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CONTENTS

PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR

A WORD FROM THE EDITOR

FACSIMILE OF LETTER FROM LORD DUFFERIN

PAGE OF AUTHOR'S MANUSCRIPT IN FACSIMILE

INTRODUCTION

BOOK I

LOVE'S FORGET-ME-NOT

SAID THE DAISY

A HARVEST SONG

A PERFECT STRAIN

THE ROSE

WHERE, LOVE, ART HID?

LA BLANCHISSEUSE

THE KING'S KISS

THE ROSE OF A NATION'S THANKS

GOOD-BYE'S THE WORD!

LAUGHTER

FAIRY TOIL

SYLVIUS TO CHLORIS

THE CAMP OF SOULS

THE MOTHER'S SOUL

THE INSPIRATION OF SONG

BABY'S DREAMS

SAID THE SKYLARK

SAID THE WIND

SAID THE CANOE

SONGS FOR THE SOLDIERS

WHO SEES A VISION

MAVOURNEEN

THE DARK STAG

ERIN'S WARNING

BESIDE THE SEA

THE SAILOR AND HIS BRIDE

WEALTH

THE HIDDEN ROOM

TRUE AND FALSE

LOVE AND REASON

LOVE AMONGST THE ROSES

ROSES IN MADRID

MARY'S TRYST

THE CITY TREE

LATE LOVED—WELL LOVED

JOY'S CITY

BOUCHE-MIGNONNE

FAITH, HOPE AND CHARITY

THE POET OF THE SPRING

THE BURGOMEISTER'S WELL

SAID THE THISTLE-DOWN

"LOVE ME, LOVE MY DOG"

THE SHELL

LOVE IN A DAIRY

THE CHRISTMAS BABY

LIFE

BOOK II

THE HELOT

"HE AROSE AND WENT INTO ANOTHER LAND"

HIS CLAY

THE KING'S GARMENTS

SEPTEMBER IN TORONTO

THE LEGEND OF THE MISTLETOE

WAR

THE SWORD

PEACE

IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS SOUL

THE EARTH WAXETH OLD

THE KING IS DEAD!—LONG LIVE THE KING!

THE LILY BED

THE GHOSTS OF THE TREES

GISLI, THE CHIEFTAIN

BOOK III

MALCOLM'S KATIE: A LOVE STORY

CANADA TO ENGLAND

TORONTO

SAID THE WEST WIND

ESTHER

BETWEEN THE WIND AND RAIN

CESAR'S WIFE

THE WISHING STAR

EGYPT, I DIE!

VASHTI, THE QUEEN

THE VESPER STAR

AN INTERREGNUM

A BATTLE

CURTIUS

MY IRISH LOVE

BOOK IV

OLD SPOOKSES' PASS

OLD SPENSE

THE DEACON AND HIS DAUGHTER

FARMER STEBBINS' OPINIONS

THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER CHERRY

THE ROWAN TREE

I'LL LAUCH TO SEE THE YEAR IN

MY AIN BONNIE LASS O' THE GLEN

A HUNGRY DAY