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PREFACE.

In my first book of poems I made some apologies for my work, and I feel that I should do the same for this little volume. But if I am permitted to reach old age, the public will be often called upon to pass judgment on the results of my labors. I feel that “Some Simple Songs” is a great improvement on “Avenging the Maine;” and if my next volume is as much better than “Some Simple Songs” it will need no apology.

James E. McGirt, Greensboro, N. C. April, 1901.