The Battle of the Books
Jonathan Swift worked for William Temple during the time of the controversy, and Swift's "A Tale of a Tub" (1703/1705) takes part in the debate. From its first publication, Swift added a short satire entitled "The Battle of the Books" to the "Tale of a Tub." In this piece, there is an epic battle fought in a library when various books come alive and attempt to settle the arguments between moderns and ancients. In Swift's satire, he skilfully manages to avoid saying which way victory fell. He portrays the manuscript as having been damaged in places, thus leaving the end of the battle up to the reader.
George Lewis Becke
In January 1892 Becke returned to Sydney and persuaded by Ernest Favenc and J. F. Archibald began to contribute stories to "The Bulletin", the first of which was "'Tis in the Blood" appearing in the edition of 6 May 1893. A collection of these stories, "By Reef and Palm", was published in England in 1894; "His Native Wife", a novelette, was published in Australia in 1895; followed by a further collection of stories, "The Ebbing of the Tide", which was published in 1896.