Contains a critical review of Xavier Herbert's novels and short stories: 1. Capricornia, by Xavier Herbert, introduced by Mudrooroo Nyongah; 2. South of Capricornia: short stories (1925-34), by Xavier Herbert, selected and edited by Russell McDougall; 3. Xavier Herbert : episodes from Capricornia, Poor fellow my country and other fiction, nonfiction and letters, edited by Frances de Groen &​ Peter Pierce.