Reprinted from _The Bashful Earthquake_ by Oliver Herford. Copyright, 1898, by Charles Scribner’s Sons. Footnote 16: Taken by permission from _The Vale of Tempe_ by Madison Cawein. Copyright, 1905, by E. P. Dutton and Co., New York. Footnote 17: Reprinted by permission of the publishers, Charles Scribner’s Sons, from _The Town down the River_ by E. A. Robinson. Footnote 18: Reprinted by permission of the publishers, The Macmillan Company, from _The Man Against the Sky_ by E. A. Robinson. Footnote 19: See pages 51, 123, 232, 245, 252, 323. Footnote 20: Reprinted by permission of the publishers, Charles Scribner’s Sons, from _The Town down the River_ by E. A. Robinson. Footnote 21: Reprinted by permission of the publishers, Charles Scribner’s Sons, from _The Children of the Night_. Footnote 22: Reprinted by permission of the publishers, The Macmillan Company, from _Spoon River Anthology_ by Edgar Lee Masters. Footnote 23: Reprinted by permission of the publishers, The Macmillan Company, from _Spoon River Anthology_ by Edgar Lee Masters. Footnote 24: See pages 51, 114, 232, 245, 252, 323. Footnote 25: Reprinted by permission of the publishers, The Macmillan Company, from _Spoon River Anthology_ by Edgar Lee Masters. Footnote 26: Reprinted by permission of the publishers, The Macmillan Company, from _Songs and Satires_ by Edgar Lee Masters. Footnote 27: From _Lyrics of Love and Laughter_. Copyright, 1903, by Dodd, Mead & Company. Footnote 28: From _Lyrics of Lowly Life_. Copyright, 1896, by Dodd, Mead & Company. Footnote 29: From _Lyrics of Lowly Life._ Copyright, 1896, by Dodd, Mead & Company. Footnote 30: Reprinted by permission of the publishers, The Macmillan Company, from _Pictures of the Floating World_ by Amy Lowell. Footnote 31: Reprinted by permission of the publishers, The Macmillan Company, from _Sword Blades and Poppy Seed_ by Amy Lowell. Footnote 32: Reprinted by permission of the publishers, The Macmillan Company, from _Pictures of the Floating World_ by Amy Lowell. Footnote 33: Reprinted by permission of the publishers, The Macmillan Company, from _Pictures of the Floating World_ by Amy Lowell. Footnote 34: Reprinted by permission of the publishers, The Macmillan Company, from _General William Booth Enters into Heaven and Other Poems_ by Vachel Lindsay. Footnote 35: Reprinted by permission of the publishers, The Macmillan Company, from _The Congo and Other Poems_ by Vachel Lindsay. Footnote 36: See pages 51, 114, 123, 245, 252, 323. Footnote 37: Reprinted by permission of the publishers, The Macmillan Company, from _The Chinese Nightingale and Other Poems_ by Vachel Lindsay. Footnote 38: Reprinted by permission of the publishers, The Macmillan Company, from _The Quest_ by John G. Neihardt. Footnote 39: