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faults of the book lie in the character-drawing. Burlesque, melodrama, farce, and even drama give a confusing effect. Satire falls when it is not accurately and logically directed. Many of our national failings, however, are exposed in these pages in an entertaining way that might do some of us a little good, though most of us are probably past redemption, even by such forthright crusaders as Miss
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But how few of them make us laugh, or even smile. And scarce a one of them makes us chuckle. But now a new field of
Australian literary endeavour has been dug, and has produced a delicious, well-handled piece of satire to make us sit up and take notice, and feel that Australian writing has some thing bright to say for itself. And it has taken two women to do it."
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