"SLEEP, FOR THY MOTHER BENDS OVER THEE YET!" . . Frontispiece BACK FROM TOWN--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 A HOBO VOLUNTARY--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 HE CAMPS NEAR TOWN, ON THE OLD CRICK-BANK . . . . . . . 27 AND SO LIKEWISE DOES THE FARMHANDS STARE . . . . . . . . 31 A HOBO VOLUNTARY--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 BE OUR FORTUNES AS THEY MAY--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . 34 BE OUR FORTUNES AS THEY MAY--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . 35 AND WRAPPED IN SHROUDS OF DRIFTING CLOUDS . . . . . . . 37 UNCLE SIDNEY TO MARCELLUS--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . 40 THE POET'S LOVE FOR THE CHILDREN--HEADPIECE . . . . . . 42 OF THE ORCHARD-LANDS OF CHILDHOOD . . . . . . . . . . . 43 FRIEND OF A WAYWARD HOUR--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . 46 FRIEND OF A WAYWARD HOUR--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . 47 MY HENRY--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 NOTHIN' THAT BOY WOULDN'T RESK! . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 A LETTER TO A FRIEND--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 A LETTER TO A FRIEND--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 THE OLD-FASHIONED BIBLE--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . 54 THE BLESSED OLD VOLUME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 GOOD-BY ER HOWDY-DO--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 GOOD-BY ER HOWDY-DO--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 "THE LITTLE MAN IN THE TINSHOP"--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . 61 THE ORCHESTRA, WITH ITS MELODY . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 TOMMY SMITH--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 OUR OLD FRIEND NEVERFAIL--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . 72 HIS MOUTH IS A GRIN WITH THE CORNERS TUCKED IN . . . . . 75 ART AND POETRY--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 DOWN TO THE CAPITAL--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 TO OLD ONE-LEGGED CHAPS, LIKE ME . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 {xviii}