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1Born Again

By Alfred Lawson

"I doubt that anyone who reads [Born Again] will ever forget it: it is quite singularly bad, with long indigestible rants against the evils of the world, an impossibly idealistic Utopian prescription for the said evils, and - as you will have gathered - a very silly plot." - oddbooks.co.uk<br /><br /> Alfred Lawson was a veritable Renaissance man: a professional baseball player, a luminary in the field of aviation, an outspoken advocate of vegetarianism and economic reform, and the founder of a pseudo-scientific crackpot philosophy called Lawsonomy. Born Again, his only novel, is a bizarre, delirious, and delightfully silly utopian science-fiction novel that lays the groundwork for the philosophy that would later dominate Lawson's life. It tells the story of John Convert, a wayward, seafaring soul (based loosely on Lawson, minus the conveniently symbolic initials) who is tossed overboard by his crewmen after a physical altercation. Convert awakens on an island inhabited by a race of superhuman giants -- called the Sagemen -- who slumber in their subterranean city. He then meets Arletta, a giantess who takes Convert on a journey that will change his life in ways too fantastically strange to imagine. (Introduction by ChuckW)

A beautiful collection of pretty little poems. (Summary by Charlotte Duckett)

In 1892, two of Australia's best poets came up with a scheme to make some money. They arranged to have an argument in the Weekly Bulletin, and since they were being paid by the word, this let them fire back and forth, being sent beer money with each salvo. A couple of other poets also joined in, and their work is seminal to the development of the Bush ethos in Australia.<br /><br /> The first eight files are the original form of the poems, and the second eight are later republications by the authors, in their own collections. (Summary by Timothy Ferguson)

Henry Lawson was an Australian writer and poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period and is often called Australia's "greatest short story writer". (Summary by Wikipedia)

5Shame of Going Back

By Henry Lawson

Henry Archibald Hertzberg Lawson was an Australian writer and poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period and is often called Australia's "greatest short story writer". - Summary by Wikipedia

6Men Who Live It Down

By Henry Lawson

MANY of the verses in this volume (When I Was King (1906)) appeared originally in the SYDNEY Bulletin, others in the Daily Telegraph, Town and Country Journal, Evening News, World's News, Australian Star, Amateur Gardener, and KALGOORLIE Sun, while eleven are reprinted from The Children of the Bush, published by Messrs. Methuen and Co., London. (from the Introduction)

7In the Days When the World Was Wide, and Other Verses

By Henry Lawson

This is a volume of poetry by Henry Lawson, the well-known Australian poet. Some of the poems in this collection are still widely taught in school, some others are not widely known at this time. All of them, however, paint vivid images of Australia around the turn of the last century. As <i>The Academy</i> put it in 1909, "These ballads (for such they mostly are) abound in spirit and manhood, in the colour and smell of Australian soil. They deserve the popularity which they have won in Australia, and which, we trust, this edition will now give them in England." - Summary by Carolin

Henry Archibald Hertzberg Lawson was an Australian writer and bush poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period and is often called Australia's "greatest short story writer". He was the son of the poet, publisher and feminist Louisa Lawson. - Summary by Wikipedia

This poem tells the story of a boy in Australia who leaves the farm at harvest time. "and to run from home was a crime." The story is set in the Riverina, New South Wales in the town of Gundagai. ( David Lawrence)

10Shakedown on the Floor

By Henry Lawson

Despite the bittersweet outcome of the romance in this work, the poem still manages to conclude in an uplifting fashion. - Summary by SonOfTheExiles

11Verses Popular And Humorous (Version 2)

By Henry Lawson

Verses, Popular and Humorous (1900) was the second collection of poems by Australian poet Henry Lawson. It features some of the poet's earlier major works, including "The Lights of Cobb and Co", "Saint Peter" and "The Grog-An'-Grumble-Steeplechase". Most of the poems in the volume had been written after the publication of In the Days When the World was Wide and Other Verses in 1896.<br /> The original collection includes 66 poems by the author that are reprinted from various sources. Later publications split the collection into two separate volumes: Popular Verses and Humorous Verses, though the contents differed from the original list. - Summary by Wikipedia <br /><br /> Initial DPL: Larry Wilson and MC: Phil Chenevert

