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Chapter I

BETWEEN TWO WORLDS

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THE UNILLUMINED VERGE TO A FRIEND DYING

FROM ONE LONG DEAD

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FATHER TO MOTHER

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THE CHILD TO THE FATHER

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A PRAYER OF OLD AGE

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THE RHONE GLACIER—SUNSET

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JAMES McCOSH 1811-1894

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LE BONHEUR DE CE MONDE (Copie d’un sonnet composé par Plantin au XVIe siècle.)

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THE HAPPINESS OF THIS WORLD FROM THE FRENCH OF PLANTIN

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R. L. S.

From Suppressed Chapters.{22}

McGIFFEN THE HERO COMING HOME

His body was clad in his uniform of Captain in the Chinese Navy, and sent home to his mother at Washington, Pennsylvania.

Associated Press.

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AT THE FARRAGUT STATUE

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NEWS FROM A MISSING LINER TO A CONVALESCENT

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FOR A CLASSMATE DEAD AT SEA (W. F. STOUTENBURGH)

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BRAMBLE BRAE

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A TOAST TO OUR NATIVE LAND

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THE TOWERS OF PRINCETON FROM THE TRAIN

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ROOSEVELT IN WYOMING TOLD BY A GUIDE—1899[1]

[1] Tall, silent old Woody, a fine type of the fast-vanishing race of game-hunters and Indian-fighters.

Roosevelt’s The Wilderness Hunter.

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UNCLE SAM TO KIPLING (1899)

A NEW YEAR’S WISH FOR THOSE WHO WRITE

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TO CHLOE FOR A MENDED GLOVE

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TO THE ELF ON MY CALENDAR

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CAPRICE

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RETROSPECT

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IN THE CROWD

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REMEMBRANCE

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OFF FORT HAMILTON IN SUMMER

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OVER THE FERRY ONOMATOPOETIC

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BRAMBLE BRAE IN OCTOBER

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WITH FLOWERS

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ON A SPRAY OF HEATHER

St. Andrew’s Day.{59}

THE HOTHOUSE VIOLET SPEAKS TO A FAIR WOMAN

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A SONG WITH A RED ROSE ON HER BIRTHDAY

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WHAT THE FLOWERS SAID

DIANA’S VALENTINE WITH A BUNCH OF VIOLETS

Arcady, February fourteenth.{67}

WITH SOME BIRTHDAY ROSES

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WRITTEN IN BOOKS

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IN A VOLUME OF HERRICK

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IN “SHAKESPEARE’S SONNETS”

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IN “SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE”

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IN GEORGE MEREDITH’S POEMS

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IN “THE KING’S LYRICS”

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THE SONG OF TEMBINOKA, KING OF APEMAMA TO ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

From Overheard in Arcady.{79}

IN THE MANNER OF KIPLING

From Overheard in Arcady.{80}

FOR A NOVEL OF HALL CAINE’S AFTER KIPLING

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IN “HELBECK OF BANNISDALE”

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A CHRISTMAS GREETING

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IN NICHOLSON’S “ALMANAC OF SPORTS” (WITH VERSES BY KIPLING)

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IN NICHOLSON’S “CITY TYPES”

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IN “THE GOLDEN TREASURY”

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A VALENTINE

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IN “HALLO, MY FANCY!” (BY CHARLES HENRY LÜDERS AND S. D. S., JR.)

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THE BOOK SPEAKS TO EUGENE FIELD

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IN HERFORD’S VERSES

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IN A BOOK OF GIBSON’S DRAWINGS

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IN A VOLUME OF MISS GUINEY’S POEMS

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IN “BARBARA FRIETCHIE—A PLAY” TO J. M.

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TO C. H. M. AND H. H. M.

Dedication of The Monterey Wedding.{96}

TO MY MOTHER

Dedication of Overheard in Arcady.{97}

A BOOK’S SOLILOQUY

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ENVOY THE SHEPHERD TO HIS FLOCK

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