In his last book, `Songs from the Mountains', there are fewer echoes;
the touch is surer, and the imaginative level at his highest.
The shining wonder is that, under the conditions of Australian life
between 1860 and 1880, he should have written so much that is so good.
As our first sweet singer of "native woodnotes wild",
Kendall has an enduring place in the regard of all Australians;
and his best work is known and admired wherever English poetry is read.
Bertram Stevens
{This is the transcription of the letter previously mentioned.}
Newtown, Sydney, New South Wales.
January 21, 1862
To the Editor of the "Cornhill Magazine".
Sir,
Will you oblige me by reading this letter, and the accompanying verses?
Remember that they will have travelled sixteen thousand miles,
and on that account will be surely worth a few moments of your time.
I think that there is merit in the verses, and have sent them to you,
hoping that you -- yourself, will be of the same opinion.
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