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Catherine Helen Spence: 1879

A guide to Catherine Helen Spence featuring writings about her and a chronological bibliography of her works.

1879

1879  
  Honoré de Balzac: a psychological study. Melbourne Review, vol. 4, pp. 348-57. 1879. [Article by C. H. Spence]
  Reminiscences of South Australian life. By a Colonist of 1859 (sic). The Woman's Gazette. vol. IV, no. 7, July 1879, pp. 101ab, 102a; no. 8, August 1879, pp. 124b, 125ab; no. 9, September 1879, pp. 135ab, 136a; no. 10, October 1879, pp. 156ab, 157a; no 11, November 1879, pp. 164b, 165ab, 166a. An introduction to these articles states that they are 'from the pen of Miss Spence' The articles have been adapted from Some Social Aspects of South Australian Life, 1878. Morice cuttings.]
  Silver wattle: South Australian acrostics. The proceeds to be devoted to the Home for Incurables, Fullarton. Adelaide, 1879. Printed by R. Kyffin Thomas. pp. 79. [C. H. S. contributed nos. 6, 17, 18, 24, 33, 42, 43, 51, 57, 64, 71, 77, 83, 90, 96, 100, 109, 119, 124, 129, 137, 145, 146.]
  Two theories for the working of bicameral legislatures. Melbourne Review, vol. 4, pp.177-87. 1879. [Article by C. H. Spence. Government.]
January 4 The October reviews. Second notice. Observer, p. 19e-g. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
January 4 The uses and abuses of holidays. Evening Journal, p. 3e-f. [Article by A Holiday Rambler. Mortlock scrapbook. Social issues.]
January 4 The uses and abuses of holidays. Register, p. 5f-g. [Article by A Holiday Rambler. Mortlock scrapbook. Social issues.]
January 8 The conflicts of capital and labour. Sydney Morning Herald, pp. 7a-c. [Review by SPES of The Conflicts of Capital and Labour, Historically and Economically Considered by George Howell. Chatto and Windus, 1878.]
January 10 Intermediate schools. Register, p. 4f-g. [Unsigned leader. Mortlock scrapbook. ]
January 11 The November reviews. First notice. Register, pp. 5fg-6a. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. ]
January 18 The November reviews. Second notice. Register, 5f-g. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. ]
January 18 The November reviews, First notice. Observer, pp. 21fg-22a. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
January 22 The Melbourne review. Register, p. 5d-e. [Unsigned review. Mortlock scrapbook.]
January 22 Trustees, executors, and agency companies. Sydney Morning Herald, p. 7e. [Article by SPES. Mortlock scrapbook. Social issues. ]
January 25 The November reviews. Second notice. Observer, p. 20b-d. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
February 1 A memoir of Matthew Davenport Hill. Register, p. 5f-g. [Unsigned review of A Memoir of Matthew Davenport Hill, Recorder of Birmingham by his daughters, Rosamund and Florence Hill. Macmillan & Co., 1878. Mortlock scrapbook.]
February 1 The Melbourne review. Observer, p. 20f-g. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
February 7 The December reviews. First notice. Register, pp. 5fg-6a. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. ]
February 8 A memoir of Matthew Davenport Hill. Observer, p. 21a-c. [Unsigned review of A Memoir of Matthew Davenport Hill, Recorder of Birmingham by his daughters, Rosamund and Florence Hill. Macmillan & Co., 1878. Mortlock scrapbook. ]
February 15 Charade. Evening Journal Supplement, p. 1g. [Puzzle by C. H. S ]
February 15 The December reviews. First notice. Observer, p. 18b-d. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
February 15 Charade. Observer Miscellany, no. 216, p.110. [Puzzle by C. H. S ]
February 19 The December reviews. Second notice. Register, pp. 5fg-6a. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook ]
February 22 Charade, attributed to the Bishop of Oxford. Evening Journal Supplement, p. 2a. [Puzzle selected by C. H. S ]
February 22 Charade, attributed to the Bishop of Oxford. Observer Miscellany, no. 217, p.125. [Puzzle selected by C. H. S ]
February 24 Individuality. Register, p. 6a-b. [Article by A Colonist of 1839. Social issues.]
February 24 Memoir of Matthew Davenport Hill, Recorder of Birmingham. Sydney Morning Herald, p. 7b. [Unsigned review of Memoir of Matthew Davenport Hill, Recorder of Birmingham by his daughters, Rosamond and Florence Hill. Macmillan & Co.,1878. Mortlock scrapbook.]
February 28 San Francisco. Register, p. 5f-g. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Social issues.]
March 1 The December reviews. Second notice. Observer, p. 20a-b. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
March 1 Individuality. Observer, p. 20b-c. [Article by A Colonist of 1839. Social issues.]