12Verses Popular and Humorous

By Henry Lawson

This is a volume of humorous poems by Australian poet Henry Lawson. - Summary by Carolin

13Outside Track

By Henry Lawson

LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of The Outside Track by Henry Lawson.<br> his was the Fortnightly Poetry project for August 25, 2019. <br> ------<br> Henry Archibald Hertzberg Lawson was an Australian writer and bush poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period and is often called Australia's "greatest short story writer". - Summary by Wikipedia

01. That Pretty Girl in the Army<br><br>The Salvation Army is having a hard time of things in the rough Outback town of Bourke.  That is, until Sister Hannah arrives... - Summary by Son of the Exiles <BR><BR>Coordinated by: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8879">Son of the Exiles</a><br> Sister Hannah: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/11084">Devorah Allen</a><br> Jack Moonlight: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10789">Tomas Peter</a><br> Billy Woods: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10801">Jim Locke</a><br> Jake Boreham: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8425">Larry Wilson</a><br> Reformed Drunkard: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/12980">Wayne Cooke</a><br> Bob Brothers: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/4705">Algy Pug</a><br> Mitchell: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7170">Alan Mapstone</a><br> Donald Macdonald: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7026">Michele Eaton</a><br> One-Eyed Bogan: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/11927">lorda</a><br> Female Testifier: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/11059">Lauren-Emma Blake</a><br> Blunderer: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/16484">Therese Lindholm</a><br> Black Testifier: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/12980">Wayne Cooke</a><br> Heckler: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6754">ToddHW</a><br> Narrator: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8677">KHand</a><br><BR> 02. The Hairy Man<br><br>It was the day after Australia's Anniversary Day and all the patriots wanted to do was nurse their hangovers out in the scrub of the isolated western spur of the Blue Mountains. But following close on the heels of their hair-of-the-dog comes The Hairy Man, Australia's own version of Bigfoot. - Summary by Son of the Exiles<br><br>Coordinated by: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8879">Son of the Exiles</a><br> Jack Jones: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7170">Alan Mapstone</a><br> Andy Page: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8425">Larry Wilson</a><br> Dave Regan: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/11927">lorda</a><br> Jim Bentley: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6754">ToddHW</a><br> Mahoney: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/11790">TJ Burns</a><br> Foley: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/4705">Algy Pug</a><br> Narrator: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8879">Son of the Exiles</a><br><BR> 03. Macquarie's Mate<br><br>Even "the veriest wreck in the drink-fiend's clutch" won't stand idly by and hear his mate slagged off. - Summary by Son of the Exiles <br><br>Coordinated by: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8879">Son of the Exiles</a><br> Awful Example: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7170">Alan Mapstone</a><br> Box-o’-Tricks: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6754">ToddHW</a><br> Barcoo: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/4705">Algy Pug</a><br> “Sally” Thompson: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7026">Michele Eaton</a><br> Stiffner the Shanty-Keeper: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10995">April6090</a><br> Macquarie: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/11927">lorda</a><br> Somebody: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/14540">Andrew Gaunce</a><br> Narrator: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8879">Son of the Exiles</a><br><BR> 04. His Country After All<br><br>"Lives there a man with soul so dead..." - Summary taken from text<br><br>Coordinated by: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8879">Son of the Exiles</a><br> Australian-born American: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/12980">Wayne Cooke</a><br> New Zealand bagman: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/10801">Jim Locke</a><br> Coach Driver: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/6754">ToddHW</a><br> Posh-sounding British voice: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/7170">Alan Mapstone</a><br> Australian rabbit-trapper: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/4705">Algy Pug</a><br> Narrator: <a href="https://librivox.org/reader/8677">KHand</a><br>

15Ship

By Henry Lawson

LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of The Ship by Henry Lawson.<br> This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for November 1, 2020. <br> ------<br> Remembrance Day 2020; An excerpt from A Fantasy of War in the book My Army, O, My Army! and other songs by Henry Lawson (1915) - Summary by David Lawrence

16Route March

By Henry Lawson

LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of The Route March by Henry Lawson.<br> This was the Weekly Poetry project for November 8, Remembrance Day 2020.

