| 1881 | |
| The laws we live under: with some chapters on elementary political economy and the duties of citizens. By C. H. Spence. Published under the direction of the Hon. the Minister of Education of South Australia. Adelaide, Government Printing Office, 1881. pp. 119. [Textbook for schools.] | |
| A Californian political economist. Victorian Review, vol. 4, no. xx, pp.129-46. [Review by C. H. Spence of Progress and Poverty by Henry George. Politics. Welfare.] | |
| American literature and the proposed copyright bill. Victorian Review, vol. 5, no. xxv, pp. 44-61. [Article by C. H. Spence.] | |
| January 1 | A Chinese view of English characteristics. Observer, p. 41a-b. [Unsigned review of extracts from the diary of Liv-ta-jen's Mission to England. Published in Nineteenth Century, October 1880. Literature. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| January 6 | Unacknowledged borrowing. Register Supplement, pp. 3g-4a. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Literature.] |
| January 6 | A Chinese view of English characteristics. Register Supplement, p. 4a-b. [Unsigned review of extracts from the diary of Liv-ta-jen's Mission to England. Published in Nineteenth Century, October 1880. Literature. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| January 15 | The November reviews. Register, pp. 5g-6ab. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| January 22 | The germ theory as applied to anthrax and phylloxera. Observer, p. 148b-c. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Social issues.] |
| February 5 | The December reviews. First notice. Register, pp. 5fg-6a. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| February 14 | Children of the state in South Australia. Register, p. 4e-f. [Unsigned second leader. Mortlock scrapbook. Welfare.] |
| February 15 | The December reviews. Second notice. Register, pp. 5fg-6a. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| February 19 | The Dry-as-Dust Club papers. XLII. Observer, p. 329c-d. [Letter to Mr. Philadelphus Penn by C. H. S.] |
| February 26 | Charles James Fox. Observer, p. 377a-b. [Unsigned review of The Early History of Charles James Fox by George Otto Trevelyan. Mortlock scrapbook. History.] |
| February 26 | The Dry-as-Dust Club papers. XLII. Evening Journal Supplement, p. 2a-b. [Letter to Mr. Philadelphus Penn by C. H. S.] |
| February 28 | The January reviews. First notice. Register, p. 5e-f. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. I have found no second notice for the January Reviews.] |
| February 28 | The laws we live under. Register Supplement, p. 1f. [Letter by C. H. Spence. Education.] |
| March 14 | Socialism and communism. Register, p. 4f-g. [Unsigned third leader. Mortlock scrapbook. Politics. Government.] |
| March 14 | Charles James Fox. Register Supplement, p. 1b. [Unsigned review of The Early History of Charles James Fox by George Otto Trevelyan. Mortlock scrapbook. History.] |
| March 26 | The Emperor Alexander's reforms. First notice. Observer, p. 569a-b. [Unsigned review of The Emperor Alexander's reforms by 0.K.—Olga Kiréef. (Wrongly listed as A Fool's Errand.) Mortlock scrapbook. Literature.] |
| April 9 | The February reviews. First notice. Register, p. 5e-f. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| April 9 | The Emperor Alexander's reforms. Second notice. Observer, p. 657b-d. [Unsigned review of A Fool's Errand by Judge Tourgee. Mortlock scrapbook. Literature.] |
| April 11 | Land taxation. Register, p. 4f-g. [Unsigned second leader. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| April 25 | The February reviews. Second notice. Register, p. 5f-g. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| April 30 | Notes on Gippsland. No I. Observer, p. 785d-e. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Travels.] |
| May 2 | Progress and poverty. Sydney Morning Herald, p. 7a-c. [Article by SPES. Mortlock scrapbook. Welfare.] |
| May 7 | Notes on Gippsland. No II. Observer, p. 825d-e. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Travels.] |
