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OVER THE SLIPRAILS
BY
HENRY LAWSON
AUTHOR OF
"While the Billy Boils," "When the World was Wide and Other Verses,"
"On the Track," "Verses: Popular and Humorous," &c.
Sydney
ANGUS AND ROBERTSON
London: The Australian Book Company
38 West Smithfield
1900
Wersdale, Shoosmith and Co., Printers,
117 Clarence Street, Sydney.
PREFACE
Of the stories in this volume many have already appeared in the columns of the Bulletin. Others appeared originally in the Town and Country Journal, the West Australian and the The Western Mail, while several now appear in print for the first time.
I wish to thank the editors of the papers mentioned for the right to republish in book form.
H. L.
Sydney, June 9th, 1900.
CONTENTS
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