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.