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Reveries of a bachelor, or, A book of the heart

Mitchell, Donald Grant (1822-1908)

REVERIES OF A BACHELOR.

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First Reverie. Smoke, Flame and Ashes.

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OVER A WOOD FIRE.

1.

I. Smoke—Signifying Doubt.

2.

II. Blaze—Signifying Cheer.

3.

III. Ashes—Signifying Desolation.

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Second Reverie. Sea Coal and Anthracite.

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BY A CITY GRATE.

1.

2.

II. Anthracite.

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Third Reverie. A Cigar three times Lighted.

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OVER HIS CIGAR.

I. Lighted with a Coal.

2.

II. With a Wisp of Paper.

3.

III. Lighted with a Match.

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Fourth Reverie. Morning, Noon, and Evening.

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MORNING, NOON, AND EVENING.

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1.

I. The Morning.

The Father-Land.

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2.

School Revisited.

The Pacquet of Bella.

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Home.

BAKER & SCRIBNER HAVE JUST PUBLISHED

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Home.

And little Carry has her fine, rambling characters
running into a second postscript.

“Why don't you come, papa; you stay too long;
I have ridden the pony twice; once he most threw
me off. This is all from

Carry.”