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The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley

in ten volumes

Riley, James Whitcomb (1849-1916)

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A BACKWARD LOOK

THE SAME OLD STORY

TO A BOY WHISTLING

WHAT SMITH KNEW ABOUT FARMING

A POET'S WOOING

THE OLD TIMES WERE THE BEST

A SUMMER AFTERNOON

FARMER WHIPPLE—BACHELOR

MY JOLLY FRIEND'S SECRET

THE SPEEDING OF THE KING'S SPITE

PRIVATE THEATRICALS

“TRADIN' JOE”

I SMOKE MY PIPE

RED RIDING-HOOD

IF I KNEW WHAT POETS KNOW

AN OLD SWEETHEART OF MINE

SQUIRE HAWKINS'S STORY

A COUNTRY PATHWAY

“FRIDAY AFTERNOON”

“JOHNSON'S BOY”

HER BEAUTIFUL HANDS

NATURAL PERVERSITIES

THE SILENT VICTORS

DEAD IN SIGHT OF FAME

OVER THE EYES OF GLADNESS

OUR LITTLE GIRL

THE FUNNY LITTLE FELLOW

SONG OF THE NEW YEAR

A LETTER TO A FRIEND

LINES FOR AN ALBUM

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MY FATHER'S HALLS

THE HARP OF THE MINSTREL

HONEY DRIPPING FROM THE COMB

THAT OTHER MAUD MULLER

A MAN OF MANY PARTS

A DREAM OF LONG AGO

WASH LOWRY'S REMINISCENCE

THE ANCIENT PRINTERMAN

PRIOR TO MISS BELLE'S APPEARANCE

WHEN MOTHER COMBED MY HAIR

GEORGE MULLEN'S CONFESSION

“TIRED OUT”

SAY SOMETHING TO ME

WHAT THE WIND SAID

AN AUTUMNAL EXTRAVAGANZA

THE RAINY MORNING

WE ARE NOT ALWAYS GLAD WHEN WE SMILE

A SUMMER SUNRISE

DAS KRIST KINDEL

AN OLD YEAR'S ADDRESS

A NEW YEAR'S PLAINT

WHEN EVENING SHADOWS FALL

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A DREAM UNFINISHED

A CHILD'S HOME—LONG AGO

[For the Song's sake; even so]

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THE FLYING ISLANDS OF THE NIGHT

