THEKELLYGANGTheOutlawsoftheWombatRanges———————“QuiddeQuoqueviro,etcuidicas,soepecaveto”“Becautiouswhatyousay,ofwhom,andtowhom”.———————“MANSFIELDGUARDIAN”.1879MELBOURNE:PRINTEDBYWALKER,MAY,ANDCO.,“KellyGang”,panyingnarrative,thoughhurriedlythrowntogetherand,therefore,,andatthesametimereadable,astoryaspossibleunderthecircumstances,mand;andwewouldtakethisopportunityoffullyadmittingourobligations,notonlytothejournalsoftheday,butmoreespeciallytocertainindividual...(missing).....variousunsubstantialchargeswhich,eitherbasedonlyonsuspicionormayhap,bornofinvectivegenius,havebeencirculated,ingoodfaithnodoubt,byvariouspublishersagainstthemalefactorsandtheirunfortunateconnections.“Aplain,unvarnishedtale”ofthefactswillbefoundinplacessufficientlyshockingtosatisfy,ifnotcloy,,therefore,intheproductionofthefollowingrelation,asequitablehistorians,adoptedforourmotto–“Nothingextenuate,norsetdownaughtinmalice”.THEAUTHORSMELBOURNE,22ndFebruary,.“Nowlitheandlisten,gentlesall,ThewhileIdounfoldTheparentageandekethedeedsOfRob,theoutlawbold;AndhowhedrovethekeepersBymountain,moorandglen;Andhowheheldtheforest,free,Withallhislustymen”.–,surelywemayalsoassumeittobeamarkofthemostgenuineadmiration;hence,beingtotallyincapableofproducinganythingremotelyapproachinghisstyle,wecannotbesaidtogofarastrayinadoptingtheplanfollowedbyoneofEngland’smostcelebratedclassicalauthors,HenryFielding,posingthelifeof“JONATHANWILD,THEGREAT”,whichplanisthusreferredtoinoneoftheintroductorychapterstothework;–“Itisthecustomofallbiographers,attheirentranceintotheirwork,tostepalittlebackwards(asfarindeedastheyareable),andtotraceuptheirhero,astheancientsdidtheriverNile,tillanincapacityofproce
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