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JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

WITH PICTURES BY

WILL VAWTER

TO

GEORGE A. CARR

CONTENTS

RILEY SONGS OF HOME

WE MUST GET HOME

JUST TO BE GOOD

MY FRIEND

THINKIN' BACK

NOT ALWAYS GLAD WHEN WE SMILE

HIS ROOM

THE PLAINT HUMAN

THE QUEST

THE MULBERRY TREE

FOR YOU

A FEEL IN THE CHRIS'MAS-AIR

AS CREATED

WHERE-AWAY

DREAMER, SAY

OUR OWN

THE OLD TRUNDLE-BED

WHO BIDES HIS TIME

NATURAL PERVERSITIES

A SCRAWL

WRITIN' BACK TO THE HOME-FOLKS

LAUGHTER HOLDING BOTH HIS SIDES

THE SONG OF YESTERDAY

SONG OF PARTING

OUR KIND OF A MAN

"HOW DID YOU REST, LAST NIGHT?"

OUT OF THE HITHERWHERE

JACK-IN-THE-BOX

THE BOYS

"OUT OF REACH?"

"A BRAVE REFRAIN"

IN THE EVENING

JIM

THE BEST IS GOOD ENOUGH

HONEY DRIPPING FROM THE COMB

AS MY UNCLE USED TO SAY

WE MUST BELIEVE

A GOOD MAN

THE OLD DAYS

A SPRING SONG AND A LATER

KNEELING WITH HERRICK

THE RAINY MORNING

REACH YOUR HAND TO ME

TO MY OLD FRIEND, WILLIAM LEACHMAM

A BACKWARD LOOK

AT SEA

THE OLD GUITAR

JOHN McKEEN

THROUGH SLEEPY-LAND

"THEM OLD CHEERY WORDS"

TO THE JUDGE

OUR BOYHOOD HAUNTS

MY DANCIN'-DAYS IS OVER

HER BEAUTIFUL HANDS