Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.) LITERARY BYWAYS. Literary Byways By William Andrews LONDON: WILLIAM ANDREWS & CO., 5, FARRINGDON AVENUE, E.C. 1898. Preface. In the following pages no attempt has been made to add to the many critical works authors bring under the notice of the public. My aim in this collection of leisure-hour studies is to afford entertaining reading on some topics which do not generally attract the reader's attention. It is necessary for me to state that three of the chapters were originally contributed to the columns of the _Chambers's Journal_, and by courtesy of the Editor are reproduced in this volume. WILLIAM ANDREWS. THE HULL PRESS, _July 5th, 1898_. Contents. PAGE AUTHORS AT WORK 1 THE EARNINGS OF AUTHORS 43 DECLINED WITH THANKS 67 EPIGRAMS ON AUTHORS 76 POETICAL GRACES 90 POETRY ON PANES 94 ENGLISH FOLK-RHYMES 100 THE POETRY OF TOAST LISTS AND MENU CARDS 110 TOASTS AND TOASTING 120 CURIOUS AMERICAN OLD-TIME GLEANINGS 131 THE EARLIEST AMERICAN POETESS: ANNE BRADSTREET 143 A PLAYFUL POET: MISS CATHERINE FANSHAWE 149 A POPULAR SONG WRITER: MRS. JOHN HUNTER 160 A POET OF THE POOR: MARY PYPER 167 THE POET OF THE FISHER-FOLK: MRS. SUSAN K. PHILLIPS 176 A POET AND NOVELIST OF THE PEOPLE: THOMAS MILLER 186 THE COTTAGE COUNTESS 199 THE COMPILER OF "OLD MOORE'S ALMANAC": HENRY ANDREWS 206 JAMES NAYLER, THE MAD QUAKER, WHO CLAIMED TO BE THE MESSIAH 213 A BIOGRAPHICAL ROMANCE: SWAN'S STRANGE STORY 222 SHORT LETTERS 228 INDEX 237 LITERARY BYWAYS. Authors at Work.