17Above Lavender Bay

By Henry Lawson

LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Above Lavender Bay by Henry Lawson.<br> This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for January 10, 2021. <br> ------<br> Henry Archibald Hertzberg Lawson was an Australian writer and bush poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period and is often called Australia's "greatest short story writer". This poem is taken from The Skyline Riders and Other Verses By Henry Lawson (1910) - Summary by Wikipedia

18Selected Lead Articles from "THE DAWN"

By Louisa Lawson

Louisa Lawson, the mother of Australian writer Henry Lawson, was the founder, publisher and editor of an early feminist journal in Sydney named “The Dawn”. From 1888 onwards, it played no small part in the gaining of the vote for Australian women in South Australia (1895), Western Australia (1899), New South Wales (1902), Commonwealth (1902), Tasmania (1903), Queensland (1905), and Victoria (1908). <br><br> Since the success of the “Digitise The Dawn” project, a number of Louisa Lawson’s lead articles from the journal are available PD online, including the one written in defiance of the male-dominated New South Wales Typographical Association. This union attempted to shut down The Dawn by getting up an advertising boycott and other methods, angered as they were by The Dawn’s all-woman team of editors and printers … the NSW Typographical Association objected to them employing women at all. <br><br> Louisa Lawson described one attempt at intimidation to the 'Bulletin' : <br></br> <i>'We were just going to press, and you know how locking up isn't always an easy matter-particularly for new chums like we were. Well he stood there and said nasty things, and poor Miss Grieg-she's my forewoman-and the girls, they got as white as chalk; the tears were in their eyes. I asked him three times to go, and he wouldn't, so I took a watering pot full of water that we had for sweeping the floor, and I let him have it.'</i> <br><br> The advertising boycott in time collapsed after Louisa Lawson suggested her readers adopt the following simple expedient:<br><br> <i>‘If it is made clear to your tradesmen that you deal with them because they advertise with us, the boycott is immediately defeated.’</i> <br><br>- Summary by Son of the Exiles

19Reedy River

By Henry Lawson

LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of Reedy River by Henry Lawson..<br> This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for August 22, 2021. <br> ------<br> This Fortnightly Poem is taken from Verses Popular and Humorous (pub 1900). This was the second collection of poems by Australian poet Henry Lawson. - Summary by David Lawrence

20Short Stories in Prose and Verse

By Henry Lawson

Short Stories in Prose and Verse” is Henry Lawson’s first published book (1894); his first published poem appeared in 1887. The volume is a snapshot of his writing style up to the start of his career. His first published poem appeared at age 20, his first published book at age 27. This volume is a good sample of Henry Lawson’s poetry and prose and makes a good stepping-stone towards the enjoyment of his later works. Summary by Chris Greaves

"A collection of the important and interesting criminal trials which have taken place in the United States from the beginning of our government to the present day".<br><br> To the general public this series will certainly appeal as the most interesting and instructive work which has been published in this country for many years. The trial of judicial causes has even more charms than biography and history, for it is a drama of real life. We enter the halls of justice, the judges and jurors are before us, the criminal is brought in, we behold him surrounded by an eager and excited populace; the whole scene passing before the mind's eye as a living and moving picture. There is nothing in the Grecian drama that surpasses, in touching pathos, scenes in the trials and prosecutions of these men and women, sometimes innocent and sometimes guilty, but always awaiting with trembling the verdict of the jury which is to send them back to their families and friends or to the scaffold or prison. Here are the poor and ignorant confronted with their accusers but relying upon their advocates; there the rich and powerful surrounded by a host of counsel and braving even the power of the government to convict them. Sometimes the mere report of the evidence in the case and the verdict gives a complete picture of the crime and criminal but in most cases the full dramatic effect cannot be shown in a narrative, but stands out broadly and as vividly as the actual trial when the witnesses, the counsel, the judge and the prisoner are suffered to speak for themselves. in many cases the great points of interest are the eloquent arguments at the bar by the advocates, and in this collection will be included all the great forensic efforts which have been made in trials in all the States by the orators and leaders of the American Bar from the beginning of American Courts down to the present time. When it is considered how prone our people are to litigation, what a vast number of causes are decided every year, how eagerly the public attention is directed to many of them, what an amount of learning and talent are centered in the legal profession, greater perhaps than in any other, how fond American people are of attending courts, and especially the magnitude of many causes that are tried, it is extraordinary that there should not have appeared up to this time in the country a series of American State Trials. - Summary from the Introduction

