In the Days When the World was Wide and Other Verses (2 ed.)
by Henry Lawson [Australian house-painter, author and poet -- 1867-1922.]

First Edition printed February 1896,
Reprinted August 1896, October 1896, March 1898, and November 1898;

Revised Edition, January 1900;
Reprinted May 1903, February 1910, June 1912, and July 1913.






Preface



Most of the verses contained in this volume were first published
in the Sydney `Bulletin'; others in the Brisbane `Boomerang',
Sydney `Freeman's Journal', `Town and Country Journal', `Worker',
and `New Zealand Mail', whose editors and proprietors I desire to thank
for past kindnesses and for present courtesy in granting me
the right of reproduction in book form.

`In the Days When the World was Wide' was written in Maoriland
and some of the other verses in Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia.

The dates of original publication are given in the Table of Contents.
Those undated are now printed for the first time.