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At the office of 'The Colonial Monthly', edited by Marcus Clarke, he met the best of the Melbourne literati, and, though his reserved manner did not encourage intimacy, one of them  George Gordon McCrae  became a close and true friend. AT THE OFFICE OF THE COLONIAL MONTHLY EDITED BY MARCUS CLARK HE MET THE BEST OF THE MELBOURNE LITERATI AND THOUGH HIS RESERVED MANNER DID NOT ENCOURAGE INTIMACY ONE OF THEM GEORGE GORDON MAC CRAYE BECAME A CLOSE AND TRUE FRIEND
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. 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. In Melbourne, Kendall wrote prose, as well as satirical and serious verse, for most of the papers. The payment was small; in fact, only a few newspapers then paid anything for verse. He made a little money by writing the words for a cantata, "Euterpe", sung at the opening of the Melbourne Town Hall in 1870.  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 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 IN MELBOURNE KENDALL WROTE PROSE AS WELL AS SATIRICAL AND SERIOUS VERSE FOR MOST OF THE PAPERS THE PAYMENT WAS SMALL IN FACT ONLY A FEW NEWSPAPERS THEN PAID ANYTHING FOR VERSE HE MADE A LITTLE MONEY BY WRITING THE WORDS FOR A CANTANTA UTURPEY SON AT THE OPENING OF THE MELBOURNETOWN HALL IN EIGHTEEN SEVENTY
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