Botany Bay contains Lang's most significant Australian work and was first published in 1853. It includes a number of short stories set in the early years of settlement. These are:
The Ghost Upon the Rail
The Master and His Man
Giles! As I Live!
Tracks in the Bush
Captain Ketchcalfe
Barrington
Three Celebrities
Baron Wald
Sir Henry Hayes
Kate Crawford
Annie Saint Felix
A Ramble with the Blacks
Music A Terror
John Lang (1816-1864) was born in Parramatta but studied Law in England 1837-1841 and from 1843 to 1845 practised as a lawyer in India. In India also he became editor of an English-language newspaper.From 1853 to 1859 Lang lived in England and Europe becoming a popular literary figure. He returned to India where he died in 1864.
John Lang (1816-1864) was a barrister and novelist, educated in Sydney and Cambridge.
Author’s preface
- The ghost upon the rail
- The master and his man
- Giles! As I live
- Tracks in the bush
- Captain Ketchcalfe
- Barrington
- Three celebrities
- Baron Wald
- Sir Henry Hayes
- Kate Crawford
- Annie Saint Felix
- A ramble with the blacks
- Music a terror
Format:
paperback
Size: 210 × 148 mm
116 pages
Copyright: © 2004
ISBN: 9781920897192
Publication: 01 Jan 2006
Series: SUP Classics
Size: 210 × 148 mm
116 pages
Copyright: © 2004
ISBN: 9781920897192
Publication: 01 Jan 2006
Series: SUP Classics