The Australian and Other Verses

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On the half-title page there is written in (faded) ink T.W Hervey(?) *** (indecipherable) With the Publisher's Compts. The Australian and Other Verses is a collection of poetry by the Scottish-Australian writer Will H. Ogilvie, published by Angus and Robertson, in 1916. The collection includes two illustrated plates by Hal Gye. The first edition notes: "The verses from which this volume takes its title — The Australian — first appeared in London Punch. Other pieces have appeared in the Spectator, Bulletin, Lone Hand, Pall Mall Magazine, Glasgow Herald, Westminster Gazette, British Australasian and Scotsman. My thanks are due to the Proprietors for permission to reprint."