Preface

Let him who is minded to meet with a Glug
Pluck three hardy hairs from a rabbit-skin rug;
  Blow one to the South, and one to the West,
  Then burn another and swallow the rest.
And who shall explain 'tis the talk of a fool,
He's a Glug!  He's a Glug of the old Gosh school!
  And he'll climb a tree, if the East wind blows,
  In a casual way, just to show he knows . . .
     Now, tickle his toes!
     Oh, tickle his toes!
And don't blame me if you come to blows.


 - OLD GOSH RHYME

Contents:

From the Angus & Robertson hardback edition, 1980.

Notes:
Four of the chapters of this book were previously published in The Bulletin as follows:

I.	THE GLUG QUEST	22 February 1917
II.	JOI, THE GLUG	3 June 1915
III.	THE STONES OF GOSH	8 July 1915
IV.	SYM, THE SON OF JOI	First publication in this volume
V.	THE GROWTH OF SYM	First publication in this volume
VI.	THE END OF JOI	First publication in this volume
VII.	THE SWANKS OF GOSH	4 November 1915
VIII.	THE SEER	First publication in this volume
IX.	THE RHYMES OF SYM	First publication in this volume
X.	THE DEBATE	First publication in this volume
XI.	OGS	First publication in this volume
XII.	EMILY ANN	First publication in this volume
XIII.	THE LITTLE RED DOG	First publication in this volume

When a link is shown above to a particular chapter this implies that the original publication differs substantially from the book form.

Notes:

There is a rumour, that I need to substantiate, that Norman Lindsay hated this book. When he received a review copy he is supposed to have nailed it to his front gate to scare off intruders. In addition, it appears that James Joyce may have read the book prior to writing Finnegans Wake. This website lists possible Australian and New Zealand references in the work, which include this collection of Dennis's.

Dennis used the Glugs in another pointed satire titled "The Griefs of Ancient Gosh", published in November 1935 in the Herald newspaper.

Other Editions:
1993 paperback