| 1880 | |
| The laws we live under. By C. H. Spence. Government Printing Office, 1880. Published under the direction of the Hon. the Minister of Education of South Australia. pp. 119. [Textbook for schools.] [Reviewed 10 November 1880 in Advertiser, p. 4f.] [Reviewed 12 November 1880 in Register, p. 6e-f.] [Reviewed 20 November 1880 in the Dry-as-Dust Club papers, XXIX. A New School Book. Observer, p. 881c-d.] [Reviewed 22 November 1880 in Sydney Morning Herald, p.8a.] [Reviewed 20 November 1880 in Queenslander, p. 650b-c.] | |
| Olio. Original poems, charades and acrostics by South Australians. Also key to "Silver Wattle." Published for the Home for Incurables. Adelaide, W. K. Thomas, 1880. [C. H. S. contributed acting charade pp. 3-33, double acrostics no. 1, 9, 22, 31.] | |
| The place of religion in fictitious literature. Victorian Review, vol. 2, no. ix, pp. 359-70. [Article by C. H. Spence.] | |
| Philological giving and taking. Victorian Review, vol. 3, no. xiv, pp. 194-209. [Article by C. H. Spence. Literature.] | |
| January 3 | Old days and new. Observer, p. 33a-b. [Article by A Colonist of 1839. Social issues.] |
| January 5 | The November reviews. First notice. Register, pp. 5fg-6a. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| January 8 | Parliamentary government in America. Register, p. 5d-e. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| January 8 | Tramways. Register, p. 6d. [Letter by SPES. Mortlock scrapbook. Social issues.] |
| January 8 | Tramways. Evening Journal, p. 3d. [Letter by SPES. Mortlock scrapbook. Social issues.] |
| January 10 | The work of the London school board. Register, pp. 4fg-5a. [Unsigned second leader. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| January 10 | November reviews. Second notice. Register, p. 5e-g. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| January 13 | The Melbourne review. Register, p. 6a-b. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| January 17 | Thoughts upon country and town. Observer, p. 113a-b. [Article by A Colonist of 1839. Social issues.] |
| January 17 | The Melbourne review. Observer, p. 115a-b. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| January 24 | Charade. Evening Journal Supplement, p. 1g. [Puzzle by C. H. S.] |
| January 24 | Life in Italy. Observer, p. 153a-b. [Unsigned review of A Nook in the Appenines, by Leader Scott, 1879; North Italian Folks, by Mrs. Comyns Carr, 1878.] |
| January 24 | Charade. Observer, p. 156b. [Puzzle by C. H. S.] |
| January 31 | The December reviews. First notice. Register, pp. 5g-6ab. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| January 31 | Prose charade. Evening Journal Supplement, p. 2e. [Puzzle by C. H. S.] |
| January 31 | Prose charade. Observer, p. 203e. [Puzzle by C. H. S.] |
| February 5 | The December reviews. Second notice. Register, p. 5e-g. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| February 7 | Prose charade. Evening Journal Supplement, p. 2d. [Puzzle selected by C. H. S.] |
| February 7 | Letters of Charles Dickens. Observer, p. 241a-c. [Unsigned review of Letters of Charles Dickens edited by his Son-in-law (sic) and his eldest Daughter. Chapman & Hall, 1880. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| February 7 | Prose charade. Observer, p. 243d. [Puzzle selected by C. H S ] |
| February 9 | Letters of Charles Dickens. Register, p. 5e-g. [Unsigned review of Letters of Charles Dickens edited by his Sister-in-law and his eldest Daughter. Chapman & Hall, 1880. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| February 21 | Roberts Burns. Observer, p. 329a-b. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| February 28 | Scottish songs and Scottish character. Observer, p. 377a-c. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Literature.] |
| February 28 | "The Victorian review." Observer, p. 379a-b. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| February 28 | The New Mama. Observer, p. 379c-d. [First episode of serialised children's story by C. H. Spence.] |
| March 2 | The January reviews. First notice. Register, p. 5e-g. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| March 3 | National insurance and compulsory providence. Register, p. 5d-f. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Welfare.] |