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THE HIGHEST GOOD

THE VISION OF RABBI BEN ISAAC

OLD HEC'S IDOLATRY

MY BRIDE THAT IS TO BE

THE ROMAUNT OF KING MORDAMEER

THE SONG I NEVER SING

THANKSGIVING DAY AT HUNCHLEY'S

TOM JOHNSON'S QUIT

THE LITTLE DEAD MAN

OLD-FASHIONED ROSES

A ROSE IN OCTOBER

THE LITTLE OLD POEM THAT NOBODY READS

A SLEEPING BEAUTY

LEEDLE DUTCH BABY

FRIEND OF A WAYWARD HOUR

WHEN OUR BABY DIED

MY BACHELOR CHUM

THE LAUGHTER OF THE RAIN

A WORN-OUT PENCIL

GOD BLESS US EVERY ONE

THE WITCH OF ERKMURDEN

THE BALLAD OF SMILES AND TEARS

A DREAM OF AUTUMN

SINCE MY MOTHER DIED

DUSK SONG—THE BEETLE

THE LITTLE TOWN O' TAILHOLT

WHERE SHALL WE LAND

THE LITTLE TINY KICKSHAW

TO THE WINE-GOD MERLUS

THE GINOINE AR-TICKLE

STANZAS FOR A NEW SONG

LINES TO AN ONSETTLED YOUNG MAN

PLANTATION HYMN

LAWYER AND CHILD

MICHAEL FLYNN AND THE BABY

ON A SPLENDUD MATCH

AN ORDER FOR A SONG

TO ROBERT BURNS

SISTER JONES'S CONFESSION

THE DEAD JOKE AND THE FUNNY MAN

A MORTUL PRAYER

GRANDFATHERS SQUEERS

MY LADDIE WI' THE BASHFU' GRACE

A TRESS OF HAIR

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THE PASSING OF A HEART

THE SUMMER-TIME

SONG OF PARTING

THE WANDERING JEW

KISSING THE ROD

THE LIGHT OF LOVE

LET SOMETHING GOOD BE SAID

THE OLD HAND-ORGAN

A DREAM OF INSPIRATION

THE PIPER'S SON

HIS LAST PICTURE

THERE IS A NEED

LOVE'S AS BROAD AS LONG

LOCKERBIE STREET

THE OLD, OLD WISH

UNKNOWN FRIENDS

THE SONG OF YESTERDAY

A CASE IN P'INT

A WRAITH OF SUMMER-TIME

JACK THE GIANT-KILLER

SOMEP'N COMMON-LIKE

THE PRAYER PERFECT

MONSIEUR LE SECRETAIRE

IN THE CORRIDOR

A NONSENSE RHYME

MY FIRST SPECTACLES

AN OUT-WORN SAPPHO

THE NINE LITTLE GOBLINS

THE TOUCH OF LOVING HANDS

THE OLD SCHOOL-CHUM

TO THE SERENADER

WHAT A DEAD MAN SAID

A SONG FOR CHRISTMAS

THE HOUR BEFORE THE DAWN

THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW

GOOD-BY, OLD YEAR

A BALLAD FROM APRIL

WHEN DE FOLKS IS GONE

THE ORCHARD LANDS OF LONG AGO

WHILE THE MUSICIAN PLAYED

BE OUR FORTUNES AS THEY MAY

A HINT OF SPRING

LAST NIGHT—AND THIS

LITTLE GIRLY-GIRL

THE MOTHER SAINTED

THE LOST THRILL

REACH YOUR HAND TO ME

WE MUST GET HOME

ANOTHER RIDE FROM GHENT TO AIX

THE RIPEST PEACH

A DITTY OF NO TONE—

IN THE HEART OF JUNE

THE OLD-FASHIONED BIBLE

THE LAND OF USED-TO-BE

JUST TO BE GOOD

MR. WHAT'S-HIS-NAME

AFTER THE FROST

CHARLES H. PHILIPS

THE QUIET LODGER

UNCLE DAN'L IN TOWN OVER SUNDAY

SOLDIERS HERE TO-DAY

SHADOW AND SHINE

THE OLD SWIMMIN'-HOLE

THOUGHTS FER THE DISCURAGED FARMER

A HYMB OF FAITH

AT BROAD RIPPLE

THE COUNTRY EDITOR

WORTERMELON TIME

A SONG OF THE CRUISE

WHEN AGE COMES ON

THE CIRCUS-DAY PARADE

WHEN THE FROST IS ON THE PUNKIN

ON THE DEATH OF LITTLE MAHALA ASHCRAFT

THE MULBERRY TREE

TO MY OLD FRIEND, WILLIAM LEACHMAN

NORTH AND SOUTH

THE DAYS GONE BY

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THE SOUTH WIND AND THE SUN

THE SMITTEN PURIST

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CHRISTINE BRAIBRY

CHRISTINE'S SONG

“A BRAVE REFRAIN”

AS I SIT IN THE SILENCE

LONGFELLOW'S LOVE FOR THE CHILDREN

A SONG OF LONG AGO

WHEN EARLY MARCH SEEMS MIDDLE MAY

THE MUSKINGUM VALLEY

SERENADE—TO NORA

THE LITTLE WHITE HEARSE

A GLIMPSE OF PAN

THE GREAT GOD PAN

HER LIGHT GUITAR

THE WAY THE BABY CAME

THE WAY THE BABY WOKE

THE WAY THE BABY SLEPT

WHEN MAIMIE MARRIED

A VISION OF SUMMER

WHILE CIGARETTES TO ASHES TURN

THE LITTLE RED RIBBON

THE MAN IN THE MOON

“THE PREACHER'S BOY”

