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Title: Point Lace and Diamonds

Author: George A. Baker, Jr.

Illustrator: Francis Day

Release Date: August 21, 2005 [EBook #16568]

Language: English

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POINT LACE AND DIAMONDS
BY
GEORGE A. BAKER, JR.

POINT LACE
AND
DIAMONDS

BY
GEORGE A. BAKER, JR.
AUTHOR OF
_"The Bad Habits of Good Society," "West Point," etc._

NEW AND REVISED EDITION
WITH NUMEROUS NEW POEMS

[Illustration]

NEW YORK
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
MDCCCXCIII

Copyrighted in 1875, by F.B. Patterson.

Copyright, 1886,
By White, Stokes, & Allen.

CONTENTS.

PAGE

Retrospection 1
A Rosebud in Lent 4
A Reformer 5
In the Record Room, Surrogate's Office 6
_De Lunatico_ 8
_Pro Patria et Gloria_ 11
After the German 15
An Idyl of the Period 17
Chivalrie 22
A Piece of Advice 24
_Zwei Koenige auf Orkadal_ 27
A Song 28
Making New Year's Calls 30
Jack and Me 34
_Les Enfants Perdus_ 37
Chinese Lanterns 40
Thoughts on the Commandments 43
Marriage _a la Mode_. A Trilogy 45
The "Stay-at-Home's" Plaint 58
The "Stay-at-Home's" Paean 62
Eight Hours 65
Sleeping Beauty 68
Easter Morning 71
A Legend of St. Valentine 75
Frost-Bitten 79
A Song