CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS by Reginald Birch
AWAY
THE RECIPROCITY OF SMILES
A DOMESTIC RIPPLE
THE ADAMS'S BOYS
BILLY PEEBLE'S CHRISTMAS
THE WAY HE USED TO DO
A BOY'S VACATION TIME
A BOY'S CHOICE
A DISCOURAGED KINDERGARTNER
THE DELUSION OF GHOSTS
A STORY OF SELF-SACRIFICE
THE LOST CHILD
DOUGHNUTTING TIME
A MODERN MIRACLE
NERVOUSTOWN
SONG OF SUMMER DAYS
WHAT MOTHER DOESN'T KNOW
SO LONESOME NOW
A LITTLE LOVE STORY
ON A NOISELESS FOURTH
CONSCIOUS IGNORANCE
THE PLAYTIME OF BACHELOR BILL
HOW HENRY BLAKE KNOWS
THE LAND OF BLOW BUBBLES
THE GINGERCAKE MAN
LONESOME
THE GARDEN OF PLAY
WE AIN'T SCARED O' PA
A PEARL OF PRICE
DEAR LITTLE, QUEER LITTLE MAN
GIRL OF MINE
CHUMS
THE LOST BOY
LINES TO A BABY GIRL
LITTLE MISCHEFUSS
THE TRAVELS OF MORTIMER BROWN
ADVENTURERS THREE
WHEN THEY LOVE YOU SO
SOMEBODY DID
THE WADERS
THEN THE PRISONED PUPIL
A PRAYER FOR JIMMY BANKS
A CHILD'S CHRISTMAS PRAYER
HENRY BLAKE'S CHUM
ONCE UPON A TIME
THE WAY TO SCHOOL
A PRESENT FOR LITTLE BOY BLUE
THE EVOLUTION OF AN ADOPTION
SOME GIRLS THAT MAMMA KNEW
GONE
THE NEIGHBOR'S BOYS
A QUIET AFTERNOON
THE OWNERLESS TOYS
THE STRANGER
IN VACATION TIME
BEREAVED
TWO LITTLE MAIDS
A NEW CHRISTMAS CAROL
THE RECONCILIATION OF PA
A WORLD WITHOUT CARE
RIGHT AFTER SCHOOL
A PLEA FOR OLD FRIENDS
THE BOYVILLE CADETS
A LITTLE BOY I KNOW
ASLEEP AT THE CIRCUS
THE BARRIERS
THE PLAINT OF THE NEW DOLL
A CHILD'S ALMANAC
THE LOSER
BACK TO SCHOOL
DISENCHANTMENTS
A RAINY NIGHT
KITCHEN MIRACLES
JIM BRADY'S BIG BROTHER
THE SCAPEGOAT
A TRAGEDY OF CENTER FIELD
IN SWIMMING
AN UNUSUAL CHUM
AND JUST THEN
AFTERWARD
CIRCUS DAY
THE TOUR OF A SMILE
WHEN GRANDPA PLAYS
THE PARTED WAYS
A MESSAGE HOME
LULLABY
DISGUISING TOIL
LITTLE GIRL WITH THE CURLS
MY WONDERFUL DAD
REMEMBRANCES, BILL
THE BEREAVEMENT
IN CHILDHOOD TIME
DON'T
EXTINGUISHED
THE UNCHEERED HERO
OLD HALLOWE'EN FRIENDS
A REFUGE IN DISTRESS
THE LOST HEART
VERSES OF A LITTLE CHILD
GOLDEN DAYS IN SLOWVILLE
THE HEART OF A CHILD
THE STRENUOUS LIFE
A SONG OF MOTHERHOOD
YOUTH
AFTER THE YEARS
A VERSE TO MEMORY
LEST I FORGET
ECHO OF A SONG
LOVERS' LANE
DADDY KNOWS
TO CHILDREN AT THE HEARTH
A TOAST TO THE SMALL BOY
AN ADVENTUROUS DAY
POEM OF THE FORAGERS
THE VERSES OF JAMES W. FOLEY
NEW YORK E·P·DUTTON & COMPANY PUBLISHERS
COPYRIGHT, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1911 BY JAMES W. FOLEY ——— COPYRIGHT, 1913 BY E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY THE·PLIMPTON·PRESS NORWOOD·MASS·U·S·A·
TO MY WIFE