| March 4 | The January reviews. Second notice. Register, p. 5d-g. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| March 6 | [The New Mama. Evening Journal Supplement. [First episode of serialised children's story by C. H. Spence. This issue is missing.] |
| March 6 | The New Mamma (sic). (Continued.) Observer, p. 419b-c. |
| March 13 | American humorists. Observer, p. 457c-d. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Literature.] |
| March 13 | Robert Burns. Observer, p. 457d. [Unsigned reply to correspondent. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| March 13 | The New Mamma. (Continued.) Evening Journal Supplement, p. 2a-b. |
| March 13 | The New Mamma. (Continued.) Observer, p. 459b. |
| March 15 | American "bookaneers". Register, p. 4d-f. [Unsigned second leader. Mortlock scrapbook. Literature.] |
| March 20 | Men of letters in England and in New England. Observer, p. 497c-e. [Unsigned review of English Men of Letters: Hawthorne by Henry James; Southey by Professor Davidson. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| March 20 | The New Mamma. (Continued.) Evening Journal Supplement, p. 2c. |
| March 20 | The New Mamma. (Concluded.) Observer, pp. 498e-499a. |
| March 23 | The Victorian review. Register, p. 5f-g. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| March 23 | The letters of Charles Dickens. Sydney Morning Herald, p. 3b-c.[Review by SPES of The Letters of Charles Dickens. Edited by his Sister-in-law and his eldest Daughter. Chapman & Hall, 1880. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| March 27 | The New Mamma. (Concluded.) Evening Journal Supplement, p. 2a-b. |
| March 31 | Bankruptcy reform. Register, p. 4e-f. [Unsigned leader. Mortlock scrapbook. Social issues.] |
| April 10 | Administration of the law. Register, p. 4e-f. [Unsigned leader. Mortlock scrapbook. Social issues.] |
| April 13 | English liberals and continental politics. Register, p. 4e-f. [Unsigned second leader. Mortlock scrapbook. Government.] |
| April 13 | The February reviews. First notice. Register, p. 5e-g. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| April 19 | The February reviews. Second notice. Register, p. 5e-f. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| April 21 | Modern lights on ancient superstition. Register, p. 5d-e. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Social issues.] |
| April 24 | Alphonse Daudet. Is he a French Dickens? First notice. Observer, p. 697a-c. [Unsigned review of Fromont Jeune et Risler Ainé. Paris, Charpentier, 1878; Le Nabab. Paris, Charpentier, 1879; Jack. Paris, Charpentier, 1879. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| May 1 | May in England and Australia; or spring. Observer, p. 737b-c. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Literature.] |
| May 1 | The March reviews. First notice. Register, p.5d-f. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| May 5 | The March reviews. Second notice. Register, pp. 5fg-6a. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| May 6 | The boarding-out system in Victoria. Register, p. 4f-g. [Unsigned second leader. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| May 8 | Alphonse Daudet. Is he a French Dickens? Second notice. Observer, p. 777c-e. [Unsigned review. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| May 10 | National insurance. Register, p. 4e-g. [Unsigned second leader. Mortlock scrapbook. Welfare.] |
| (May 22 | Jemima: a story of English family life. Observer, p. 857a. [Unsigned review. Spence comments on this book in 'Among Children's Books' in the Sydney Morning Herald, 15 December 1880, making the same points. Children's Literature.]) |
| May 26 | The April reviews. First notice. Register, pp. 5fg-6a. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| May 31 | The April reviews. Second notice. Register, pp. 5eg-6a. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| June 5 | Middle aged enthusiasm. Observer, p. 937a-c. [Article by A Colonist of 1839. Social issues.] |
| June 19 | Building societies. Register, p. 4e-f. [Unsigned leader. Mortlock scrapbook. Social issues.] |
| June 19 | Town boys and country boys. Register supplement, p. 1a-b. [Article by A Colonist of 1839. Education.] |
