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Alternative title: Adventure
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Appears in:
- y Coast to Coast : Australian Stories 1941 Cecil Mann (editor), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1941 Z9035 1941 periodical issue Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1941 pg. 149-151
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Appears in:
- y It's Funny : Stories by Australia's Leading Humorists Les Robinson , Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1942 Z1400945 1942 selected work poetry Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1942 pg. 22
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Appears in:
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y
Story-Book Only
R. G. Howarth
(editor),
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1948
Z117704
1948
selected work
prose
autobiography
biography
short story
'It is as a poet that Hugh McCrae is most famous; his three prose books appeared only in limited editions and no collection of his other writing has been made for fifteen years - a period in which he has written a good deal more prose than verse. The present volume accordingly contains the whole of My Father, and My Father's Friends, such of The Du Poissey Anecdotes and the McCrae Number of Art in Australia as the author wished to perpetuate, and a comprehensive selection from his stories, sketches, personal notes, articles, essays and jokes.
It goes without saying that this collection will be of the utmost interest to students of Australian literature, but its appeal extends far beyond the specialist. It is a book that cannot fail to delight all who appreciate personality and the rich comedy of human affairs. Hugh McCrae's characteristic humour, sometimes playful, sometimes freakish, sometimes macabre, but always light and deft - enlivens both the brief, vivid portraits of notable men known to his father and himself, and the equally brilliant accounts of fictitious people and events. He packs so much of wit and poetry into these writings that one is drawn back to the best of them again and again, always finding something fresh. Story-book Only will be read in the future along with its author's verse, and should bring him recognitions as one of our masters of prose.
The charm of the book is greatly enhanced by the author's illustrations, which form a lively and witty accompaniment to the text. They add a final proof of the versatility of Hugh McCrae's talent, and, like all his work, they bear the impress of the striking and highly original personality that gives Story-book Only a character unique in our literature.' (Publisher's blurb)
Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1948 pg. 134-136
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y
Story-Book Only
R. G. Howarth
(editor),
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1948
Z117704
1948
selected work
prose
autobiography
biography
short story
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Appears in:
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y
Australian Short Stories
Henrietta Drake-Brockman
,
Walter Murdoch
,
London
:
Oxford University Press
,
1951
Z449816
1951
anthology
short story
London
:
Oxford University Press
,
1951
pg.
141-142
Note: Editor's note: From The Sydney Morning Herald
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y
Australian Short Stories
Henrietta Drake-Brockman
,
Walter Murdoch
,
London
:
Oxford University Press
,
1951
Z449816
1951
anthology
short story
London
:
Oxford University Press
,
1951
pg.
141-142
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Appears in:
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y
Short Stories of Australia : The Lawson Tradition
Douglas Stewart
(editor),
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1967
Z384834
1967
anthology
short story
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1967
pg.
134-135
Note: With title: Adventure
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y
Short Stories of Australia : The Lawson Tradition
Douglas Stewart
(editor),
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1967
Z384834
1967
anthology
short story
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1967
pg.
134-135
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Appears in:
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y
Best Australian Short Stories
Douglas Stewart
(editor),
Beatrice Davis
(editor),
Melbourne
:
Lloyd O'Neil
,
1971
Z380931
1971
anthology
short story
Melbourne
:
Lloyd O'Neil
,
1971
pg.
122-123
Note: With title: Adventure
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y
Best Australian Short Stories
Douglas Stewart
(editor),
Beatrice Davis
(editor),
Melbourne
:
Lloyd O'Neil
,
1971
Z380931
1971
anthology
short story
Melbourne
:
Lloyd O'Neil
,
1971
pg.
122-123
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- Translator: Elisabeth Schnack
Alternative title: Abenteuer
Language: German-
Appears in:
- y Australische Erzähler : Eine Anthologie Elisabeth Schnack , Elisabeth Schnack (translator), Walter , 1961 Z901943 1961 anthology short story Walter , 1961 pg. 124-125