A facsimile reprint of the 1918 edition.

Lawson was known as 'the people's poet' for he caught the mood of his times - the hopes and despairs of all Australians, whether city or rural dwellers - as this selection of his verse demonstrates. In his eloquent preface to this book David McKee Wright skilfully pinpoints those attributes which were peculiarly Lawson's and distinguished him from his contemporaries.