The Adventures of an Australian traveler (Captain J. Reid) in search of the marvelous : giving a graphic account of the discovery, capture and semi-civilization of the wild Australian children Tom and Hettie, together with a sketch of the savage tribes inhabiting the interior of Australia with a brief account of the customs, manners, heathen beliefs, superstitions, traditions, and origin of those barbarous and curious islanders.

Succinct account of the wild Australian children

History of the Australian children

[Second edition].

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1872]

Buffalo : Warren, Johnson & Company, printers, 1872.

English

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"Similar to the original edition entitled: "The adventures of the three Australian travellers (Capt. J. Reid and his companions Cooper and Parker) ... New York, 1863. Apparently issued and distributed in connection with the exhibition in New York of two native Australians ..."
"The travellers (who are as fictitious as their account) are said to have captured these children in Australia." cf. Ferguson, J.A. Bibliog. of Aust. 1963.
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