WE TO SIGH INSTEAD OF SING

JACK-IN-THE-BOX

THE OLD TRUNDLE-BED

TWO SONNETS TO THE JUNE-BUG

THE BEAUTIFUL CITY

McFEETERS' FOURTH

AT NINETY IN THE SHADE

A SUDDEN SHOWER

GOOD-BY ER HOWDY-DO

WITH THE CURRENT

WET-WEATHER TALK

A POOR MAN'S WEALTH

IN SWIMMING-TIME

THE BEST IS GOOD ENOUGH

HE CALLED HER IN

GIVE ME THE BABY

AN AUTUMNAL TONIC

OUT OF THE HITHERWHERE

A TINKLE OF BELLS

OUR KIND OF A MAN

THE LITTLE COAT

AN IMPROMPTU ON ROLLER SKATES

WRITTEN IN BUNNER'S “AIRS FROM ARCADY”

NEVER TALK BACK

THE LITTLE FAT DOCTOR

THE STRANGE YOUNG MAN

ON THE SUNNY SIDE

THE BLOSSOMS ON THE TREES

LAUGHTER HOLDING BOTH HIS SIDES

THE KIND OLD MAN

A MONUMENT FOR THE SOLDIERS

OUT TO OLD AUNT MARY'S

IN THE AFTERNOON

BILLY'S ALPHABETICAL ANIMAL SHOW

THE PIXY PEOPLE

THE TOWN KARNTEEL

DONN PIATT OF MAC-O-CHEE

FROM DELPHI TO CAMDEN

A NOON INTERVAL

AT MADAME MANICURE'S

WHEN BESSIE DIED

THE RIVALS; OR THE SHOWMAN'S RUSE

TO HEAR HER SING

FROM THE HEADBOARD OF A GRAVE IN PARAGUAY

A CANARY AT THE FARM

TIME OF CLEARER TWITTERINGS

A LIZ-TOWN HUMORIST

LIKE HIS MOTHER USED TO MAKE

A GOLDEN WEDDING

HIS CHRISTMAS SLED

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A NEW YEAR'S TIME AT WILLARDS'S

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I THE HIRED MAN TALKS

2.

II THE OLD MAN TALKS

WHATEVER THE WEATHER MAY BE

DOWN ON WRIGGLE CRICK

MY FIRST WOMERN

TO AN IMPORTUNATE GHOST

WHO BIDES HIS TIME

AS WE READ BURNS

WHEN JUNE IS HERE

AT NOON—AND MIDNIGHT

TO JAMES NEWTON MATTHEWS

SPIRITS AT HOME

PAP'S OLD SAYIN'

GRIGGSBY'S STATION

KNEE-DEEP IN JUNE

THE LAW OF THE PERVERSE

OUT OF NAZARETH

IKE WALTON'S PRAYER

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WHAT “OLD SANTA” OVERHEARD

ON THE BANKS O' DEER CRICK

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BILLY COULD RIDE

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WHEN WE THREE MEET

THE LAND OF THUS-AND-SO

A OLD PLAYED-OUT SONG

LITTLE ORPHANT ANNIE

A DOS'T O' BLUES

THE TRAIN-MISSER

THE PLAINT HUMAN

REGARDIN' TERRY HUT

A TALE OF THE AIRLY DAYS

THE ROSSVILLE LECTUR' COURSE

HER BEAUTIFUL EYES

WANT TO BE WHUR MOTHER IS

TO A JILTED SWAIN

KNEELING WITH HERRICK

THE HAPPY LITTLE CRIPPLE

HAS SHE FORGOTTEN

THE JOLLY MILLER

HE COMETH IN SWEET SENSE

A FALL-CRICK VIEW OF THE EARTHQUAKE

WHEN THE WORLD BU'STS THROUGH

THE OLD RETIRED SEA-CAPTAIN

THE LEGEND GLORIFIED

OLD MAN'S NURSERY RHYME

A LOCAL POLITICIAN FROM AWAY BACK

THE MUTE SINGER

IN DAYS TO COME

WHEN MY DREAMS COME TRUE

THE CHANT OF THE CROSS-BEARING CHILD

THREE DEAD FRIENDS

WHEN SHE COMES HOME

WHEN OLD JACK DIED

WHEN THE HEARSE COMES BACK

BACK FROM A TWO-YEARS' SENTENCE

TO ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

THE ROBINS' OTHER NAME

TO EDGAR WILSON NYE

A DISCOURAGING MODEL

A HOME-MADE FAIRY TALE

A VOICE FROM THE FARM

THE OLD HOME BY THE MILL

THE OLD MAN AND JIM

OUR OLD FRIEND NEVERFAIL

AT “THE LITERARY”

