The Artistic Strength And Weakness of Henry Lawson

Lawson,who made the first successfulattempt to delineate Australia and its na-tional characteristics,is revered—justifiablyenough—as the founder of Australian nation-al literature.Although what he presentsis only a partial view,mainly of the bushand the harsher aspect of life,his voice isunmatchedly authentic,—as is broughthome by H.M.Green:If we were set the impossible task offinding some single book to representAustralia,I think that there is