*** start of the project gutenberg ebook 1313 *** over the sliprails by henry lawson author of while the billy boils, when the world was wide and other verses, on the track, verses: popular and humorous, &c. [note on text: italicized words or phrases are capitalised. some obvious errors have been corrected.] preface of the stories in this volume many have already appeared in the columns of [various periodicals], while several now appear in print for the first time. ...