| June 19 | Town boys and country boys. Observer, p. 1017a-c. [Article by A Colonist of 1839. Education.] |
| June 24 | Deep sea soundings. Register, p. 5f-g. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| June 26 | Poems. By a new writer. Observer, p. 1065a-b. [Unsigned review of Songs of Two worlds; Epic of Hades; Gwen, a Drama in Monologue; An Ode of Life. Kegan, Paul & Co., 1880. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| July 3 | The May reviews. First notice. Register, pp. 5fg-6a. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| July 3 | Poems. By a new writer. Second notice. Observer, p. 33a-b. [Unsigned review of Songs of Two worlds; Epic of Hades; Gwen, a Drama in Monologue; An Ode of Life. Kegan, Paul & Co., 1880. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| July 3 | The Dry-as-Dust club papers. X. Observer, p. 33b-c. [Letter from 'a fair correspondent', identified as C. H. S. in Dry-as-Dust Club Papers, XLII. Observer, p. 329c-d, 19 February 1881.] |
| July 8 | The May reviews. Second notice. Register, pp. 5g-6a. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| July 8 | Poems. By a new writer. Register, p. 7d. [Unsigned review of Songs of Two worlds; Epic of Hades; Gwen, a Drama in Monologue; An Ode of Life. Kegan, Paul & Co., 1880. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| July 9 | Poems. By a new writer. Second notice. Register, p. 7d. [Unsigned review of Songs of Two worlds; Epic of Hades; Gwen, a Drama in Monologue; An Ode of Life. Kegan, Paul & Co., 1880. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| July 17 | The Dry-as-Dust club papers. X. Evening Journal Supplement, p. 2b. [Letter from 'A fair correspondent', identified as C. H. S. in Dry-as-Dust Club Papers. XLII. Evening Journal Supplement, p. 2a-b, 26 February 1881.] |
| July 24 | Commonsense. Observer, p. 153a-b. [Article by A Colonist of 1839. Social issues.] |
| August 3 | The June reviews. First notice. Register, pp. 5g-6ab. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| August 4 | National insurance. Register, p. 4f-g. [Unsigned subleader. Mortlock scrapbook. Welfare.] |
| August 7 | Fiction, fair and foul. Observer, p. 233a-c. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Literature.] |
| August 11 | The June reviews. Second notice. Register, p. 5c-d. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| August 14 | Some modern foreign poets. Observer, p. 281a. [Article by C. H. S. Literature.] |
| August 21 | Sans famille—without relations. Observer, p. 321a-c. [Unsigned review of Sans Famille—Without Relations by Hector Malot. Paris. G. Dentu. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| August 28 | Enigma. Evening Journal Supplement, p. 2b. [Puzzle by C. H. S.] |
| August 28 | Work and worry. Observer, p. 369a-b. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Social issues.] |
| August 28 | Enigma. Observer, p. 371d-e. [Puzzle by C. H. S.] |
| September 4 | Charade. Evening Journal Supplement, p. 2b. [Puzzle by C. H. S.] |
| September 4 | Charade. Observer, p. 411d. [Puzzle by C. H. S.] |
| September 11 | The July reviews. First notice. Register, pp. 5g-6ab. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| September 18 | The July reviews. Second notice. Register, p. 5f-g. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| September 18 | Fables by G. Washington. Aesop. Observer, p. 505a-b. [Unsigned review of Fables by G. Washington. Aesop. Published by the New York World. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| September 25 | The literary calling. Observer, p. 553a-c. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Literature.] |
| September 27 | The August reviews. First notice. Register, 5e-g. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| October 2 | The French Republic. Register, pp. 4g-5a. [Unsigned second leader. Mortlock scrapbook. Government.] |
| October 2 | The August reviews. Second notice. Register, pp. 6fg-7a. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| October 9 | Prose enigmatic charade. Evening Journal Supplement, p. 2f. [Puzzle by C. H. S.] |
