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One of these, on "Love, Courtship and Marriage", precipitated him into experience of all three; for he walked home after the lecture with Miss Charlotte Rutter, daughter of a Government medical officer, straightway fell in love, and, after a brief courtship, they were married in the following year. ONE OF THESE ON LOVE COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE PRECIPITATED HIM INTO EXPERIENCE OF ALL THREE FOR HE WALKED HOME AFTER THE LETTER WITH MISS CHARLOTTE RUDDER DAUGHTER OF A GOVERNMENT MEDICAL OFFICER STRAIGHTWAY FELL IN LOVE AND AFTER A BRIEF COURTSHIP THEY WERE MARRIED IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR
ies of his verses to the 'Athenaeum'. The editor printed the letter and some of the poems, with very kindly comments, in the issue of 27th September, 1862. In October, 1862, before this powerful encouragement reached the young writer, 'Poems and Songs' was published in Sydney by Mr. J. R. Clarke. 'The Empire' published a favourable review. Further notice of his work appeared in the 'Athenaeum' during the next four years, and in 1866 it was generously praised by Mr. G. B. Barton in his 'Poets and Prose Writers of New South Wales'. Meanwhile in August, 1863, Kendall was, through Parkes' influence, appointed to a clerkship in the Surveyor-General's Department at one hundred and fifty pounds a year, and three years later was transferred to the Colonial Secretary's Office at two hundred pounds a year. During this period he read extensively, and wrote much verse. By 1867 he had so far overcome his natural shyness that he undertook to deliver a series of lectures at the Sydney School of Arts. NTED THE LETTER AND SOME OF THE POEMS WITH VERY KINDLY COMMENTS IN THE ISSUE OF TWENTY SEVENTH SEPTEMBER EIGHTEEN SIXTY TWO IN OCTOBER EIGHTEEN SIXTY TWO BEFORE THIS POWERFUL ENCOURAGEMENT REACHED THE YOUNG WRITER POEMS AND SONGS WAS PUBLISHED IN SYDNEY BY MISTER J R CLARK THE EMPIRE PUBLISHED A FAVORABLE REVIEW FURTHER NOTICE OF HIS WORK APPEARED IN THE ATHENIAN DURING THE NEXT FOUR YEARS AND IN EIGHTEEN SIXTY SIX IT WAS GENEROUSLY PRAISED BY MISTER G BARTON IN HIS POETS AND PROSE WRITERS OF NEW SOUTH WALES MEANWHILE IN AUGUST EIGHTEEN SIXTY THREE KENDALL WAS THROUGH PARK'S INFLUENCE APPOINTED TO A CLERKSHIP IN THE SURVEYOR GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT AT ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY POUNDS A YEAR AND THREE YEARS LATER WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE AT TWO HUNDRED POUNDS A YEAR DURING THIS PERIOD HE READ EXTENSIVELY AND WROTE MUCH VERSE BY EIGHTEEN SIXTY SEVEN HE HAD SO FAR OVERCOME HIS NATURAL SHYNESS THAT HE UNDERTOOK TO DELIVER A SERIES OF LECTURES AT THE SYDNEY SCHOOL OF ARTS
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