hostess of the Griffin” (1896) Florence Warden Brit X X “The Senfrey Mystery; Or, A Brother’s Vengeance. A Detective Story” Henry Herman Brit X X (1896) “Travelling with Half a Million” (1896) Unknown Unk X X “Fields of Fair Renown” (1896/7) Joseph Hocking Brit X X X “His Sweetheart Eliza” (1897) Margaret Moule Brit X X X “In the Dead of Night” (1897) Ada Cambridge Aust X X X X “The Mystery of a Name: A Present-Day Romance” (1897) Unknown Unk X X X X “Two Old Fogies” (1897) Ada Cambridge Aust X X X X “A Woman’s Witchery” (1897/8) Bertha M. Clay Am X X X X X X “The Tremaynes; or, A Dream of Love” (1898) Bertha M. Clay Am X X X X “Her Bitter Temptation; Or, A Daughter’s Sacrifice” (1898) Maurice E. Hervey Unk X X X “The Last Stroke: A Detective Story” (1898) George Manville Fenn Brit X X X X “A Bitter Bondage” (1899) Bertha M. Clay Am X X X X “Love in a Mask” (1899) Bertha M. Clay Am X X X

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(VIC) Sentinel

Title Author Nat (VIC) Advertiser Bairnsdale (VIC) Ensign Benalla (VIC) Advertiser Bendigo (SA) Watch Border (VIC) Courier Broadford (VIC) Chronicle Camperdown (VIC) Herald Colac (VIC) Leader Elsternwick (VIC) Advertiser Euroa (VIC) Times Horsham (SA) Times Wallaroo and Kadina (VIC) Press Free Kilmore (VIC) Union Kyabram (VIC) Cultivator Mildura (VIC) Mail Alexander Mount (VIC) Advertiser Morwell (VIC) Leader Oakleigh Queenscliff (VIC) Mail River Snowy (VIC) News Sunbury (VIC) Record Traralgon (VIC) Guardian Warragul (VIC) Gazette Gippsland West “An Original Temptation” (1892) Marquise Clara Am X X X X Lanza “Greymere” (1892) Unknown Unk X X X “My Poor Little Story” (1892) Unknown Unk X X X “On Suspicion” (1892) Unknown Unk X X “The Doctor’s Secret” (1892) M. H. Unk X X “A Coming Possibility. A Story of Greg Edwards Am X X X Secret Poison” (1893) “By Accident” (1893) H. F. Abell Unk X X X “Faithful Shirley, or, A Royal Queen Mrs G. Sheldon Am X X X X of Hearts” (1893) “Her Life’s Desire; Or, A True Mrs E. Burke Am X X X Heart’s Sacrifice” (1893) Collins “Indro; The Man of Iron! Or The Donald J. McKenzie Am X X X Swift Shadow of the Rails” (1893) “John Upcraft’s Crime. A Marshland Thomas St. E. Hake Brit X X Romance” (1893) “The Hint o’ Hairst” (1893) Menie Muriel Brit X X X Dowie “The Irony of Fate” (1893) T. E. Southee Unk X X X X “The Sacred Beetle” (1893) Lamont Graeme Unk X X “The Street of Peace” (1893) Oscar Fay Adams Am X X “The Squire’s Dilemma” (1893/4) J. MacLaren Brit X X X X Cobban “A Broken Past” (1894) Henrietta Stannard Brit X X X X “Grazia’s Mistake” (1894) Mrs Georgie Am X X X Sheldon “Pomona” (1894) Evelyn Whitaker Brit X X X “The Dead Gallant” (1894) Outram Tristram Brit X X X “The Masterpiece of Crime” (1894) Jean Richepin Fre X X “Winning a Wife in Australia. A A. Donnison Aust X X X X Romance of To-Day” (1894) “At Market Value” (1894/5) Grant Allen Can X X X X X X X “Elsie” (1894/5) John Stafford Unk X X X “That Mysterious Sovereign” (1895) Unknown Unk X X X “A Fair Spiritualist; Or, A Woman’s Erica Unk X X X Victory” (1895) “Dora Deene; Or, Neither Wife Nor Bertha M. Clay Am X X X Widow” (1895) “The Angel of the Four Corners” Gilbert Parker Can X X X X (1895) “The Dance at the Four Corners” G. B. Burgin Brit X X X X X (1895) “The Disappearance of Mr. Derwent: Thomas Cobb Brit X X X A Mystery” (1895) “A Romance of the Law” (1895) Sidney Lanan Brit X X X Blanchard “Dora Deene; Or, Neither Wife Nor Bertha M. Clay Am X X X Widow” (1895) “Jack of Hearts” (1895) H. T. Johnson Brit X X X “Lady Turpin” (1895) Henry Herman Brit X X X X “Love or Honor” (1895) Unknown Unk X X X “That Mysterious Sovereign” (1895) Unknown Unk X X X “A Life for a Life” (1896) Unknown Unk X X X X “A Theatrical Marriage” (1896) # Elder Bruce Unk X X “After Many Years” (1896) # Lillie Harris Unk X X X “False Evidence” (1896) E. Phillips Brit X X X X Oppenheim “From Dark to Dawn: A Back Block Goodwin Baker Aust X X X Romance” (1896) “Love in a Mask” (1896) Bertha M. Clay Am X X X X “Marcus Lingard’s Crime” (1896) Unknown Unk X X X “The Master of Old Court Place, or, Hedley Richards Brit X X Martin Barron’s Treachery” (1896) “The Queen of Night” (1896) Headon Hill Brit X X X “Half-Mast High! The Story of a Charles Girdwood Unk X X X X Mother’s Sin” (1896) “A Spray of Heliotrope” (1896) A. T. Rycroft Unk X X X X “Her Revenge; or Edith Earl’s Pearl Roberts Unk X X Husband” (1896) Powell “The Dis-Honorable” (1896) J. D. Hennessey Aust X X “A Wonderful Woman; Or, The May Agnes Fleming Can X X X X X Dangerfield Mystery” (1897) “At Cross Purposes” (1897) Unknown Unk X X “Dorothy’s Jewels; Or, the Story of a Mrs Georgie Am X X X Mysterious Monogram” (1897) Sheldon “Repentance at Leisure” (1897) Unknown Unk X X X “The Eye of the Sun” (1897) Edward S. Ellis Am X X “The Squire of Kildermay” (1897/8) Frederick Burdon Unk X X X X X “A Matter of Love and Business” Nick Carter Am X X (1898) “Sir Tristram” (1898) Mary Bradford Brit X X Whiting “Squire John” (1898) St. George Am X X Rathborne “The Blake Family” (1898) # Beta Unk X X X “The Haunted Mountains” (1898) Colonel Prentiss Am X X X X Ingraham “The Masked Bridal” (1898) Mrs Georgie Am X X X Sheldon “The Rainbow Feather” (1898) Fergus Hume Brit X X X X “The Voyage of the Pulo Way” Carlton Dawe Aust X X (1898) “The Missing Heir of Callonby” Mrs Georgie Am X X X (1898/9) Sheldon “A Garden Tragedy” (1899) Dora Langlois Unk X X “Monica. A Sea-Shore Idyll” (1899) Marion Downes Aust X X “Shaddeck Light” (1899) May Agnes Fleming Can X X X X

