Poems by an Australian Scot (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Poems by an Australian Scot Allan Fullarton Wilson was born in Glasgow in 1857. His mother died a week after his birth, and when he was about four years old he was brought to Australia. His father was a partner in the firm of Timms, Wilson & Co., of Geelong, and at a later stage became owner of the estate of Gala, at Lismore. Upon the sub-division of the property, he retained half of the original area, and arranged that the historic name should remain attached to his portion. There he died in 1888. His son Allan was educated at Geelong College and Scotch College, Melbourne, and his reports show him to have been a brainy lad and able to give a good account of himself in literary study. On leaving college, he took up work in the office of his father's successors, but the routine had no attraction for him, and his longing for a more active career took him to station life in Queensland and New South Wales. He finally settled in Geelong, where he died in August, 1917, leaving a wife and seven children. For many years he had diligently cultivated the muse, and some of his poems were published in Geelong, Melbourne and Sydney journals. After his death, it was found that he had left some thirteen volumes of carefully written manuscript, and his friends and admirers resolved to perpetuate his memory by publishing a selection. These have been duly classified, and are now submitted to the public. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.