22Pet Reader

By Edith W. Lawson

Little rhymes and bits of verse about animals to entertain and instruct primary children. - Summary by TR Love

23Pride That Comes After

By Henry Lawson

LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of The Pride That Comes After By Henry Lawson.<br> This was the Weekly Poetry project for May 28, 2023. <br> ------<br> Henry Archibald Hertzberg Lawson was an Australian writer and bush poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period and is often called Australia's "greatest short story writer". - Summary by Wikipedia

"A collection of the important and interesting criminal trials which have taken place in the United States from the beginning of our government to the present day". To the general public this series will certainly appeal as the most interesting and instructive work which has been published in this country for many years. The trial of judicial causes has even more charms than biography and history, for it is a drama of real life. We enter the halls of justice, the judges and jurors are before us, the criminal is brought in, we behold him surrounded by an eager and excited populace; the whole scene passing before the mind's eye as a living and moving picture. There is nothing in the Grecian drama that surpasses, in touching pathos, scenes in the trials and prosecutions of these men and women, sometimes innocent and sometimes guilty, but always awaiting with trembling the verdict of the jury which is to send them back to their families and friends or to the scaffold or prison. Here are the poor and ignorant confronted with their accusers but relying upon their advocates; there the rich and powerful surrounded by a host of counsel and braving even the power of the government to convict them. Sometimes the mere report of the evidence in the case and the verdict gives a complete picture of the crime and criminal but in most cases the full dramatic effect cannot be shown in a narrative, but stands out broadly and as vividly as the actual trial when the witnesses, the counsel, the judge and the prisoner are suffered to speak for themselves. in many cases the great points of interest are the eloquent arguments at the bar by the advocates, and in this collection will be included all the great forensic efforts which have been made in trials in all the States by the orators and leaders of the American Bar from the beginning of American Courts down to the present time. When it is considered how prone our people are to litigation, what a vast number of causes are decided every year, how eagerly the public attention is directed to many of them, what an amount of learning and talent are centered in the legal profession, greater perhaps than in any other, how fond American people are of attending courts, and especially the magnitude of many causes that are tried, it is extraordinary that there should not have appeared up to this time in the country a series of American State Trials. - Summary by Introduction

J. GIlchrist Lawson was an American Baptist evangelist and prohibitionist who was also active as an author and editor. This book has been of enduring value and influence as who delves into the deeper, inner spirituality of notable Christians of historical influence. His primary focus is on the experience of the baptism, or infilling, of the Holy Spirit, or entire sanctification, and how this transformed the character and activity of these Christians. After drawing from characters of the Old and New Testaments and the early saints of the church, Lawson gives penetrating portraits of such figures as John Wesley, George Whitefield, George Fox, Madam Guyon, Charles Finney, D.L. Moody, William Booth, and many others. - Summary by Larry Wilson

"A collection of the important and interesting criminal trials which have taken place in the United States from the beginning of our government to the present day". To the general public this series will certainly appeal as the most interesting and instructive work which has been published in this country for many years. The trial of judicial causes has even more charms than biography and history, for it is a drama of real life. We enter the halls of justice, the judges and jurors are before us, the criminal is brought in, we behold him surrounded by an eager and excited populace; the whole scene passing before the mind's eye as a living and moving picture. There is nothing in the Grecian drama that surpasses, in touching pathos, scenes in the trials and prosecutions of these men and women, sometimes innocent and sometimes guilty, but always awaiting with trembling the verdict of the jury which is to send them back to their families and friends or to the scaffold or prison. Here are the poor and ignorant confronted with their accusers but relying upon their advocates; there the rich and powerful surrounded by a host of counsel and braving even the power of the government to convict them. Sometimes the mere report of the evidence in the case and the verdict gives a complete picture of the crime and criminal but in most cases the full dramatic effect cannot be shown in a narrative, but stands out broadly and as vividly as the actual trial when the witnesses, the counsel, the judge and the prisoner are suffered to speak for themselves. in many cases the great points of interest are the eloquent arguments at the bar by the advocates, and in this collection will be included all the great forensic efforts which have been made in trials in all the States by the orators and leaders of the American Bar from the beginning of American Courts down to the present time. When it is considered how prone our people are to litigation, what a vast number of causes are decided every year, how eagerly the public attention is directed to many of them, what an amount of learning and talent are centered in the legal profession, greater perhaps than in any other, how fond American people are of attending courts, and especially the magnitude of many causes that are tried, it is extraordinary that there should not have appeared up to this time in the country a series of American State Trials. - Summary by Introduction

