The debate over the relative merits of English and Australian literature begun by this article continued as follows:
G. C. Dixon, "A Daniel Without Judgement" The Bulletin 10 March 1921, Red Page.
Bedford, "A Critic Without Performance" The Bulletin 7 April 1921, p. 27.
G. C. Dixon, "The Valor of Ignorance" The Bulletin 21 April 1921, p. 25.
Francis Brian, "The Critic - Comments on Both" The Bulletin 5 May 1921, p. 25
Bedford has the last word in a paragraph item in The Bulletin 12 May 1921, p. 28.