Sydney Morning Herald: "A charming and interesting little book… they live and breathe, and he has contrived to make actual to us those remote and almost incredible days… Mr. Smith's admirable illustrations are an equally important feature of the book, which, in addition to its interest, presents a great antiquarian value."
THE RISING OF THE COURT, AND OTHER
SKETCHES IN PROSE AND VERSE.
Queensland Times: "These stories show Lawson at his best, and Lawson at his best is not to be beaten by short story writers in current literature."
AN OUTBACK MARRIAGE: A Story of Australian Life.
Scotsman: "The chief virtue of the book lies in its fresh and vivid presentment of the wild life and the picturesque manners of the Australian bush, while in form and style it claims recognition as a work of considerable literary distinction."
Daily Telegraph: "Rude and rugged these old bush songs are, but they carry in their vigorous lines the very impress of their origin and of their genuineness… Mr. Paterson has done his work like an artist."
Sydney Morning Herald: "Mr. Allen is one of the select band who are saturated with classic lore and who seek to translate the beings of pagan mythology to the Australian bush. 'Gods and Wood Things' contains both prose and verse—the latter rhapsodical, the former mystical."
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