Excerpt from Rhymes From the Mines, and Other LinesThe greater part of the material contained in this volume has appeared in the pages of The Bulletin, Sydney, from time to time during the last eight years. 'the Rescue' and 'peter Simson's Farm' were published originally in the Melbourne Argus. I have to thank the proprietors of both journals for their courtesy in permitting me to reproduce the verses.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.