Over the Sliprails [by Henry Lawson, 1900]

[Editor: A book of short stories by Henry Lawson (1900).]

Over the Sliprails

by

Henry Lawson

Author of
“While the Billy Boils,” “When the World Was Wide and Other Verses,” “On the Track,” “Verses: Popular and Humorous,” &c.

Contents

[Preface]

The Shanty-Keeper’s Wife

A Gentleman Sharper and Steelman Sharper

An Incident at Stiffner’s

The Hero of Redclay

The Darling River

A Case for the Oracle

A Daughter of Maoriland

New Year’s Night

Black Joe

They Wait on the Wharf in Black

Seeing the Last of You

Two Boys at Grinder Brothers’

The Selector’s Daughter

Mitchell on the Sex and Other Problems

The Master’s Mistake

The Story of the Oracle

Sydney
Angus and Robertson
London: The Australian Book Company
38 West Smithfield
1900

Wesdale, Shoosmith and Co., Printers,
117 Clarence Street, Sydney.

Source:
Henry Lawson, Over the Sliprails, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1900

Editor’s notes:
The Preface was not included in the original list of contents, but has been included here.

The title of the 11th story (“Seeing the last of you”) is given without quotation marks in the book’s list of contents, whilst the chapter heading(on page 121) uses quotation marks.

The title of the 12th story is given as “Two Boys at Grinder Brothers’” in the book’s list of contents, whilst the chapter heading is given as “Two boys at Grinder Bros.’” (on page 123); i.e. one uses the full word “Brothers”, whilst the other uses the abbreviation “Bros.”; both include a possessive apostrophe (as may be used in the phrase “the Grinder Brothers’ factory”).

The title of the 14th story is given as “Mitchell on the Sex and Other Problems” in the book’s list of contents, whilst the chapter heading is given as “Mitchell on the “Sex” and Other “Problems.”” (on page 145); i.e. the list of contents gives it without the use of quotation marks for the words “Sex” and “Problems”).