The anthologist must needs play the critic from beginning to end of his work of selection and rejection: what need, then, of any further airing of his likes and dislikes?
The national characters and natural beauty of Australia and New Zealand invigorate 205 poems by 80 authors; from Wentworth and Harpur to Kendall and Gordon up to Derham and Napier, this unique anthology spans a century of publishing during the explosive growth of these nations.
