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 VERSES, POPULAR AND HUMOROUS.


 * "Such pride as a man feels when he has true greatness as his guest, this newspaper feels in introducing to a million readers a man of ability hitherto unknown to them. Henry Lawson is his name."

WHEN I WAS KING, AND OTHER VERSES.


 * "A good deal of humour, a great deal of spirit, and a robust philosophy are the main characteristics of these Australian poets Because they write of a world they know, and of feelings they have themselves shared in, they are far nearer the heart of poetry than the most accomplished devotees of a literary tradition."

ON THE TRACK AND OVER THE SLIPRAILS.


 * "Will well sustain the reputation its author has already won as the best writer of Australian short stories and sketches."

FAIR GIRLS AND GRAY HORSES, WITH OTHER VERSES.


 * "Its verses draw their natural inspiration from the camp, the cattle trail, and the bush; and their most characteristic and compelling rhythms from the clatter of horses' hoofs."