| October 9 | The Cheveley novels. Observer, p. 641a-c. [Unsigned review of The Modern Minister and Saul Weir. Anonymous. Blackwood & Sons. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| October 9 | Prose enigmatic charade. Observer, p. 643b. [Puzzle by C. H. S.] |
| October 16 | Love at the antipodes. An Australian story in French. Observer, p. 681a-b. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Literature.] |
| October 23 | Days of the week. Observer, p. 721a-b. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. History.] |
| October 30 | Some foreign novels. First notice. Observer, p. 761a-b. [Unsigned review of Kings in Exile by Alphonse Daudet. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| November 4 | The September reviews. First notice. Register, pp. 5g-6ab. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| November 4 | Days of the week. Register Supplement, p. 1e. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. History.] |
| November 6 | Some foreign novels. Second notice. Observer, p. 801a-b. [Unsigned review of Smoke and Virgin Soil by Tourgenief. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| November 12 | The September reviews. Second notice, Register, p. 6b-d. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| November 13 | A history of our own times. Sydney Morning Herald, pp. 7ef-8a. [Unsigned review of A History of Our Own Times: From the Accession of Queen Victoria to the General Election of 1880, by Justin McCarthy. Chatto & Windus, 1880. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| November 20 | Love at the antipodes. An Australian story in French. Register Supplement, p. 1f. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Literature.] |
| November 24 | Mr. Justin McCarthy's history. Register, pp. 5g-6ab. [Unsigned review of A History of Our Own Times: From the Accession of Queen Victoria to the General Election of 1880, by Justin McCarthy. Chatto & Windus, 1880. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| November 24 | Sans famille—without relations. Register Supplement, p. 1f-g. [Unsigned review of Sans Famille—Without Relations by Hector Malot. Paris. G. Dentu. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| November 26 | The October reviews. First notice. Register, pp. 5g-6ab. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| November 27 | Love at the antipodes. An Australian story in French. Evening Journal Supplement, p. 2b-c. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.Literature.] |
| November 27 | Some Australian notes on a French romance. Observer, p. 921a-c. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Social issues.] |
| December 4 | Gossip about children's books. No 1. Observer, 961a-b. [Article by One who loves them. Mortlock scrapbook. Children's literature.] |
| December 4 | Gossip about children's books. Register, pp. 5fg-6a. [Article by One who loves them. Mortlock scrapbook. Children's literature.] |
| December 7 | The October reviews. Second notice. Register, pp. 5fg-6a. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| December 7 | Some Australian notes on a French romance. Register Supplement, p. 1f-g. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Social issues.] |
| December 11 | Gossip about children's books. No 1. Evening Journal Supplement, p. 2d-e. [Article by One who loves them. Mortlock scrapbook. Children's literature.] |
| December 11 | Unacknowledged borrowing. Observer, p, 1001a-b. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Literature.] |
| December 11 | Gossip about children's books. No 2. Observer, p. 1002cd. [Article by One who loves them. Mortlock scrapbook. Children's literature.] |
| December 15 | Among children's books. Sydney Morning Herald, pp. 7ef-8a. [Article by SPES. Mortlock scrapbook. Children's literature.] |
| December 18 | Gossip about children's books. No II. Evening Journal Supplement, p. 2c. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Children's literature.] |
| December 24 | Triple acrostic. Evening Journal, p. 7a. [Puzzle by C. H. S.] |
| December 24 | The spelling game. Evening Journal, p. 7b. [Article by C. H. S.] |
| December 25 | Triple acrostic. Observer, p. 1088b. [Puzzle by C. H. S.] |
| December 25 | The spelling game. Observer, p. 1088c-d. [Article by C. H. S.] |