INISTER'S WIFE

THE VILLAGE ORACLE

THE TIN PEDDLER

"SARY EMMA'S PHOTYGRAPHS"

WHEN PAPA's SICK

THE BALLAD OF MCCARTY'S TROMBONE

SUSAN VAN DOOZEN

SISTER SIMMONS

"THE FIFT' WARD J'INT DEBATE"

HIS NEW BROTHER

CIRCLE DAY

SERMON TIME

"TAKIN' BOARDERS"

A COLLEGE TRAINING

A CRUSHED HERO

A THANKSGIVING DREAM

O'REILLY'S BILLY-GOAT

THE CUCKOO CLOCK

THE POPULAR SONG

MATILDY'S BEAU

"SISTER'S BEST FELLER"

"THE WIDDER CLARK"

FRIDAY EVENING MEETINGS

THE PARSON'S DAUGHTER

MY OLD GRAY NAG

THROUGH THE FOG

THE BALLADE OF THE DREAM-SHIP

LIFE'S PATHS

THE MAYFLOWER

MAY MEMORIES

BIRDS'-NESTING TIME

THE OLD SWORD ON THE WALL

NINETY-EIGHT IN THE SHADE

SUMMER NIGHTS AT GRANDPA'S

GRANDFATHER'S "SUMMER SWEETS"

MIDSUMMER

"SEPTEMBER MORNIN'S"

NOVEMBER'S COME

THE WINTER NIGHTS AT HOME

"THE LITTLE FELLER'S STOCKIN'"

THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER

THE CROAKER

THE OLD-FASHIONED GARDEN

THE LIGHT-KEEPER

THE LITTLE OLD HOUSE BY THE SHORE

WHEN THE TIDE GOES OUT

THE WATCHERS

"THE REG'LAR ARMY MAN"

FIREMAN O'RAFFERTY

LITTLE BARE FEET

A RAINY DAY

THE HAND-ORGAN BALL

"JIM"

IN MOTHER'S ROOM

SUNSET-LAND

THE SURF ALONG THE SHORE

AT EVENTIDE

INDEX OF FIRST LINES

LIST OF DRAWINGS

THE LIFE-SAVER,
"He's a hero born and bred, but it hasn't
swelled his head."

THE BULLFROG SERENADE,
"With the big green-coated leader's double-bass."

THE OLD DAGUERREOTYPES,
"Grandpa's collar a show."

OUR FIRST FIRE-CRACKERS,
"Do yer 'member how yer fired 'em, slow and
careful, one by one?"

HEZEKIAH'S ART,
"I swan, he did look like a daisy!"

THE SCHOOL-COMMITTEE MAN,
"'And with--ahem--er--as I said before.'"

WHEN THE MINISTER COMES TO TEA,
"He sets and says it's lovely."

THE VILLAGE ORACLE,
"'Well now, I vum! I know, by gum!
I'm right because I _be_!'"

THE BALLAD OF MCCARTY'S TROMBONE,
"'By--Killarney's--lakes--and--fells,
Toot--tetoot toot--toot--toot--dells!'"

His NEW BROTHER,
"Why'd they buy a baby brother,
When they know I'd _good_ deal ruther
Have a dog?"

A COLLEGE TRAINING,
"'That was jolly, Guv'nor, now we'll practice every day.'"

A THANKSGIVING DREAM,
"He stood up on his drumsticks."

THE POPULAR SONG,
"The washwoman sings it all wrong."

MATILDY'S BEAU,
"I recollect I spent an hour a-tyin' my cravat."

MY OLD GRAY NAG,
"He ain't the sort that the big-bugs sport"

MAY MEMORIES,
"Oh,