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AUSTRALIAN WRITERS

by

DESMOND BYRNE







London
Richard Bentley and Son
Publishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen
1896

[All rights reserved]




CONTENTS.

                                PAGE
  INTRODUCTION                     1

  MARCUS CLARKE                   29

  HENRY KINGSLEY                  90

  ADA CAMBRIDGE                  131

  ADAM LINDSAY GORDON            159

  ROLF BOLDREWOOD                189

  MRS. CAMPBELL PRAED            229

  TASMA                          260




INTRODUCTION.


Any survey of the work done by Australian authors suggests a question
as to what length of