 The letters were first published by "The Bulletin" in 1951 and 1952; in 1963, they were collected in book form and published by Angus and Robertson, with a foreword and illustrations by Norman Lindsay.Literary critic Debra Adelaide writes that "they are valued for their vivid portrayal of station life in the second half of the nineteenth century and for her own humour and frankness about the life she led".Rachel Henning's "Letters" is one of the best examples in English of the way in which letters can overlap with fiction.