"A collection of the important and interesting criminal trials which have taken place in the United States from the beginning of our government to the present day". To the general public this series will certainly appeal as the most interesting and instructive work which has been published in this country for many years. The trial of judicial causes has even more charms than biography and history, for it is a drama of real life. We enter the halls of justice, the judges and jurors are before us, the criminal is brought in, we behold him surrounded by an eager and excited populace; the whole scene passing before the mind's eye as a living and moving picture. There is nothing in the Grecian drama that surpasses, in touching pathos, scenes in the trials and prosecutions of these men and women, sometimes innocent and sometimes guilty, but always awaiting with trembling the verdict of the jury which is to send them back to their families and friends or to the scaffold or prison. Here are the poor and ignorant confronted with their accusers but relying upon their advocates; there the rich and powerful surrounded by a host of counsel and braving even the power of the government to convict them. Sometimes the mere report of the evidence in the case and the verdict gives a complete picture of the crime and criminal but in most cases the full dramatic effect cannot be shown in a narrative, but stands out broadly and as vividly as the actual trial when the witnesses, the counsel, the judge and the prisoner are suffered to speak for themselves. in many cases the great points of interest are the eloquent arguments at the bar by the advocates, and in this collection will be included all the great forensic efforts which have been made in trials in all the States by the orators and leaders of the American Bar from the beginning of American Courts down to the present time. When it is considered how prone our people are to litigation, what a vast number of causes are decided every year, how eagerly the public attention is directed to many of them, what an amount of learning and talent are centered in the legal profession, greater perhaps than in any other, how fond American people are of attending courts, and especially the magnitude of many causes that are tried, it is extraordinary that there should not have appeared up to this time in the country a series of American State Trials. - Summary by Introduction

LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of Stand by the Engines by Henry Lawson.<br> This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for September 15, 2024. <br> ------<br> Henry Archibald Hertzberg Lawson was an Australian writer and bush poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period and is often called Australia's "greatest short story writer". - Summary by Wikipedia

"A collection of the important and interesting criminal trials which have taken place in the United States from the beginning of our government to the present day". To the general public this series will certainly appeal as the most interesting and instructive work which has been published in this country for many years. The trial of judicial causes has even more charms than biography and history, for it is a drama of real life. We enter the halls of justice, the judges and jurors are before us, the criminal is brought in, we behold him surrounded by an eager and excited populace; the whole scene passing before the mind's eye as a living and moving picture. There is nothing in the Grecian drama that surpasses, in touching pathos, scenes in the trials and prosecutions of these men and women, sometimes innocent and sometimes guilty, but always awaiting with trembling the verdict of the jury which is to send them back to their families and friends or to the scaffold or prison. Here are the poor and ignorant confronted with their accusers but relying upon their advocates; there the rich and powerful surrounded by a host of counsel and braving even the power of the government to convict them. Sometimes the mere report of the evidence in the case and the verdict gives a complete picture of the crime and criminal but in most cases the full dramatic effect cannot be shown in a narrative, but stands out broadly and as vividly as the actual trial when the witnesses, the counsel, the judge and the prisoner are suffered to speak for themselves. in many cases the great points of interest are the eloquent arguments at the bar by the advocates, and in this collection will be included all the great forensic efforts which have been made in trials in all the States by the orators and leaders of the American Bar from the beginning of American Courts down to the present time. When it is considered how prone our people are to litigation, what a vast number of causes are decided every year, how eagerly the public attention is directed to many of them, what an amount of learning and talent are centered in the legal profession, greater perhaps than in any other, how fond American people are of attending courts, and especially the magnitude of many causes that are tried, it is extraordinary that there should not have appeared up to this time in the country a series of American State Trials." - Summary by Introduction