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Still, Kendall managed to persuade Mr. George Robertson, the principal Australian bookseller of those days, to undertake the risk of his second book of poems  'Leaves from Australian Forests'  which was published towards the end of 1869. But though the volume showed a great advance in quality upon its predecessor, it was a commercial failure, and the publisher lost ninety pounds over it. STILL KENDALL MANAGED TO PERSUADE MISTER GEORGE ROBERTSON THE PRINCIPAL AUSTRALIAN BOOKSELLER OF THOSE DAYS TO UNDERTAKE THE RISK OF HIS SECOND BOOK OF POEMS LEAVES FROM AUSTRALIAN FORESTS WHICH WAS PUBLISHED TOWARDS THE END OF EIGHTEEN SIXTY NINE BUT THOUGH THE VOLUME SHOWED A GREAT ADVANCE IN QUALITY UPON ITS PREDECESSOR IT WAS A COMMERCIAL FAILURE AND THE PUBLISHER LOST NINETY POUNDS OVER IT
e best Australian poem, the judge being Richard Hengist Horne, author of 'Orion'. Kendall sent in three poems and Horne awarded the prize to "A Death in the Bush". In an article printed in Melbourne and Sydney newspapers he declared that the author was a true poet, and that had there been three prizes, the second and third would have gone to Kendall's other poems--"The Glen of Arrawatta" and "Dungog". The result of winning this prize was that Kendall decided to abandon routine work and try to earn his living as a writer. He resigned his position in the Colonial Secretary's Office on the 31st March, 1869, and shortly afterwards left for Melbourne, where his wife and daughter soon joined him. Melbourne was then a centre of greater literary activity than Sydney. Neither then, however, nor for a long time to come, was any number of people in Australia sufficiently interested in local literature (apart from journalism) to warrant the most gifted writer in depending upon his pen for support. RNE FOR THE BEST AUSTRALIAN POEM THE JUDGE BEING RICHARD HANGEST HORN AUTHOR OF ORION KENDALL SENT IN THREE POEMS AND HORN AWARDED THE PRIZE TO A DEATH IN THE BUSH IN AN ARTICLE PRINTED IN MELBOURNE AND SYDNEY NEWSPAPERS HE DECLARED THAT THE AUTHOR WAS A TRUE POET AND THAT HAD THERE BEEN THREE PRIZES THE SECOND AND THIRD WOULD HAVE GONE TO KENDALL'S OTHER POEMS THE GLEN OF EEROWA AND DUNGOG THE RESULT OF WINNING THIS PRIZE WAS THAT KENDALL DECIDED TO ABANDON ROUTINE WORK AND TRY TO EARN HIS LIVING AS A WRITER HE RESIGNED HIS POSITION IN THE COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE ON THE THIRTY FIRST MARCH EIGHTEEN SIXTY NINE AND SHORTLY AFTERWARDS LEFT FOR MELBOURNE WHERE HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER SOON JOINED HIM MELBOURNE WAS THEN A CENTRE OF GREATER LITERARY ACTIVITY THAN SYDNEY NEITHER THEN HOWEVER NOR FOR A LONG TIME TO COME WAS ANY NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN AUSTRALIA SUFFICIENTLY INTERESTED IN LOCAL LITERATURE APART FROM JOURNALISM TO WARRANT THE MOST GIFTED WRITER IN DEPENDING UPON HIS PEN FOR SUPPORT
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