Preface.
Contents.
Authors at Work.
The Earnings of Authors.
"Declined with Thanks."
Epigrams on Authors.
Poetical Graces.
Poetry on Panes.
English Folk-Rhymes.
The Poetry of Toast Lists and Menu Cards.
Toasts and Toasting.
Curious American Old-Time Gleanings.
The Earliest American Poetess: Anne Bradstreet.
A Playful Poet: Miss Catherine Fanshawe.
A Popular Song Writer: Mrs. John Hunter.
A Poet of the Poor: Mary Pyper.
The Poet of the Fisher-Folk: Mrs. Susan K. Phillips.
A Poet and Novelist of the People: Thomas Miller.
The Cottage Countess.
The Compiler of "Old Moore's Almanac," Henry Andrews.
James Nayler, The Mad Quaker, who claimed to be the Messiah.
A Biographical Romance. Swan's Strange Story.
Short Letters.
Index.
LITERARY BYWAYS.
LONDON: WILLIAM ANDREWS & CO., 5, FARRINGDON AVENUE, E.C. 1898.