| May 10 | Progress and poverty. Register, p. 6a-c. [Unsigned review of An Enquiry in the Cause of Industrial Depression and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth. The Remedy. By Henry George. San Francisco, 1879; New York, 1880; London, C. Kegan, Paul & Co., 1881. Mortlock scrapbook. Welfare.] |
| May 14 | Notes on Gippsland. No. III. Observer, p. 865d-e. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Travels.] |
| May 19 | The March reviews. First notice. Register, p. 5f-g. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| May 21 | Progress and poverty. Observer, pp. 905e-906ab. [Unsigned review of An Enquiry in the Cause of Industrial Depression and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth. The Remedy. By Henry George. San Francisco, 1879; New York, 1880; London, C. Kegan, Paul & Co., 1881. Mortlock scrapbook. Welfare.] |
| May 23 | The March reviews. Second notice. Register, p. 6b-e. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| May 26 | The Emperor Alexander's reforms. Register supplement, p. 1a-c. [Unsigned review of The Emperor Alexander's Reforms by 0. K.—Olga Kiréef; A Fool's Errand by Judge Tourgee. Mortlock scrapbook. Literature.] |
| June 24 | The April reviews. First notice. Register, p. 6b-d. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| June 25 | Literary jealousy and literary complacency. Observer, p. 1137a-c. [Article by A Colonist of 1839. Literature.] |
| June 27 | The April reviews. Second notice. Register, pp. 5g-6ab. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| June 30 | The Magill industrial school. Register, p. 5a. [Unsigned second leader. Mortlock scrapbook. Education.] |
| July 9 | The May reviews. First notice. Register, p. 6b-c. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| July 16 | The May reviews. Second notice. Register, p. 6d-f. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| August 6 | "No cards, no cake, no presents." Observer, p. 41a-b. [Article by A Colonist of 1839. Women.] |
| August 6 | The June reviews. First notice. Register, p. 6a-b. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| August 15 | The June reviews. Second notice. Register, pp. 5fg-6a. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| August 20 | Talking shop. As practised by men and women. Observer, p. 41a-c. [Article by A Colonist of 1839.] |
| August 27 | The July reviews. First notice. Register, pp. 5fg-6a. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. ] |
| September 3 | Leisure for the rich and for the poor. Observer, p. 41a-b. [Article by A Colonist of 1839. Social issues.] |
| September 3 | Gathered in. Observer, pp. 44c-e, 45a-c. Queenslander, pp. 297a-d, 298a. Brisbane Courier, p. 3a-c. [First episode of serialised novel by Catherine Helen Spence.] |
| September 7 | The July reviews. Second notice. Register, pp. 5g-6ab. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. ] |
| September 10 | Gathered in. (Continued) Observer, pp. 44b-e, 45a. Queenslander, p. 329a-c. Brisbane Courier, p. 3a-b. Evening Journal Supplement, pp. 1fg-2a-b. |
| September 17 | Manners and morals. Observer, p. 41a-b. [Article by A Colonist of 1839. Social issues.] |
| September 17 | Gathered in. (Continued) Observer, pp. 44c-e, 45a. Evening Journal Supplement, pp. 1fg-2ab. Queenslander, pp. 361a-d, 362a-b. Brisbane Courier, p. 3a-d. |
| September 17 | The August reviews. First notice. Register, pp. 5g-6a. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| September 24 | Gathered in. (Continued) Observer, p. 44a-d. Evening Journal Supplement, 1c-e. Queenslander, pp. 393b-d, 394a-b. Brisbane Courier, p. 3a-d. |
| September 27 | Leisure for the rich and for the poor. Register Supplement, p. 1a-b. [Article by A Colonist of 1839. Social issues.] |
| October 1 | Gathered in. (Continued) Observer, pp. 44e, 45a-d. Queenslander, pp. 425a-d, 426a. Brisbane Courier, p. 3a-c. [Evening Journal missing]. |
| October 8 | Unsociable women. Observer, p. 41a-c. [Article by A Colonist of 1839.] |
| October 8 | Gathered in. (Continued) Observer, p. 44b-e. Evening Journal Supplement, 1d-g. Queenslander, pp. 457a-d, 458a. Brisbane Courier, p. 3a-d. |
