Androcles and the Lion (play) run from his Roman persecutors. While hiding in the forest he comes upon a wild lion who approaches him with a wounded paw. His wife runs off. Androcles sees that the cause of the animal's distress is a large thorn embedded in its paw, which he draws out while soothing the lion in baby language. Androcles is captured and is sent to the Colosseum to be executed with other Christians in gladiatorial combat. They are joined by a new Christian convert called Ferrovius, who struggles to reconcile his Christian principles with his violent inclinations. The Roman captain guarding them is
A Bride from the Bush an Australian perspective. A reviewer from "The New York Times" called the novel "a most piquant contrast between civilization and crudity". The writer Thomas Alexander Browne called the titular character of "A Bride from the Bush" "a libel to Australian womankind". A "Punch" editor made the opposite claim, arguing that the protagonist of the novel is more kind-hearted and attractive than actual Australians. Hornung's later stories in the A. J. Raffles series achieved much more popularity than "A Bride from the Bush". Nonetheless, he himself liked "A Bride from the Bush" and his other Australian stories better than those of