Selected from Dyson's three best works, some of the stories herein are mining yarns from 1870s and 1880s, from the author's personal experience of the Victorian diggings, ranging in mood from nervous suspense to humour as patrons fight for the favour of the local barmaid.. Other stories are from Fact'ry 'Ands - about city life in the 1890s and 1900s. In this volume: A Golden Shanty; A Visit to Scrubby Gully; An Incident of the Old Pioneer; At the Yards; A Sabbath Morn at Waddy; The Trucker's Dream; Hebe of Grasstree; The Conquering Bush; A Zealot in Labour; The Elopement of Mrs. Peters; Deadman's Lode; A Vain Sacrifice; Spicer's Courtship; After the Accident; Benno's Little Boshter; a Hot Day at Spats'; The Wooing of Minnie; The Packer's 'Little Silly'; A Saturday at Spats'; The Fickle Dolly Hopgood; At a Boxing Bout; Susie Gannon's Young Man; The Rivals; The Man-Eater; A Question of Propriety; The Haunted Corner; A Little Love Affair; The Morbid Boy; The Toucher. Selection and introduction by Norman Lindsay.