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Shillaber, B. P. (1814-1890)

THE GUARDIAN FOR IKE.

AUTUMN.

TWENTY YEARS MARRIED.

WHOLE-SOULED FELLOWS.

BEHIND THE SCENES.

WOMAN'S SOVEREIGNTY.

MRS. PARTINGTON AND THE RUSSIAN HELMET.

THE HOUSEHOLD GHOST.

MRS. PARTINGTON PATRIOTIC.

WEANING THE BABY.

MRS. PARTINGTON AT THE BALLET.

IKE'S SPRING MEDICINE.

MRS. PARTINGTON ON SURPRISE PARTIES.

MISAPPREHENSION.

MRS. PARTINGTON ON HORTICULTURE.

A BIT OF NONSENSE.

FRENCHMAN'S LANE.

THE FIRST SUIT.

MORAL TENDENCY.

SYMPATHY WITH RASCALS.

SCRATCHING FOR A LIVING.

ODORLESS ROSES.

THE PRITCHARD HEIRS.

BRINGING UP CHILDREN.

UNMET CONFIDENCE.

THE DEAD SAILOR.

A SERIOUS CALL.

THE BARON OF BOSTON.

THE PRIMA DONNA.

MEASURING LOVE.

PLEBEIAN PRETENSION.

THE FRANKLIN STATUE.

A WAY TO BE HAPPY.

NEW ENGLAND'S LION.

UNNATURAL FATHERS.

DON'T LOOK BACK.

GOOD RESOLUTIONS.

MRS. PARTINGTON ON MUSIC.

AN OLD FABLE MODERNIZED.

THE KNOCKING AT THE GATE.

MRS. PARTINGTON AND IKE.

NUMBER ONE HUNDRED AND ONE.

SOUNDS OF THE SUMMER NIGHT.

THE HOUSEHOLD SHADOW.

A LEAF FROM A RECORD.

A PLEASANT STORY FOR JEALOUS PEOPLE.

A COURTING REMINISCENCE.

FIDGETY PEOPLE.

THE PHILISTINES BE UPON THEE.

MRS. PARTINGTON ON INTEMPERANCE.

MRS. PARTINGTON AND THE TELEGRAPH.

GREAT AND LITTLE STRUGGLES.

A TALE WITH A MORAL

ELECTRO-CHEMICAL BATHS.

MY GRANDMOTHER.

THE MILL-BROOK.

THE SPIRIT OF SEVENTY-SIX.

IKE PARTINGTON AND PUGILISM.

THE OLD SOUTH BELL.

A NIGHT OFF POINT JUDITH.

LETTER WRITING.

AN ODD FELLOW 'S FUNERAL.

A DOMESTIC STORY.

AN INNER SHRINE.

CONSTANT DROPPING WEARS.

PARTINGTONIAN WISDOM.

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CHRISTMAS HEARTHS AND HEARTS.

1.

2.

CHAPTER II. THE MERCHANT'S HOME.

3.

CHAPTER III. THE GLOOMY CHRISTMAS.

4.

CHAPTER IV. BUSINESS — AID — EFFORT — MYSTERY.

5.

CHAPTER V. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS — A DISCOVERY.

6.

CHAPTER VI. THE CONCLUSION, IN WHICH HAPPENS:

THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW.

THE MODEL HUSBAND.

ILLUSTRATIVE PANTOMIME.

ON THE MISSISSIPPI.

MRS. PARTINGTON AT SARATOGA.

A SLIGHT MISCONCEPTION.

STORY OF FRAZER 'S RIVER:

MESMERISM AND MATRIMONY;

THE OLD NORTH MILL-POND.

THE TRUE PHILOSOPHY.

CALIFORNIA TAN.

A GOUTY MAN'S REVERIE.

ON A CHILD'S PICTURE.

WEARING ORNAMENTS.

A NARROW ESCAPE.

BALLAD ABOUT BUNKER.

ATTENDING THE ANNIVERSARIES.

THE COUNTRY RIDE.

LIFE'S MASQUERADE.

MRS. PARTINGTON PHILOSOPHIZING.

ON SUCH A NIGHT AS THIS.

THE BANKER'S DREAM.

HOW CURIOUS IT IS!

EARTH SPEAKETH TO EARTH.

WITHOUT A SPECK.

FORCED OBEDIENCE.

A LIFE'S FORTUNES.

MOUNT WASHINGTON.

UNCONDITIONAL CHEERFULNESS.

MRS. PARTINGTON GROWS DESULTORY.

THE PREACHER AND THE CHILDREN.

MRS. PARTINGTON AND PATENT MEDICINES.

SONG OF CHELSEA FERRY.

MR. BLIFKINS' BABY.

IKE'S COMPOSITIONS IN SCHOOL.

MRS. SLED PUT OUT.

TALE OF A HORSE.

MRS. PARTINGTON ON THE CURRENCY.

A FOURTH OF JULY INCIDENT.

SCRATCHED GNEISS AND BEAR SKIN.

WATERING-PLACES.

HEZEKIAH AND RUTH.

BURGLARS IN THE PARTINGTON MANSION.

A TEXT APPLIED.

JUSTLY CRITICAL.

BIRTH-DAY OF LAFAYETTE.

HEATHEN SYMPATHY.

PROSPECTIVE SUMMER.

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AUTUMN.

Hail! beauteous queen — (not literally, please!
Thy reign I 'd rather signalize in verse;) —
My full heart drops in homage on its knees,
The while thy glories it would fain rehearse.
Blest of Pomona, thy redundant horn
Is full of fruitage, and around thy brow
Bright vines are twined, with berries that adorn
Thy golden ringlets with a ripened glow!
Ceres her trophies brings, and at thy feet
Pours out the bounteous harvest's golden rain,
And gushing wine, in pipes, makes music sweet,
While sturdy Plenty dances in thy train.
O, Autumn! I could sing a song sublime
In praise of thee, from now till Christmas time.

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