Over the Sliprails

After Lawson's return to Sydney from Western Australia and New Zealand, Angus and Robertson published Over the Sliprails in conjunction with another collection of prose, On the Tracks. This melange of new and previously published material reveals Lawson's astounding ability to portray Australian rural life during the colonial period.

Henry Lawson (1867-1922) was a short story writer, journalist, novellist and perhaps, most notably, a balladist. He contributed prose and verse to a number of publications including Bulletin, Daily Worker and Boomerang.

Preface

1. The shanty-keeper's wife
2. A gentleman sharper and Steelman sharper
3. An incident at Stiffner's
4. The hero of Redclay
5. The Darling River
6. A case for the Oracle
7. A daughter of Maoriland
8. New Year's Night
9. Black Joe
10. They wait on the wharf in black
11. Seeing the last of you
12. Two boys at Grinder Brothers'
13. The selector's daughter
14. Mitchell on the “sex” and other “problems”
15. The master's mistake
16. The story of the Oracle

Format: paperback
Size: 210 × 148 × 7 mm
90 pages
ISBN: 9781920897376
Publication: 01 Aug 2004
Series: SUP Classics