SHE “DISPLAINS” IT

A MAN BY THE NAME OF BOLUS

THE TRAVELING MAN

THE ABSENCE OF LITTLE WESLEY

WHEN THE GREEN GITS BACK IN THE TREES

HOW IT HAPPENED

THE WIFE-BLESSED

ROBERT BURNS WILSON

'MONGST THE HILLS O' SOMERSET

“LAST CHRISTMAS WAS A YEAR AGO”

LITTLE JOHNTS'S CHRIS'MUS

THAT-AIR YOUNG-UN

THE PIPES OF PAN

DOWN AROUND THE RIVER

WHO SANTY CLAUS WUZ

TO MY GOOD MASTER

CHAIRLEY BURKE'S IN TOWN

WAIT FOR THE MORNING

THE POET OF THE FUTURE

THE ARTEMUS OF MICHIGAN

WAITIN' FER THE CAT TO DIE

THE ALL-KIND MOTHER

TO HATTIE—ON HER BIRTHDAY

DOWN TO THE CAPITAL

JOHN TARKINGTON JAMESON

THOUGHTS ON THE LATE WAR

BY ANY OTHER NAME

LINES FER ISAAC BRADWELL, OF INDANOPLIS, IND., COUNTY-SEAT OF MARION

“THE LITTLE MAN IN THE TIN-SHOP”

A SOUTHERN SINGER

JUNE AT WOODRUFF

IRY AND BILLY AND JO

UNCLE SIDNEY'S VIEWS

THE RIDER OF THE KNEE

THE LITTLE-RED-APPLE TREE

THE DREAM OF THE LITTLE PRINCESS

THE SQUIRT-GUN UNCLE MAKED ME

THE YOUTHFUL PRESS

BUSCH AND TOMMY

THE LUGUBRIOUS WHING-WHANG

LITTLE MANDY'S CHRISTMAS-TREE

THE FUNNIEST THING IN THE WORLD

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A PROSPECTIVE GLIMPSE

AN IMPETUOUS RESOLVE

BILLY GOODIN'

SONG—FOR NOVEMBER

AT AUNTY'S HOUSE

LIFE AT THE LAKE

JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY

THE BOYS' CANDIDATE

OLD JOHN CLEVENGER ON BUCKEYES

MEREDITH NICHOLSON

THE WHITHERAWAYS

THE RUNAWAY BOY

THE FISHING-PARTY

THE RAGGEDY MAN

THE BOY LIVES ON OUR FARM

SONG OF THE BULLET

CHRISTMAS GREETING

UNCLE WILLIAM'S PICTURE

TO RUDYARD KIPLING

DECORATION DAY ON THE PLACE

TOWN AND COUNTRY

THE FIRST BLUEBIRD

LINES TO PERFESSER JOHN CLARK RIDPATH A. M., LL. D. T-Y-TY

SONGS OF A LIFE-TIME

AN OLD MAN'S MEMORY

US FARMERS IN THE COUNTRY

“MYLO JONES'S WIFE”

A PEN-PICTUR' OF A CERT'IN FRIVVOLUS OLD MAN

THOUGHTS ON A PORE JOKE

ON ANY ORDENARY MAN IN A HIGH STATE OF LAUGHTURE AND DELIGHT

CUORED O' SKEERIN'

OLD WINTERS ON THE FARM

“COON-DOG WESS”

