to Opie Read.

_Julian Street_ and _James Montgomery Flagg._

MANILA

Oh, dewy was the morning, upon the first of May,
And Dewey was the admiral, down in Manila Bay;
And dewy were the Regent's eyes, them royal orbs of blue,
And do we feel discouraged? We do not think we do!

_Eugene F. Ware._

ON THE ARISTOCRACY OF HARVARD

I come from good old Boston,
The home of the bean and the cod;
Where the Cabots speak only to Lowells,
And the Lowells speak only to God!

_Dr. Samuel G. Bushnell._

ON THE DEMOCRACY OF YALE

Here's to the town of New Haven,
The home of the truth and the light;
Where God speaks to Jones in the very same tones,
That he uses with Hadley and Dwight!

_Dean Jones._

THE HERRING

"The Herring he loves the merry moonlight
And the Mackerel loves the wind,
But the Oyster loves the dredging song
For he comes of a gentler kind."

_Sir Walter Scott._

IF THE MAN

If the man who turnips cries,
Cry not when his father dies,
'Tis a proof that he had rather
Have a turnip than his father.

_Samuel Johnson._

THE KILKENNY CATS

There wanst was two cats of Kilkenny,
Each thought there was one cat too many,
So they quarrell'd and fit,
They scratch'd and they bit,
Till, barrin' their nails,
And the tips of their tails,
Instead of two cats, there warnt any.

_Unknown._

POOR DEAR GRANDPAPA

What is the matter with Grandpapa?
What can the matter be?
He's broken his leg in trying to spell
Tommy without a T.

_D'Arcy W. Thompson._

MORE WALKS

Whene'er I take my walks abroad,
How many rich I see;
There's A. and B. and C. and D.
All better off than me!

_Richard Harris Barham._

INDIFFERENCE

The cat is in the parlour,
The dog is in the lake;
The cow is in the hammock,--
What difference does it make?

MADAME SANS SOUCI

"Bon jour, Madame Sans Souci;
Combien coutent ces soucis ci?"
"Six sous." "Six sous ces soucis ci!
C'est trop cher, Madame Sans Souci!"

A RIDDLE

The man in the wilderness asked of me
How many strawberries grew in the sea.
I answered him as I thought good,
As ma