Education notes
Dux of School in 1898, he was president of the University Union and editor of Hermes 1905, He won the university prize for English verse (1903, 1904), the Beauchamp prize for an English essay (1904, 1906, 1907) and the Wentworth medal (1904).
OCRd book entry or other narrative
B.A., LL.B., Librarian, Fisher Library : Sergeant, General Service Reinforcements, A.I.F. Enlisting 25th March, 1918, and sailing as sergeant 14th October, returned from South Africa on account of the Armistice. Beauchamp Prize, 1904, 5 and 7; Wentworth Medal, 1904; University Prize for English Verse, 1903 and 4. Early education at All Saints' College, Bathurst. Later at St. Paul's.
Publications
History of Australian Literature 2 Vols 1961, An Outline of Australian Literature (Sydney, 1930), 1939 to 1951 he contributed an annual survey of Australian literature to Southerly and in 1951 published Australian Literature 1900-1950.,
Visible notes
Responsible for 'War Notes' (1914-17) in the Telegraph, he published short stories, articles, literary criticism and verse in the Bulletin, Hermes, New Triad and the Lone Hand; his work later appeared in the Australian Quarterly and Australian Highway.