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Contents
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Little Miss Anzac,
single work
review
— Review of Little Miss Anzac : The True Story of an Australian Doll 1917 single work children's fiction ; (p. 370) -
Those Were the Days!,
single work
review
— Review of 'Those Were the Days' : Being Reminiscences of Australian Artists and Writers.... 1918 single work prose biography ; (p. 370) - The Parasite, single work short story (p. 371)
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The Tragedy : A Dirgei"Oh, I never felt so wretched, and things never looked so blue",
single work
poetry
humour
(p. 373)
Originally published in 1918 as part of an advertising campaign for Heenzo (Hean's Essence), a coughs, colds, croup and catarrh remedy. The advertisement, which appeared around Australia and New Zealand, comprised six poems - 'The Tragedy' (Henry Lawson), 'A Repudiation' (J. W. Gordon), 'A Confession' (Mrs Stan Roberts), 'Another Confession' (Harley Cohen) and 'Absolution - For the Woman' and 'Forgiveness - For the Strollers' (both by Lawson under the pseudonym, 'Arry).
The advertisement was republished 1934 and again in 1944. Additional copy for the 1944 Bulletin reprint records:
Famous advertisement repeated after twenty-eight years in response to many request from all parts of Australia... The above poems ['The Tragedy' and 'A Repudiation'] caused Mrs Stan Roberts and Mr Harley Cohen to write the following poems, then Henry Lawson replied with 'Absolution' and 'Forgiveness' (5 July 1944, p.28).
- Captain Knyvett, single work biography (p. 373)
- Fisher's Last Mani"Who'll be the man to take the booby prize,", single work poetry (p. 374)
- Springi"A wattle spray for an August morning -", single work poetry (p. 374)
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An Irish Heart,
single work
review
— Review of An Irish Heart 1918 selected work poetry ; (p. 374) - Furs and Bandagesi"The ways of France were bleak and cold,", single work poetry (p. 375)
- Nights in No Man's Land, single work short story war literature (p. 379-381)
- The Revolt of Mrs Gummer, single work short story (p. 382)
- Christmas and Aunt Elizabeth, single work short story humour (p. 383-384)
- The Hairdresser, single work short story (p. 387)
