Transcriber’s Note: Italic text is enclosed in _underscores_. Additional notes will be found near the end of this ebook. JOYCE KILMER POEMS, ESSAYS AND LETTERS IN TWO VOLUMES VOLUME TWO: PROSE WORKS [Illustration: SERGEANT JOYCE KILMER 165TH INFANTRY (69TH NEW YORK), A. E. F., FRANCE, MAY, 1918 ] JOYCE KILMER EDITED WITH A MEMOIR BY ROBERT CORTES HOLLIDAY VOLUME TWO PROSE WORKS NEW YORK GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY Copyright, 1914, 1917, 1918 By George H. Doran Company PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CONTENTS--VOLUME TWO PAGE ESSAYS HOLY IRELAND 11 THE GENTLE ART OF CHRISTMAS GIVING 26 A BOUQUET FOR JENNY 39 THE INEFFICIENT LIBRARY 49 THE POETRY OF HILAIRE BELLOC 62 THE CATHOLIC POETS OF BELGIUM 78 LETTERS TO CHARLES WILLIS THOMPSON 101 TO SHAEMAS O’SHEEL 101 TO LOUIS BEVIER, JR. 103 TO SARA TEASDALE FILSINGER 104 TO KATHERINE BRÉGY 105 TO AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR 107 TO HOWARD W. COOK 108 TO THOMAS WALSH 111 TO ROBERT CORTES HOLLIDAY 114 TO REVEREND EDWARD F. GARESCHÉ, S.J. 116 TO REVEREND JAMES J. DALY, S.J. 119 TO HIS MOTHER 144 TO KENTON KILMER 163 TO DEBORAH KILMER 165 TO HIS WIFE 166 MISCELLANEOUS PIECES A BALLAD OF NEW SINS 227 WAR SONGS 230 “TRY A TIN TO-DAY:” A SHORT STORY 233