[Editor: This book of short stories by Henry Lawson was published in 1896.]
While the Billy Boils
by
Henry Lawson
Author of
When the World Was Wide.
With eight plates by Mahony.
Contents
Stiffner and Jim (thirdly, Bill)
Another of Mitchell’s plans for the future
Mitchell doesn’t believe in the sack
An echo from the old bark school
The shearing of the cook’s dog
Coming across — a study in the steerage
Illustrations
They would talk of some old lead
They have been talking about her for three hours
Poured some water into the hollow
Mother, I won’t never go drovin’; blast me if I do!
Tenderly examining the seat of the trousers
I’m sorry, mum. I didn’t know
The inside dog generally starts it
His mate’s alive
Vignette (Swag, waterbag, billy, and ‘nosebag’)
Sydney
Angus and Robertson
89 Castlereagh Street
1896
Sixth thousand
Sydney: McCarron, Stewart & Co., Printers.
Source:
Henry Lawson, While the Billy Boils, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1896
Editor’s notes:
In some later editions, the story “The Drover’s Wife” was placed after “Across the Straits” (e.g. in the 1913 edition published by Angus and Robertson).
The Institute of Australian Culture
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