s friends. Of the literary merits of
the composition, it would ill become the author in any way to descant
upon; but in regard to these he leaves himself entirely and absolutely in
the hands of a critical, and, he hopes, an indulgent public, feeling
assured that he may trust himself in the hands of his readers.

No formal dedication is here made to any particular patron, but the book
is submitted without the powerful influence of any conspicuous name or
the commendation of any well-known literary friend; and like Dr. Johnson
of old, failing patrons, he trusts that his work will, in the midst of
his numerous competitors, locally and generally, be thought worthy of the
attention of the various classes of the public.

AUGUST, 1891.

CONTENTS

PAGE

_The Grand Old Man of Oakworth_ 9
_Dr. Dobie's Lecture on Burns_ 11
_What Profits Me_ 13
_The Death of Gordon_ 14
_The Earl of Beaconsfield_ 15
_Come_, _Nivver Dee i' Thi Shell_ 17
_T'owd Betty's Advice_ 18
_Toied Blacksmith's Advice_ 20
_T'First Pair o' Britches_ 21
_O Welcome_, _Lovely Summer_ 23
_Burn's Centenary_ 24
_Waiting for t' Angels_ 25
_The Lass o' Newsholme Dean_ 26
_The Broken Pitcher_ 28
_Ode to Sir Titus Salt_ 30
_Cowd as Leead_ 33
_The Factory Girl_ 34
_Bonny Lark_ 36
_Home of my Boyish Days_ 37
_Ode to Spring '64_ 38
_Address to t'First Wesherwoman_ 39
_In a Pleasant Little Valley_ 40
_John o't' Bog and Keighley Feffy Goast_ 42
_The Late Thomas Ireland_ 56
_A Yorkshireman's Christmas_ 57
_The Late Thomas Craven_ 58
_Gooise and Giblet Pie_ 59
_The Grand Old Man_ 60
_Ode to Bacchus_ 62
_Sall o't' Bog_ 64
_Song of the Months_