[From the July, 1909 Section of Advertisements.]
When the World Was Wide
AND OTHER VERSES.
By Henry Lawson.
THE ACADEMY: “These ballads (for such they mostly are) abound in spirit and manhood, in the colour and smell of Australian soil. They deserve the popularity which they have won in Australia, and which, we trust, this edition will now give them in England.”
THE SPEAKER: “There are poems in ‘In the Days When the World was Wide’ which are of a higher mood than any yet heard in distinctively Australian poetry.”
LITERARY WORLD: “Not a few of the pieces have made us feel discontented with our sober surroundings, and desirous of seeing new birds, new landscapes, new stars; for at times the blood tingles because of Mr. Lawson’s galloping rhymes.”
NEWCASTLE WEEKLY CHRONICLE: “Swinging, rhythmic verse.”