| October 13 | Population and pauperism. Register, p. 4d-e. [Unsigned leader. Mortlock scrapbook. Welfare.] |
| October 13 | The August reviews. Second notice. Register, p. 6a-c. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| October 15 | The common-place in talk and books. Observer, p. 41a-c. [Article by A Colonist of 1839. Social issues.] |
| October 15 | Gathered in. (Continued) Observer, pp. 44d-e, 45a-c. Evening Journal Supplement, p. 1c-e. Queenslander, p. 489a-d. Brisbane Courier, p. 3a-c. |
| October 21 | The business of the House of Commons. Register, p. 4f-g. [Unsigned second leader. Mortlock scrapbook. Government.] |
| October 22 | How to eat bread. A valuable suggestion. Observer, p. 41c-d. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Health.] |
| October 22 | Gathered in. (Continued) Observer, p. 44a-e. Evening Journal Supplement, p. 1d-g. Queenslander, pp. 521a-d, 522a-b. Brisbane Courier, p. 3a-e. |
| October 29 | Children's savings. Register, p. 5c. [Unsigned section of letter. Mortlock scrapbook. Welfare.] |
| October 29 | Gathered in. (Continued) Observer, p. 44a-e. Evening Journal Supplement, p. 1c-f. |
| November 5 | England without and within. First notice. Observer, p. 41a-b. [Unsigned review of England Within and Without by Richard Grant White. Sampson Low & Co., London, 1881. Mortlock scrapbook. Social issues.] |
| November 5 | Gathered in. (Continued) Observer, p. 44a-d. Evening Journal Supplement, 1d-g. Queenslander, pp. 585a-d, 586a-c. Brisbane Courier, p. 3a-e. |
| November 7 | Saturday afternoon holidays. Evening Journal, p. 2c. [Unsigned leader. Mortlock scrapbook. Social issues.] (not found in Trove) |
| November 7 | Saturday afternoon holidays. Register, p. 4g. [Unsigned third leader. Mortlock scrapbook. Social issues.] |
| November 8 | The September reviews. First notice. Register, p. 6a-c. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| November 12 | Double acrostic. Evening Journal Supplement, p. 2e. [Puzzle by C. H. S.] |
| November 12 | England without and within. Second notice. Observer, p. 41a-b. [Unsigned review of England Within and Without by Richard Grant White. Sampson Low & Co., London, 1881. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| November 12 | Gathered in. (Continued) Observer, pp. 44c-45c. Evening Journal Supplement, 1c-e. Queenslander, pp. 617a-d, 618a-d. |
| November 12 | Double acrostic. Observer, p. 44a. [Puzzle by C. H. S.] |
| November 14 | Gathered in. (Continued) Brisbane Courier, p. 5a-f. |
| November 14 | Superfine needlework. A word of warning. Register, p. 5d. [Unsigned section of letter. Mortlock scrapbook. Education.] |
| November 19 | Practical floriculture as a profitable occupation for ladies. Observer, p. 9a-b. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Women.] |
| November 19 | Superfine needlework—a word of warning. Observer, p. 42e. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Education.] |
| November 19 | Gathered in. (Continued) Observer, pp. 44c-e, 45a-c. Evening Journal Supplement, p. 1c-g. Queenslander, pp. 649a-d, 650a. |
| November 21 | Gathered in. (Continued) Brisbane Courier, p. 5a-d. |
| November 26 | The novels and romances of Georg Ebers. Observer, p. 41a-b. [Unsigned review of An Egyptian Princess, Tauchnitz Edition, London; Uarda, Sampson Low & Co.; Homo Sum, Sampson Low & Co.; The Sisters, Sampson Low & Co. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| November 26 | Gathered in. (Continued) Observer, pp. 44b-45a. Evening Journal Supplement, p. 1c-f. Queenslander, pp. 681a-d, 682a-b. |
| November 26 | The children of the state in South Australia. By one who takes part in their management. Queenslander, p. 687a-c. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Welfare.] |
| November 26 | The September reviews. Second notice. Register, p. 6a-c. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| November 28 | Post-office regulations and reforms. Register, p. 5a-b. [Unsigned paragraph. Mortlock scrapbook. Taxation.] |
| November 29 | Gathered in. (Continued) Brisbane Courier, p. 5a-d. |