GOIN' TO THE FAIR

THE WATCHES OF THE NIGHT

OSCAR C. McCULLOCH

WHAT CHRIS'MAS FETCHED THE WIGGINSES

RIGHT HERE AT HOME

LITTLE MARJORIE

KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN

BEING HIS MOTHER

GREEN FIELDS AND RUNNING BROOKS

SOME SCATTERING REMARKS OF BUB'S

BY HER WHITE BED

HOW JOHN QUIT THE FARM

HIS MOTHER'S WAY

THE HOOSIER FOLK-CHILD

THEIR SWEET SORROW

DAWN, NOON AND DEWFALL

JOHN ALDEN AND PERCILLY

THE RHYMES OF IRONQUILL

THE CURSE OF THE WANDERING FOOT

AS MY UNCLE UST TO SAY

WHITTIER—AT NEWBURYPORT

ROSAMOND C. BAILEY

MRS. BENJAMIN HARRISON

THE POEMS HERE AT HOME

LITTLE COUSIN JASPER

THE DOODLE-BUGS'S CHARM

“HOME AG'IN”

THE SPOILED CHILD

THE TRULY MARVELOUS

“THIS DEAR CHILD-HEARTED WOMAN THAT IS DEAD”

“HOW DID YOU REST, LAST NIGHT?”

TO—“THE J. W. R. LITERARY CLUB”

OUT OF THE DARK AND THE DEARTH

A SEA-SONG FROM THE SHORE

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THREE SINGING FRIENDS

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I LEE O. HARRIS

2.

II BENJ. S. PARKER

3.

III JAMES NEWTON MATTHEWS

AT HIS WINTRY TENT

UP AND DOWN OLD BRANDYWINE

WRITIN' BACK TO THE HOME-FOLKS

WE DEFER THINGS

FOR THIS CHRISTMAS

TO A POET-CRITIC

RABBIT IN THE CROSS-TIES

WHEN LIDE MARRIED HIM

“RINGWORM FRANK”

THE YOUTHFUL PATRIOT

THE CIRCUS PARADE

FOLKS AT LONESOMEVILLE

THE THREE JOLLY HUNTERS

THE LITTLE DOG-WOGGY

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I FOR CORNS AND THINGS

2.

II TO REMOVE FRECKLES—SCOTCH ONES

A FEW OF THE BIRD-FAMILY

THROUGH SLEEPY-LAND

THE TRESTLE AND THE BUCK-SAW

THE KING OF OO-RINKTUM-JING

THE TOY PENNY-DOG

THE GREAT EXPLORER

THE SCHOOLBOY'S FAVORITE

THE LITTLE MOCK-MAN

SUMMER-TIME AND WINTER-TIME

HOME-MADE RIDDLES

THE LOVELY CHILD

A FEEL IN THE CHRIS'MAS-AIR

MISTER HOP-TOAD

THE SILENT SINGER

THE GREEN GRASS OF OLD IRELAND

A PEACE-HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC

MY DANCIN'-DAYS IS OVER

A CHRISTMAS MEMORY

TO ALMON KEEFER

LITTLE MAID-O'-DREAMS

EDGAR WILSON NYE

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THE CHILD-WORLD

THE OLD HOME-FOLKS

A PROSPECTIVE VISIT

AT NOEY'S HOUSE

THE LOEHRS AND THE HAMMONDS

THE HIRED MAN AND FLORETTY

THE EVENING COMPANY

MAYMIE'S STORY OF RED RIDING-HOOD

LIMITATIONS OF GENIUS

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MR. HAMMOND'S PARABLE

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2.

FLORETTY'S MUSICAL CONTRIBUTION

BUD'S FAIRY TALE

A DELICIOUS INTERRUPTION

NOEY'S NIGHT-PIECE

COUSIN RUFUS' STORY

BEWILDERING EMOTIONS

THE PATHOS OF APPLAUSE

TOLD BY “THE NOTED TRAVELER”.

UNCLE MART'S POEM

“LITTLE JACK JANITOR”

“THEM OLD CHEERY WORDS”

A DUBIOUS “OLD KRISS”

YOUR HEIGHT IS OURS

“O LIFE! O BEYOND!”