March 3 General culture and individual genius. Register, pp. 5f-6a. [Article by A Colonist of 1839. Social issues.]
March 7 The January reviews. First notice. Register, pp. 5g-6ab. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
March 8 English men of letters. Sydney Morning Herald, p. 8a-b. [Unsigned review of Johnson, by Leslie Stephen; Gibbon by J. C. Morison; Scott by R. H. Hutton; Shelley by J. A. Symonds. Edited by John Morley. Macmillan & Co. Review by SPES. (Signature on second notice on 12 March 1879.)]
March 12 English men of letters. [Second notice.] Sydney Morning Herald, p.7b-c. [Review by SPES of Johnson, by Leslie Stephen; Gibbon by J. C. Morison; Scott by R. H. Hutton; Shelley by J. A. Symonds. Edited by John Morley. Macmillan & Co.]
March 14 The January reviews. Second notice. Register, pp. 5g-6ab. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
March 15 Charade (partly phonetic). Evening Journal Supplement, p. 2a. [Puzzle by C. H. S.]
March 15 The January reviews. First notice. Observer, p. 18a-c. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
March 15 Charade (partly phonetic). Observer Miscellany, No. 220, p.173. [Puzzle by C. H. S.]
March 17 New books. Register, p. 5e-g. [Unsigned reviews of Robert Dick, Baker, of Thurso, and other books. Mortlock scrapbook.]
March 24 Three French working men. First notice. Register, p. 5f-g. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Social issues.]
March 26 Robert Dick, baker, of Thurso, geologist and botanist. Sydney Morning Herald, p. 7bc. [Review by SPES of Robert Dick, Baker, of Thurso by Samuel Smiles, LL. D. London, John Murray, 1878. Mortlock scrapbook.]
March 28 Three French working men. Second notice. Register, p. 5e-g. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Social issues.]
March 29 Three French working men. Evening Journal Supplement, p. 2d-g. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Social issues.]
March 29 New books. Observer, p. 20e-g. [Unsigned reviews of Robert Dick, Baker, of Thurso, and other books. Mortlock scrapbook.]
March 29 The January reviews. Second notice. Observer, pp. 20g-21ab. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
April 2 The February reviews. First notice. Register, p. 5c-e. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
April 4 The February reviews. Second notice. Register, p. 5d-e. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
April 5 General culture and individual genius. Observer Miscellany, no. 223, pp. 217-20. [Article by A Colonist of 1839. Social issues.]
April 12 The February reviews. Observer, p. 19c-f. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
April 17 Transfer of capital. Register, p. 4c-d. [Unsigned second leader. Mortlock scrapbook. Social issues. Finance.]
April 18 Methods of poor relief. I. Organized charity. Register, p. 5e-f. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
April 19 Norwood model school. Observer, p. 14c. [Miss Spence gave prizes at picnic. Biographical fragment.]
April 25 Methods of poor relief. II. National insurance. Register, p. 6b-c. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
April 26 Methods of poor relief. I. Organized charity. Observer, p. 22e-g. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
May 1 The March reviews. First notice. Register, p. 5e-f. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
May 3 Three French working men. Argus, p. 10a-d. [Unsigned article reprinted from the Evening Journal. Mortlock scrapbook. Social issues.]
May 9 The March reviews. Second notice. Register, p. 5f-g. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
May 10 The March reviews. First notice. Observer, p. 18c-d. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
May 10 Methods of poor relief. II. National insurance. Observer, p. 18d-f. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
May 10 Organized charity or compulsory insurance, or both. Sydney Morning Herald, p. 7d-f. [Article by SPES.]
May 10 Wealth and waste. I. Credit and caprice. Australasian, p. 584c-d. [Article by C. H. S. Mortlock scrapbook. Social issues.]
May 17 Wealth and waste. II. Fashion. Australasian, p. 615a-b. [Article by C. H. S. Mortlock scrapbook. Social issues.]
May 17 The March reviews. Second notice. Observer, p. 19f-g. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
May 19 Management of trust estates. Register, p. 4d-e. [Unsigned leader. Mortlock scrapbook. Social issues.]
May 20 Machinery and labour. Register, p. 4e-f. [Unsigned second leader. Mortlock scrapbook.]
May 22 Machinery and labour. Evening Journal , p. 2b-c. [Unsigned leader. Mortlock scrapbook.]
May 23 The French republic. Register, p. 5f-g. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Government.]
May 30 The April reviews. First notice. Register, pp, 5g-6a-b. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
June 5 The April reviews. Second notice. Register, p. 5e-g. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
June 7 The April reviews. First notice. Observer, p. 20c-e. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
June 17 Building societies. Register, p. 4e-g. [Unsigned leader. Mortlock scrapbook. Social issues.]
June 19 Building societies. Evening Journal, p. 3ef. [Unsigned leader. Mortlock scrapbook. Social issues.]
