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The editor printed the letter and some of the poems, with very kindly comments, in the issue of 27th September, 1862. THE EDITOR PRINTED THE LETTER AND SOME OF THE POEMS WITH VERY KINDLY COMMENTS IN THE ISSUE OF TWENTY SEVENTH SEPTEMBER EIGH
wards. He did not, however, stay long at Grafton. He found employment at Dungog on the Williams River; afterwards went to Scone, where he worked for a month or two, and then made his way back to Sydney. Restive over the long delay in publication, and anxious to get a critical estimate of his work, Kendall in January, 1862, made copies of some pieces and sent them to the 'Cornhill Magazine' with a letter pleading for special consideration on account of the author's youth and the indifference of Australians to anything produced in their own country. A reduced facsimile of this interesting letter is printed here. {In this etext, the letter has been transcribed and is included at the end of this section.} Thackeray was editor of 'Cornhill' up to April, 1862, but may not have seen this pathetic appeal from the other side of the world. At any rate, no notice of it was taken by 'Cornhill', and in July of the same year Kendall sent a similar letter with copies of his verses to the 'Athenaeum'.  AFTERWARDS HE DID NOT HOWEVER STAY LONG AT GRAFTON HE FOUND EMPLOYMENT AT DUNGOG ON THE WILLIAMS RIVER AFTERWARDS WENT TO SCONE WHERE HE WORKED FOR A MONTH OR TWO AND THEN MADE HIS WAY BACK TO SYDNEY RESTIVE OVER THE LONG DELAY IN PUBLICATION AND ANXIOUS TO GET A CRITICAL ESTIMATE OF HIS WORK KENDALL IN JANUARY EIGHTEEN SIXTY TWO MADE COPIES OF SOME PIECES AND SENT THEM TO THE CORNHILL MAGAZINE WITH A LETTER PLEADING FOR SPECIAL CONSIDERATION ON ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR'S YOUTH AND THE INDIFFERENCE OF AUSTRALIANS TO ANYTHING PRODUCED IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY A REDUCED FASCILE OF THIS INTERESTING LETTER IS PRINTED HERE IN THIS DETECT THE LETTER HAS BEEN TRANSCRIBED AND IS INCLUDED AT THE END OF THIS SECTION THACKERAY WAS EDITOR OF CORNHILL UP TO APRIL EIGHTEEN SIXTY TWO BUT MAY NOT HAVE SEEN THIS PATHETIC APPEAL FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD AT ANY RATE NO NOTICE OF IT WAS TAKEN BY CORNHILL AND IN JULY OF THE SAME YEAR KENDALL SENT A SIMILAR LETTER WITH COPIES OF HIS VERSES TO THE ATHENIAN
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