OUR QUEER OLD WORLD

ON A YOUTHFUL PORTRAIT OF STEVENSON

RUBÁIYÁT OF DOC SIFERS

WHERE THE CHILDREN USED TO PLAY

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MR. FOLEY'S CHRISTMAS

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2.

3.

CHRISTMAS ALONG THE WIRES

TO THE BOY WITH A COUNTRY

SNOW IN THE AIR

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THE NAME OF OLD GLORY

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2.

3.

4.

ONE WITH A SONG

CHRISTMAS AFTERTHOUGHT

THE CHRISTMAS LONG AGO

CLAUDE MATTHEWS

THE SERMON OF THE ROSE

THE ONWARD TRAIL

HER WAITING FACE

A SONG OF THE ROAD

A HUMBLE SINGER

THE NOBLEST SERVICE

OLD MAN WHISKERY-WHEE-KUM-WHEEZE

LITTLE-GIRL-TWO-LITTLE-GIRLS

THE PENALTY OF GENIUS

A PARENT REPRIMANDED

IN FERVENT PRAISE OF PICNICS

THE HOME-VOYAGE

TO THE QUIET OBSERVER

PROEM TO “HOME-FOLKS”

OUR BOYHOOD HAUNTS

UNCLE SIDNEY'S LOGIC

HIS LOVE OF HOME

TO “UNCLE REMUS”

THE BALLADE OF THE COMING RAIN

A WHOLLY UNSCHOLASTIC OPINION

A SHORT'NIN' BREAD SONG—PIECED OUT

MOONSHINER'S SERENADE

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THE EDGE OF THE WIND

THE HIRED MAN'S FAITH IN CHILDREN

THE LOVELY HUSBAND

THREE SEVERAL BIRDS

AMERICA'S THANKSGIVING

TO EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN

WHEN WE FIRST PLAYED “SHOW”

WILLIAM PINKNEY FISHBACK

JOHN CLARK RIDPATH

HIS HEART OF CONSTANT YOUTH

THE PATHS OF PEACE

THE TRIBUTE OF HIS HOME

EVEN AS A CHILD

THE HOOSIER IN EXILE

THE QUEST OF THE FATHERS

NEW YEAR'S NURSERY JINGLE

A GUSTATORY ACHIEVEMENT

BILLY AND HIS DRUM

A DIVERTED TRAGEDY

THOMAS THE PRETENDER

A CHRISTMAS GLEE

HIS PA'S ROMANCE

TO JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS

THE BOOK OF JOYOUS CHILDREN

FIND THE FAVORITE

THE BOY PATRIOT

INTELLECTUAL LIMITATIONS

A MASQUE OF THE SEASONS

LITTLE DICK AND THE CLOCK

THE NOBLE OLD ELM

AN IMPROMPTU FAIRY-TALE

THE LITTLE LADY

“COMPANY MANNERS”

THE GOOD, OLD-FASHIONED PEOPLE

“HIK-TEE-DIK”

“OLD BOB WHITE”

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A SESSION WITH UNCLE SIDNEY

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I ONE OF HIS ANIMAL STORIES

2.

II UNCLE BRIGHTENS UP—

3.

III A PET OF UNCLE SIDNEY'S

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IV IN THE KINDERGARTEN OF NOBLE SONG

5.

V SINGS A “WINKY-TOODEN” SONG—

6.

VI AND ANOTHER OF OUR BETSY—

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VII AND MAKES NURSERY RHYMES

3.

3 THE GATHERING OF THE CLANS

A SONG OF SINGING

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SOME SONGS AFTER MASTER-SINGERS

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2.

II TO THE CHILD JULIA

3.

III THE DOLLY'S MOTHER

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IV WIND OF THE SEA

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VI BORN TO THE PURPLE

CLIMATIC SORCERY

THE TREASURE OF THE WISE MAN

OLD GRANNY DUSK

THE YOUNG OLD MAN

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SOME CHRISTMAS YOUNGSTERS

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I THE STRENGTH OF THE WEAK

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II THE LITTLE QUESTIONER

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III PARENTAL CHRISTMAS PRESENTS

TWILIGHT STORIES

“GO READ YOUR BOOK!”