June 21 The April reviews. Second notice. Observer, p. 20c-d. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
June 23 The May reviews. First notice. Register, p. 5e-g. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
June 24 The choice of books and the prospects of New South Wales. Sydney Morning Herald, p. 7d-f. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Australian literature.]
June 27 Correspondence of Honoré de Balzac. Register, p. 5g-6ab. [Unsigned review of Correspondence of Honoré de Balzac with Memoir by his sister. Translated by C. Lamb Kenney. Richard Bentley & Son. Mortlock scrapbook.]
June 28 The modern spirit. Australasian, p. 808c-e. [Article signed C. H. S. Mortlock scrapbook. Social issues.]
June 28 Building societies. Observer, p. 13d-e. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Social issues.]
June 28 The May reviews. Observer, pp. 19fg-20a. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
July 4 Black and white in the southern states. Register, p. 5e-g. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Social issues.]
July 5 Enigma. Evening Journal Supplement, p. 2d. [Puzzle by C. H. S.]
July 5 Correspondence of Honoré de Balzac. Observer, pp. 18fg-19a. [Unsigned review of Correspondence of Honoré de Balzac with Memoir by his sister. Translated by C. Lamb Kenney. Richard Bentley & Son. Mortlock scrapbook.]
July 5 Enigma. Observer Miscellany, no. 236, p. 430. [Puzzle by C. H. S.]
July 5 The May reviews. Second notice. Register, p. 5d-e. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
July 12 Double acrostic. Evening Journal Supplement, p. 2g. [Puzzle by C. H. S.]
July 12 Black and white in the southern states. Observer, p. 19b-d. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Social issues.]
July 12 Double acrostic. Observer Miscellany, no. 237, p. 445. [Puzzle by C. H. S.]
July 17 The Melbourne Review. No 15. Register, p. 5e-f. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
July 19 Double acrostic. Evening Journal Supplement, p. 2g. [Puzzle by C. H. S.]
July 19 The May reviews. Second notice. Observer, p. 22a-b. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
July 19 Double acrostic. Observer Miscellany, no. 238, p. 462. [Puzzle by C. H. S.]
July 26 Double acrostic. Evening Journal Supplement, p. 2e. [Puzzle by C. H. S.]
July 26 Double acrostic. Observer Miscellany, no. 239, p. 477. [Puzzle by C. H. S.]
July 30 Impressions of Theophrastus Such. Register, p. 5f-g. [Unsigned review of Impressions of Theophrastus Such by George Eliot. William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1879. Mortlock scrapbook.]
August 1 What should youth live for? Register, p. 5f-g. [Article by A Colonist of 1839. Education. Children's literature.]
August 4 The May reviews. Concluding notice. Register, pp. 5g-6a. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
August 4 The Norwegian scheme. Register, p. 5f-g. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Government.]
August 9 English men of letters. Sydney Morning Herald, p. 3a-b. [Unsigned review of Hume by Professor Huxley; Goldsmith by William Black. Macmillan & Co. Mortlock scrapbook.]
August 11 English men of letters. Sydney Morning Herald, p. 3a-b. [Unsigned review of Defoe by William Minto. Mortlock scrapbook.]
August 13 Drawing schools and art museums. Register, p. 5e-f. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
August 16 Double acrostic. Evening Journal Supplement, p. 2f. [Puzzle by C. H. S.]
August 16 Double acrostic. Observer Miscellany, no. 242, p. 525. [Puzzle by C. H. S.]
August 16 What should youth live for? Observer Miscellany, no. 242, pp. 513-4. [Article by A Colonist of 1839. Education. Children's books.]
August 18 Impressions of Theophrastus Such. Sydney Morning Herald, p. 3a-b. [Review by SPES of Impressions of Theophrastus Such by George Eliot. William Blackwood & Son, 1879.]
August 18 The June reviews. First notice. Register, p. 5d-f. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
August 27 The June reviews. Second notice. Register, pp. 5fg-6a. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
August 30 Impressions of Theophrastus Such. Observer, p. 19b-d. [Unsigned review of Impressions of Theophrastus Such by George Eliot. William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1879. Mortlock scrapbook.]
September 3 Snobs and mothers-in-law. Register, pp. 5fg-6a. [Article by A Colonist of 1839. Literature.]
September 6 The June reviews. Observer, p. 18d-f. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
September 13 The Norwegian scheme. Observer, pp. 12g-13a. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Government.]
September 13 Snobs and mothers-in-law. Observer Miscellany, no. 246, p. 577-9. [Article by A Colonist of 1839. Literature.]
September 13 The June reviews. Second notice. Observer, p. 20e-g. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
September 15 The July reviews. First notice. Register, p. 5c-d. [Unsigned article. Mortlock Scrapbook.]
