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Issue Details: First known date: 1912... 1912 Under the Open Sky
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' Under the Open Sky is a small collection of poems, several meditating war conditions, others expressing moods of the Australian bush.' E. Morris Miller and F. T. Macartney, Australian Literature : A Bibliography to 1938 Extended to 1950. (1956) 328.

Contents

* Contents derived from the London,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Erskine Macdonald , 1916 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Quest of Lovei"My sleeping comrades never stirred,", Harley Matthews , single work poetry war literature

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: B. G. Clarey , 1912 .
      Extent: 51p.
      Note/s:
      • Book produced and published by B. G. Clarey, Sydney (title page)
      • Author's note: Of the following none have been seen in print before save "The Breaking of the Drought." For its republication here thanks are due, and are now rendered to "The Bulletin."// Intending readers are requested to first read the Dedication, and, that not being to their taste, to read no more.// Of those who may be inclined to venture further it is only asked: that they forget the teachings of all school-day pedants when reading in this book; that, as an example, they pronouce the work "wind" as they would speak it.
      • Dedication: To All Good Australians. The dedication is followed by a poem with the first line: My land, will you not hear me in this hush,
Notes:
Dedication: Dedicated to my Comrades, Living and Dead, of the Australian Imperial Forces.
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      Erskine Macdonald ,
      1916 .
      Extent: 30p.
      Note/s:
      • Miller notes that this work 'was reissued in London in 1916, with omissions and additions.'
      • Partial contents indexed. Remainder pending.

Works about this Work

Untitled 1917 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 10 May vol. 38 no. 1943 1917; (p. 2)

— Review of Under the Open Sky Harley Matthews , 1912 selected work poetry
The Bookaneers : Australian Verse 1913 single work review
— Appears in: The Lone Hand , 1 February vol. 12 no. 70 1913; (p. xxii,xxiv)

— Review of Under the Open Sky Harley Matthews , 1912 selected work poetry
Untitled 1912 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 7 November vol. 33 no. 1708 1912; (p. 2)

— Review of Under the Open Sky Harley Matthews , 1912 selected work poetry
Untitled 1912 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 7 November vol. 33 no. 1708 1912; (p. 2)

— Review of Under the Open Sky Harley Matthews , 1912 selected work poetry
The Bookaneers : Australian Verse 1913 single work review
— Appears in: The Lone Hand , 1 February vol. 12 no. 70 1913; (p. xxii,xxiv)

— Review of Under the Open Sky Harley Matthews , 1912 selected work poetry
Untitled 1917 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 10 May vol. 38 no. 1943 1917; (p. 2)

— Review of Under the Open Sky Harley Matthews , 1912 selected work poetry
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