By M. A. DONOHUE AND COMPANY CONTENTS PAGE Bed in Summer 10 Young Night Thought 11 Pirate Story 12-13 Farewell to the Farm 14-15 The Land of Counterpane 16 Fairy Bread 17 Escape at Bedtime 18-19 A Good Play 20 Marching Song 21 Where Go the Boats 22-23 The Hayloft 24 Auntie's Skirts 25 The Moon 26 The Cow 27 Foreign Lands 28-29 System 30 At the Seaside 31 Happy Thought 32 The Land of Nod 33 Windy Nights 34-35 Time to Rise 36 Rain 37 Foreign Children 38 Looking Forward 39 My Shadow 40-42 The Sun's Travels 43 Looking-Glass River 44-45 The Lamplighter 46-47 Singing 48 Travel 49-51 My Bed is a Boat 52-53 Keepsake Mill 54-55 The Unseen Playmate 56-57 My Ship and I 58-59 The Wind 60-61 A Good Boy 62-63 Good and Bad Children 64-65 Picture-Books in Winter 66-67 The Swing 68-69 A Thought 70 Armies in the Fire 71 My Kingdom 72-73 Shadow March 74-75 Winter-Time 76-77 The Little Land 78-81 In Port 82-83 Night and Day 84-86 Nest Eggs 87-88 The Flowers 89 From a Railway Carriage 90 My Treasures 91-92 Block City 93-94 The Gardener 95-96 A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES ROBERT LOVIS STEVENSON WITH ILLVSTRATIONS BY JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS NEW YORK MCMV CONTENTS TO ALISON CUNNINGHAM vii BED IN SUMMER 3 A THOUGHT 4 AT THE SEA-SIDE 5 YOUNG NIGHT-THOUGHT 6 WHOLE DUTY OF CHILDREN 7 RAIN 7 PIRATE STORY 8 FOREIGN LANDS 9 WINDY NIGHTS 10 TRAVEL 11 SINGING 13 LOOKING FORWARD 14 A GOOD PLAY 15 WHERE GO THE BOATS? 16 AUNTIE'S SKIRTS 17 THE LAND OF COUNTERPANE 18 THE LAND OF NOD 19 MY SHADOW 20 SYSTEM 22 A GOOD BOY 23 ESCAPE AT BEDTIME 24 MARCHING SONG 25 [Pg xii] THE COW 26 HAPPY THOUGHT 27 THE WIND 28 KEEPSAKE MILL 29 GOOD AND BAD CHILDREN 31 FOREIGN CHILDREN 33 THE SUN TRAVELS 35 THE LAMPLIGHTER 36 MY BED IS A BOAT 37 THE MOON 39 THE SWING 40 TIME TO RISE 41 LOOKING-GLASS RIVER 42 FAIRY BREAD 44 FROM A RAILWAY CARRIAGE 45 WINTER-TIME 46 THE HAYLOFT 47 FAREWELL TO THE FARM 49 NORTH-WEST PASSAGE 50 1. Good-Night 50 2. Shadow March 51 3. In Port 52 THE CHILD ALONE THE UNSEEN PLAYMATE 57 MY SHIP AND I 59 MY KINGDOM 61 [Pg xiii] PICTURE-BOOKS IN WINTER 63 MY TREASURES 65 BLOCK CITY 67 THE LAND OF STORY-BOOKS 69 ARMIES IN THE FIRE 71 THE LITTLE LAND 73 GARDEN DAYS NIGHT AND DAY 79 NEST EGGS 82 THE FLOWERS 84 SUMMER SUN 86 THE DUMB SOLDIER 87 AUTUMN FIRES 89 THE GARDENER 90 HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 92 ENVOYS TO WILLIE AND HENRIETTA 97 TO MY MOTHER 98 TO AUNTIE 99 TO MINNIE 100 TO MY NAME-CHILD 103 TO ANY READER 105 [Pg xv] ILLUSTRATIONS FROM DRAWINGS IN COLOR BY JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH FACING PAGE Bed in Summer 4 In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. Foreign Lands 10 I held the trunk with both my hands And looked abroad on foreign lands. The Land of Counterpane 18 I was the giant great and still That sits upon the pillow-hill, My Shadow 20