"The Prose Works of Henry Lawson Volume I" presents a diverse array of the works of the famous poet including some of his sketches. Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period and is often called Australia's "greatest short story writer". Some of the works included in the volume are: 'An Old Mate Of Your Father's', 'Settling On The Land', 'Enter Mitchell', 'Stiffner And Jim (Thirdly, Bill)','When The Sun Went Down' and 'The Man Who Forgot', among many others. It is the first of a two volume collection compiled by the author himself.