Barcroft Boake: A Memoir [by A. G. Stephens]

[Editor: This memoir, written by A. G. Stephens, regarding the poet Barcroft Boake, was published in Where the Dead Men Lie and Other Poems (1897). Due to the lengthy nature of the Memoir, it has been split here into several sections, with relevant titles being assigned to each section.]

Barcroft Boake: A Memoir.

Section 1: Barcroft Boake’s early years

Section 2: Barcroft Boake writes from Rocklands (Adaminaby, NSW)

Section 3: Barcroft Boake’s mock hanging

Section 4: Goodbye to Rosedale
[includes the poem “Good-bye”, by Barcroft H. Boake]

Section 5: From Adaminaby to Trangie

Section 6: Writing from Mullah

Section 7: Letters from Currawilla and Windorah

Section 8: Writing from Burrenbilla and Yowah

Section 9: Letters from Cunnamulla (Banana-land)

Section 10: Reminiscences regarding Barcroft Boake

Section 11: Accepted by The Bulletin

Section 12: The floods of 1891

Section 13: Poetry and star-gazing
[includes extracts from the poem “To “Rolf Boldrewood””, by Barcroft H. Boake]

Section 14: The last days of Barcroft Boake
[includes the poem “An Easter Rhyme”, by Barcroft H. Boake]

Section 15: Some final words
[includes an untitled poem by A. G. Stephens]

Source:
Barcroft Boake, Where the Dead Men Lie and Other Poems, Sydney (NSW): Angus and Robertson, 1897, pp. 155-208

Editor’s notes:
On page 153, there was an otherwise blank page with the word “MEMOIR” in bold, placed prior to the “Barcroft Boake: A memoir” section (pp. 155-208). Page 154 was blank.