Cirrus@Austlit

Dedication: To Rolf Boldrewood

Epigraph: 'Come, roll up your bundle, And let us make a push; I'll take you up the country, And show you the bush.' The Old Bullock Dray, A Bush Song.

Foreword by Rolf Boldrewood: 'In giving my name as a guarantee for the truthful presentment of these 'Tales of the Never-Never Country', otherwise character sketches of Australian life, I have been actuated by artistic and literary sympathy. It appeared to me a matter of simple justice, as well to the British public as to a talented writer, that work of such genuine merit should find a permanent place in literature.' (p.ix).

Includes Glossary of Australian Bush Terms.

Includes all the stories from Racing in the Never-Never and Other Stories (1899) with the following changes: 'Racing in the Never-Never' becomes 'Racing in the Back Blocks' and 'A Ramble in the Never-Never' was changed to 'Through Wood and Wold'. There are an additional twenty-one new stories.