| December 2 | The novels and romances of Georg Ebers. Register, pp. 5g-6a. [Unsigned review of An Egyptian Princess, Tauchnitz Edition, London; Uarda, Sampson Low & Co.; Homo Sum, Sampson Low & Co.; The Sisters, Sampson Low & Co. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| December 3 | The wandering Jew. Observer, p. 41a-c. [Unsigned review of The Wandering Jew by Moncure Daniel Conway. Mortlock scrapbook. Social issues.] |
| December 3 | Gathered in. (Continued) Observer, pp. 44a-e, 45a. Evening Journal Supplement, p. 1c-f. Queenslander, pp. 713a-d, 714a-c. |
| December 5 | Gathered in. (Continued) Brisbane Courier, p. 3a-e. |
| December 6 | The October reviews. First notice. Register, pp. 5g-6ab. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| December 10 | Practical floriculture. As a profitable occupation for ladies. Evening Journal Supplement, p. 2c. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Women.] |
| December 10 | Gossip about children's books. Observer, p. 41a-b. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Children's literature.] |
| December 10 | Gathered in. (Continued) Observer, pp. 44d-e, 45a-c. Evening Journal Supplement, p. 1a-f. Queenslander, pp. 745a-d, 746a-c. Brisbane Courier, p. 3a-e. |
| December 15 | Among children's books. Sydney Morning Herald, p. 7a-c. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Children's literature.] |
| December 17 | Among children's books. Sydney Mail, p. 1005b-d. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Children's literature.] |
| December 17 | Books for young people. Leader Supplement, p. 2. [Article by C. H. Spence, Adelaide. Children's literature.] |
| December 17 | Gossip about children's books. Second notice. Observer, p. 33a-b. [Unsigned article: Mortlock scrapbook. Children's literature.] |
| December 17 | Gathered in. (Continued) Observer, pp. 36a-e, 37a-b. Evening Journal Supplement, p. 1a-g. Queenslander, pp. 777a-d, 778a-c. |
| December 22 | Gossip about children's books. Register, pp. 5fg-6ab. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Children's literature.] |
| December 22 | Miss Parnell's defiance. Register, p. 6e. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Women.] |
| December 22 | Gathered in. (Continued) Brisbane Courier, p. 5c-g. |
| December 24 | Literary frivolities. Evening Journal, pp. 6g-7a. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Game.] |
| December 24 | The story of the three pigs. Evening Journal , p. 7b-e. [Children's story 'told to the little ones' by C H Spence.] |
| December 24 | The story of the three pigs. Observer, p. 37a-e. [Children's story 'told to the little ones' by C H Spence.] |
| December 24 | Literary frivolities. Observer, p. 43c. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Game.] |
| December 24 | Gathered in. (Continued) Observer, pp. 43d-e, 44a-e. Evening Journal, p. 6a-e. Queenslander, pp. 809a-d, 810a-b. |
| December 24 | The October reviews. Second notice. Register Supplement, p. 1a-c. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| December 24 | Original acting charade. Sydney Mail, pp. 1047a-d, 1048a-d. [Acting charade by C. H. Spence.] |
| December 28 | Literature for children. Brisbane Courier, p. 3d-f. [Unsigned article. Reprinted in Queenslander, 7 January 1882, p. 10a-d. Acknowledged in letter to Charles Pearson, 8 December 1882, in the Manuscripts Collection, State Library of Victoria. Children's literature.] |
| December 28 | Gathered in. (Continued) Brisbane Courier, p. 5a-d. |
| December 28 | The November reviews. First notice. Register, p. 5e-g. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| December 30 | Mr. Gladstone's currency scheme. Register, p. 4e-f. [Unsigned second leader. Mortlock scrapbook. Social issues.] |
| December 31 | Literary frivolities (continued). Observer, pp. 45e-46ab. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook.] |
| December 31 | How to eat bread. A valuable suggestion. Register Supplement, p. 1g. [Unsigned article. Mortlock scrapbook. Health.] |
| December 31 | Gathered in. (Continued) Observer, pp. 46b-e, 47a-b. Evening Journal, p. 3g, 6a-c. Queenslander, pp. 841a-d, 842a-b. |