(2 ed.)
by Henry Lawson
[Australian house-painter, author and poet — 1867-1922.]
CONTENTS
[ IN THE DAYS WHEN THE WORLD WAS WIDE AND OTHER VERSES ]
[ The Free-Selector's Daughter ]
[ The Sliprails and the Spur ]
[ When the 'Army' Prays for Watty ]
[ The Wreck of the 'Derry Castle' ]
[ The Song of Old Joe Swallow ]
[ When the Children Come Home ]
[Note on content: Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson were writing for the Sydney 'Bulletin' in 1892 when Lawson suggested a 'duel' of poetry to increase the number of poems they could sell to the paper. It was apparently entered into in all fun, though there are reports that Lawson was bitter about it later. 'Up the Country' and 'The City Bushman', included in this selection, were two of Lawson's contributions to the debate. Please note that this is the revised edition of 1900. Therefore, even though this book was originally published in 1896, it includes two poems not published until 1899 ('The Sliprails and the Spur' and 'Past Carin'').]
First Edition printed February 1896,
Reprinted August 1896, October 1896, March 1898, and November 1898;
Revised Edition, January 1900;
Reprinted May 1903, February 1910, June 1912, and July 1913.