September 18 Advanced school for girls. Register, p. 6e. [Letter by Catherine H. Spence.]
September 26 The July reviews. Second notice. Register, pp. 5fg-6a. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
September 27 Double acrostic. Evening Journal Supplement, 2e. [Puzzle by C. H. S.]
September 27 Double acrostic. Observer Miscellany, no. 248, p. 621. [Puzzle by C. H. S.]
September 30 The cost of indirect taxation. Evening Journal, p. 2b-c. [Unsigned leader. Morice cuttings.]
September 30 The cost of indirect taxation. Register, p. 4c-d. [Unsigned leader. Morice cuttings.]
October 3 The August reviews. First notice. Register, pp. 5g-6a. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
October 10 Trollope's Thackeray. Register, pp. 5g-6a. [Unsigned review of Trollope, by Thackeray. English Men of Letters series. Mortlock scrapbook.]
October 11 The "Melbourne Review". Register, p. 5e-f. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
October 13 The August reviews. Second notice. Register, p. 5d-f. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
October 14 An Australian nation. Register, p. 4d-f. [Unsigned second leader. Mortlock scrapbook. Federation.]
October 15 The lover's tale. By Alfred Tennyson. Register, p. 5e-f. [Unsigned review of The Lover's Tale by Alfred Tennyson. Morice cuttings.]
October 17 The new taxation bill. Register, p. 5f-g. [Article by A Colonist of 1839.]
October 20 The new taxation bill. Evening Journal, p. 3f-g. [Article by A Colonist of 1839.]
October 25 Double acrostic. Evening Journal Supplement, p. 2g. [Puzzle by C. H. S.]
October 25 Co-operative stores. Register, pp. 4g-5a. [Unsigned second leader. Mortlock scrapbook. Social issues.]
October 25 The new taxation bill. Observer, p. 12e-f. [Article by A Colonist of 1839.]
October 25 Double acrostic. Observer Miscellany, no. 252, p. 686. [Puzzle by C. H. S.]
November 1 The September reviews. First notice. Register, p. 5f-g. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
November 8 Double acrostic. Observer Miscellany, no. 254, p. 717. [Puzzle by C. H. S.]
November 10 Women as nurses and medical practitioners. Register, p. 4c-e. [Unsigned leader. Mitchell cuttings.]
November 13 The September reviews. Second notice. Register, p. 5e-g. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
November 15 Double acrostic. Evening Journal Supplement, p. 2f. [Puzzle by C. H. S.]
November 15 The September reviews. First notice. Observer, p. 7a-b. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
November 15 Double acrostic. Observer Miscellany, no. 255, p. 734. [Puzzle by C. H. S.]
November 19 Postal reform. Register, p. 4c-e. [Unsigned leader. Mortlock scrapbook. Social issues.]
November 20 The border duties. Register, p. 4c-d. [Unsigned leader. Mortlock scrapbook. Social issues.]
November 21 Dress with reference to heat. Register, p. 5f-g. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Health.]
November 22 The border duties. Observer, p. 12f-g. [Unsigned third leader. Mortlock scrapbook. Social issues.]
November 22 Postal reform. Observer, p. 13a-b. [Unsigned fifth leader. Mortlock scrapbook. Social issues.]
November 29 Double acrostic. Evening Journal Supplement, p. 2f. [Puzzle by C. H. S.]
November 29 Double acrostic. Observer Miscellany, no. 257, p. 766. [Puzzle by C. H. S.]
December 3 The October reviews. First notice. Register, p. 5f-g. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] December 5 Gossip about children's books. Register, p. 5e-g. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Children's literature.]
December 6 Dress with reference to heat. Evening Journal Supplement, p. 2d. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Health]
December 6 Gossip about children's books. Observer, p. 3b-d. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Children's literature]
December 11 Bastiat on free trade. Register, p. 5e-f. [Unsigned article. Morice cuttings.] December 13 Gossip about children's books. Evening Journal Supplement, p. 2e-f. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Children's literature.]
December 17 "The Victorian review". Register, pp. 5g-6a. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
December 19 The October reviews. Second notice. Register, p. 5f-g. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
December 20 Double acrostic. Evening Journal Supplement, p. 2d. [Puzzle by C. H. S.]
December 20 October reviews. Observer, p. 20c-e. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
December 20 Acting charade. Observer Miscellany, no. 260, pp. 825-31. [Acting charade by C. H. Spence.]
December 20 Double acrostic. Observer Miscellany, no. 260, p. 835. [Puzzle by C. H. S.]
December 24 Acting charade. Evening Journal, p. 7c-f. [Acting charade by C. H. Spence.]
December 27 "The Victorian review." Observer, p. 19c. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.]
December 29 The criminal law code. Register, pp. 4g-5a. [Unsigned second leader. Mortlock scrapbook. Social issues.]