“The Little Marplot; or, How Ruth Mrs Georgie Am X X X X Won Her Heritage” (1899) Sheldon “The Magic Cameo; Or, Clifford Mrs Georgie Am X X Faxton’s Mascot” (1899) Sheldon “The Two Choices” (1899) Charles M. Sheldon Am X X “Willow the King; Or, The Girl in J. C. Snaith Brit X X X Brown Holland” (1899)

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Title Author Nat (WA) Herald Bunbury Argus Cumberland (NSW) (NSW) Liberal Dubbo and Standard Hay (NSW) Advertiser InverellArgus (NSW) Herald Liverpool (NSW) (NSW) Mountaineer Times Petersburg (SA) Advocate Scone (NSW) and Scrutineer Press District Berrima (NSW) Adelong and Tumut (NSW) Times Chronicle Wingham (NSW) (NSW) Star Wyalong “John Gray” (1893) James Lane Allen Am X X “The Bondswoman” (1893) Gertrude Atherton Am X X X “The Golden Fleece” (1893) Julian Hawthorne Am X X X “Mrs Romney” (1893/4) Rosa Carey Brit X X X “A Pacific Encounter” (1894) Mary E. Stickney Am X X X “Curlew, or in Days Gone By” (1894) Harold Brees Aust X X X X “Sergeant Croesus” (1894) Charles King Am X X “The Autobiography of a Professional Beauty” (1894) Elizabeth Train Am X X X “The Duke and the Commoner” (1894) Poultney Bigelow Am X X X “The Colonel” (1894) Harry Willard French Am X X X “Mrs Hallam’s Companion” (1895) Mrs. Mary J. Holmes Am X X X X “Picotin: A Clown’s Love Story” (1895) Alethea Phillips Unk X X X “Sweetheart Manette” (1895) Maurice Thompson Am X X X “An Unsatisfactory Lover” (1895/6) Margaret Wolfe Hungerford Brit X X X X X “Waring’s Peril” (1895/6) Charles King Am X X X X “Dora’s Defiance” (1896) Lady Lindsay Brit X X X “The Troublesome Lady” (1896) Patience Stapleton Am X X “A Bachelor’s Bridal” (1896/7) Mrs H. Lovett Cameron Brit X X X “A Whim and a Chance” (1897) William T. Nichols Am X X “A Question of Courage” (1898) Francis Lynde Am X X X X “Flotsam” (1898) Owen Hall Brit X X X “The Bon Marche” (1898) Unknown Unk X X “The Chapel of Ease” (1898) Harriet Riddle Davis Am X X X X X “The Daughters of Eve; A Tale of the Maori War” (1898) Edwin Doidge Aust X X X X X X “Marian Gonisby” (1899) Edwin Doidge Aust X X X X X X X X X “The Martlet Seal” (1899) Jeanette Walworth Am X X X X X X X “The Wonder-Witch” (1899) Mary Greenway McClelland Am X X X X X X X “The Yellow Domino” (1899) M. Morris Unk X X X X X X

