a society romance featuring a central female character and a democratically minded Australian journalist. Adams had not intended to be a journalist, but once in Australia Adams took to the work quickly and was highly regarded by colleagues in Sydney and Brisbane. Works Henry and Other Tales (1884) Leicester: An Autobiography (1885) Australian Essays (1886) Madeline Brown's Murderer (1887) Poetical Works (1887) Songs of the Army of the Night (1888) John Webb's End: Australian Bush Life (1891) Australian Life (1892) The Melbournians: A Novel (1892) The Australians: A Social Sketch (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1893) A Child of the Age (1894) Tiberius: A Drama (1894) Essays in Modernity: Criticisms and Dialogues (1899) See also Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah Sergei Yesenin References Sources Tasker, Meg. Francis Adams: a Research Guide. University of Queensland, Victorian Fiction Research Guides, 1996. Tasker, Meg. Struggle and Storm: The Life and Death of Francis Adams, Carlton, Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2001. External links 1862 births 1893 deaths 19th-century Australian novelists Australian male novelists Australian poets People educated at Shrewsbury School Maltese emigrants to Australia Suicides by firearm in England 19th-century Australian journalists 19th-century Australian male writers Australian male poets 19th-century poets 19th-century male writers 19th-century Australian short story writers 1890s suicides Australian male journalists