WHEN UNCLE DOC WAS YOUNG

A SIMPLE RECIPE

HER LONESOMENESS

ALMOST BEYOND ENDURANCE

THE TOY-BALLOON

TO A POET ON HIS MARRIAGE

THE OLD MAN OF THE SEA

PROSE OR VERSE?

BILLY MILLER'S CIRCUS-SHOW

CHRISTMAS SEASON

THE CHILDREN OF THE CHILDLESS

HOOSIER SPRING-POETRY

THE VOICE OF PEACE

A DEFECTIVE SANTA CLAUS

WHAT LITTLE SAUL GOT, CHRISTMAS

GENERAL LEW WALLACE

ON READING DR. HENRY VAN DYKE'S VOLUME OF POEMS—MUSIC

HER SMILE OF CHEER AND VOICE OF SONG

TO BLISS CARMAN

A SONG O' CHEER

CHILD'S CHRISTMAS CAROL

I' GOT TO FACE MOTHER TO-DAY!

NAME US NO NAMES NO MORE

LINCOLN—THE BOY

NICHOLAS OBERTING

A SPRING SONG AND A LATER

WITH A CHILD-BOOK

A PARTING GUEST

“OUT OF REACH”

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SOME IMITATIONS

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II THE PASSING OF A ZEPHYR

3.

III EF UNCLE REMUS PLEASE TER 'SCUSEN ME

4.

IV A RHYME FOR CHRISTMAS

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V Vaudeville Skits

1.

1 SERENADE AT THE CABIN

2.

2 CHUCK'S HOODOOS

A HOOSIER CALENDAR

THE LITTLE WOMAN

YOU MAY NOT REMEMBER

WE MUST BELIEVE

THE HIRED MAN'S DOG-STORY

HER POET-BROTHER

GRAMPA'S CHOICE

A LITTLE LAME BOY'S VIEWS

A VERY TALL BOY

THE RAGGEDY MAN ON CHILDREN

'LIZABUTH-ANN ON BAKIN'-DAY

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THE POOR STUDENT

UNCLE SIDNEY'S RHYMES

“BLUE-MONDAY” AT THE SHOE SHOP

THE THOUGHTS OF YOUTH

WILLIAM McKINLEY

THE BOYS OF THE OLD GLEE CLUB

“MONA MACHREE”

SONG DISCORDANT

LARRY NOOLAN'S NEW YEAR

LISPING IN NUMBERS

BENJAMIN HARRISON

A CHRISTMAS-TIME JINGLE

WHEN BABY PLAYED

WHEN BABY SLEPT

A HOBO VOLUNTARY

TO BENJ. S. PARKER

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BILLY GOODIN'

A big piece o' pie, and a big piece o' puddin'—
I laid it all by fer little Billy Goodin'!
—Boy Poet

Look so neat an' sweet in all yer frills an' fancy pleatin'!
Better shet yer kitchen, though, afore you go to Meetin'!—
Better hide yer mince-meat an' stewed fruit an' plums!
Better hide yer pound-cake an' bresh away the crumbs!
Better hide yer cubbord-key when Billy Goodin' comes,
A-eatin'! an' a-eatin'! an' a-eatin'!

Sight o' Sund'y-doin's done 'at ain't done in Meetin'!
Sun acrost yer garden-patch a-pourin' an' a-beatin';

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Meller apples drappin' in the weeds an' roun' the groun'—
Clingstones an' sugar-pears a-ist a-plunkin' down!—
Better kind o' comb the grass 'fore Billy comes aroun',
A-eatin'! an' a-eatin'! an' a-eatin'!

Billy Goodin' ain't a-go' to go to any Meetin'!
We 'ull watch an' ketch an' give the little sneak a beatin'!—
Better hint we want'o stay 'n' snoop yer grapes an' plums!
Better eat 'em all yerse'f an' suck yer stingy thumbs!—
Won't be nothin' anyhow when Billy Goodin' comes!—
A-eatin'! an' a-eatin'! an' a-eatin'!