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reeExaminer (NSW) Title Author Nat (NSW) Chronicle Armidale (NSW) Press Free Bowral (VIC) Cross Southern Brighton (NSW) Advocate River Clarence (NSW) Herald Cobar (NSW) Chronicle Dungog (TAS) Times Bay Emu (VIC) Times Gippsland (NSW) Record Grenfell (NSW) Independent Gundagai (NSW) Examiner Gwydir (NSW) Advodate Hawkesbury InverellArgus (NSW) Herald(NSW) Jerilderie (NSW) Reporter Kiama (NSW) Chronicle Macleay (NSW) Times River Manning (NSW) Argus Molong Mo (NSW) Times Milton and Ulladulla (NSW) Times Wellington “Back to Life: A Most Wonderful Story” (1897) Unknown Unk X X X X “John Horton’s Ward” (1897) Grosvenor Bunster Aust X X X X X X “Right Wins” (1897) Unknown Unk X X X “A Precious Villain” (1898) Grosvenor Bunster Aust X X X X X X X “Fortune’s Freaks: An Original Australian Story” (1898) # Captain East Gray Unk X X X X X X X “Lost and Won” (1898/9) Unknown Unk X X X X X X X X “Davies the Bushranger. An Australian Story” (1899) James J. Wright Aust X X X X X X X X X X X X “The Fatal Lilies” (1899) Charlotte Brame Brit X X X X X X X X X X X X X “The Last of the Pirates; Or, Doom Driven: A Romance of the Colonel Prentiss Ingraham Am X X X X X X X X X X X X X X End of Ocean Outlawry” (1899)

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(NSW)

Chronicle

Title Author Nat (WA) Advertiser Albany Advocate Blayney (NSW) Dispatch Braidwood (VIC) Chronicle Camperdown (VIC) Leader Coburg (TAS) Times Bay Emu (VIC) Observer Evelyn (VIC) Times Gippsland (NSW) Independent Gundagai InverellTimes (NSW) (VIC) Advertiser Morwell (NSW) Times Murrurundi Muswellbrook (NSW) (NSW) News Narromine Gazette Melbourne North (VIC) (SA) Argus Northern (SA) Times Petersburg (NSW) Age Queanbeyan (NSW) Recorder Riverina (VIC) Times Yackandandah “The Chevalier de Maison Rouge” Alexander Dumas Fre X X X X X X X (1897/8) “More than a Friend” (1898) Maggie Robertson Brit X T X X “Parting of the Veil” (1898) Everett W. Fish Am X X X X X X X X X X “The Storm” (1898) Armand Sylvestre Fre X X X “The Testimony of Esther Sandys” Roma White Brit X X X X X X X X (1898) “Lost and Found: A Romance of the Robert P. Whitworth Aust X X X X X X Desolate Region” (1899) “What Gold Cannot Buy” (1899) Mrs Alexander Brit T X X X X “In the Wake of Fortune: An James J. Wright Aust X X X X Australian Story” (1899) “Polly the Tea-Room Girl” (1899) David Pae Brit X X X T X X X X “Without a Home” (1899) Mrs B. F. Baer Am X X X X

1 Not comprehensive. 2 Appeared in 1892 (not 1894/5) in North Melbourne Advertiser and North Melbourne Gazette. 3 Appeared in 1898 (not 1895/6) in Gippsland Times and North Melbourne Gazette.