Wisconsin in Story and Song SELECTIONS FROM THE PROSE AND POETRY OF BADGER STATE WRITERS EDITED BY CHARLES RALPH ROUNDS HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH OF THE MILWAUKEE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL AND HENRY SHERMAN HIPPENSTEEL HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND DIRECTOR OF HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER TRAINING OF THE STEVENS POINT NORMAL SCHOOL PUBLISHERS THE PARKER EDUCATIONAL COMPANY MADISON, WISCONSIN COPYRIGHT, 1916 BY THE PARKER EDUCATIONAL CO., MADISON, WISCONSIN _To the authors of today and of former days, whose genius and co-operation have made this book possible, and to the young people who may, by reading these pages, be inspired to carry the banner of our state still farther into the realm of literature, WISCONSIN IN STORY AND SONG is affectionately dedicated._ TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page General Wisconsin Writers. HAMLIN GARLAND 13-39 Haying Time, Among the Corn Rows, Ploughing, Ladrone, The Toil of the Trail, The Blue Jay, Pom Pom Pull Away, The Old-Fashioned Threshing in Green's Coolly. GENERAL CHARLES KING 40-63 Ray's Ride for Life (from "Marion's Faith"), The Final Blow. JOHN MUIR 64-71 Snow Banners. ELLA WHEELER WILCOX 72-84 The Two Glasses, The Kingdom of Love, The Tendril's Fate, Three Friends, Ambitions' Trail, Morning Prayer, I Am, Which Are You? RAY STANNARD BAKER 85-98 Through the Air, Marconi and His Great Achievements--New Experiments in Wireless Telegraphy, The Roping at Pasco's. "DAVID GRAYSON" 99-113 An Argument with a Millionaire. ZONA GALE 114-127 Why?, The Holy Place, Friendship Village. EBEN EUGENE REXFORD 128-144 Watering Plants, Tea Roses for Beds, The Old Village Choir, The Two Singers, The Unfruitful Tree, A Day in June, Silver Threads Among the Gold, When Silver Threads Are Gold Again. CARL SCHURZ 145-149 Selections from his Reminiscences, The True Americanism. HONORÉ WILLSIE 150-162 The Forbidden North, A Story of a Great Dane Puppy. EDNA FERBER 163-171 Steeped In German.