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PREFACE

AUTHORS AND SELECTIONS

THE WHITETHROAT

MARGARET H. ALDEN

MOTHER'S WORLD

JOSEPH ANTISELL ALLEN

GRANT ALLEN

ONLY AN INSECT

WILLIAM TALBOT ALLISON

THE MEN OF THE NORTH

VANISHINGS

SOPHIE M. ALMON-HENSLEY

CONTENT

SONG

THERE IS NO GOD

DUNCAN ANDERSON

THE DEATH OF WOLFE.

SPORT

ALICE M. ARDAGH

SIC PASSIM

ISIDORE G. ASCHER

SAMUEL MATHEWSON BAYLIS

IN MATABELE LAND

THE COUREUR-DE-BOIS.

JOHN WILSON BENGOUGH

SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD

RESTITUTION

CRAVEN LANGSTROTH BETTS

IN MEMORIAM

CHAUCER

POPE

BLANCHE BISHOP

THE BRIDE O' THE SUN

WINTER FLOWERS

CHRISTMAS MORN

EDWARD BLACKADDER

ANNAPOLIS ROYAL

JEAN BLEWETT

THE TWO MARYS

SHE JUST KEEPS HOUSE FOR ME

AT QUEBEC

JOHN BREAKENRIDGE

THE TROUBADOUR

JOHN HENRY BROWN

THE PARLIAMENT OF MAN

A SUNSET

EDWARD BURROUGH BROWNLOW

THE WHIP-POOR-WILL

THE SONNET

GEORGE FREDERICK CAMERON

THE GOLDEN TEXT

IS THERE A GOD?

ON TIPTOE

WHAT MATTERS IT?

BLISS CARMAN

LOW TIDE ON GRAND PRÉ

THE GRAVEDIGGER

THE CRIMSON HOUSE

HACK AND HEW

PHILLIPS BROOKS

THE WHITE GULL

AMOS HENRY CHANDLER

WHEN DORA DIED

EDWARD J. CHAPMAN

A SUMMER NIGHT

ANNIE ROTHWELL CHRISTIE

THE WOMAN'S PART

AFTER THE BATTLE

WELCOME HOME

GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE

SKATER AND WOLVES

TO A BUTTERFLY

RESENTMENT

ECCLESIASTES

A CHILD'S EVENING HYMN

HUGH COCHRANE

IDEAL

HEREWARD K. COCKIN

THE DEATH OF BURNABY

SARA JEANETTE DUNCAN COTES

THE POET

ISABELLA VALANCY CRAWFORD

THE MASTER-BUILDER

THE AXE OF THE PIONEER

THE SWORD

FRANCIS BLAKE CROFTON

THE BATTLE-CALL OF ANTI-CHRIST

JOHN ALLISTER CURRIE

MY MOTHER

MARGARET GILL CURRIE

SARAH ANNE CURZON

VISIT OF THE PRINCE OF WALES TO LAURA SECORD

INVOCATION TO RAIN

NICHOLAS FLOOD DAVIN

A. B. DE MILLE

THE ICE KING

BALLAD

JAMES DE MILLE

EDWARD HARTLEY DEWART

SHADOWS ON THE CURTAIN

ON THE OTTAWA

FREDERICK AUGUSTUS DIXON

A FEATHER'S MESSAGE

HINC ILLÆ LACHRYMÆ

WILLIAM HENRY DRUMMOND

THE HABITANT'S JUBILEE ODE

JOHN HUNTER DUVAR

JOHN A'VAR'S LAST LAY

THE MINNÉSINGERS LIED

HOW BALTHAZAR THE KING WENT DOWN INTO EGYPT

ARTHUR WENTWORTH HAMILTON EATON

THE EGYPTIAN LOTUS

PURPLE ASTERS

DEEPENING THE CHANNEL

THE PHANTOM LIGHT OF THE BAIE DES CHALEURS

THE MEADOW LANDS

MY PUREST LONGINGS SPRING

I WATCH THE SHIPS

JAMES DAVID EDGAR

THIS CANADA OF OURS

CONSTANCE FAIRBANKS

THE JUNCTION

HALIFAX

THOSE FAR-OFF FIELDS

JOSEPH KEARNEY FORAN

THE AURORA BOREALIS

WILLIAM HENRY FULLER

A SONG OF THE SEA

ALEXANDER RAE GARVIE

PIERCE STEVENS HAMILTON

S. FRANCES HARRISON

VILLANELLE

CHÂTEAU PAPINEAU

SEPTEMBER

NOVEMBER

THEODORE ARNOLD HAULTAIN

BEAUTY

CHARLES HEAVYSEGE

MAGNANIMOUS AND MEAN

NIGHT

THE COMING OF THE MORN

THE MYSTERY OF DOOM

JOHN FREDERIC HERBIN

SIMON

THE DIVER

ACROSS THE DYKES

THE SONNET

ANNIE CAMPBELL HUESTIS

GENTLE-BREATH

THE LITTLE WHITE SUN

TWENTY-OLD AND SEVEN-WILD

WILLIAM EDWARD HUNT

GOLDEN-ROD

THE SEA'S INFLUENCE

THE PASSING OF SUMMER

RICHARD HUNTINGTON

SUNRISE ON THE TUSKET

LOUISBURG

JAMES COBOURG HODGINS

ONCE MORE

A GREEK REVERIE

JOSEPH HOWE

THE FLAG OF OLD ENGLAND

THE DESERTED NEST

CHARLES EDWIN JAKEWAY

AN UNFINISHED PROPHECY

THE SONG MY PADDLE SINGS

AT HUSKING TIME

SHADOW RIVER

BRIER

PRAIRIE GREYHOUNDS

ROBERT KIRKLAND KERNIGHAN

THE SONG OF THE THAW

PEEPY IS NOT DEAD

WILLIAM KIRBY

THE MARQUIS OF LORNE'S VISIT TO THE NORTH-WEST

AT SPENCER GRANGE

MATTHEW RICHEY KNIGHT

JACQUES CARTIER

SOVEREIGN MOMENTS

THE MERCY OF GOD

ARCHIBALD LAMPMAN

THE RAILWAY STATION

OUTLOOK

AMONG THE MILLET

THE LOONS

THE SUN CUP

AFTER RAIN

JUNE

SEPTEMBER

THE GOAL OF LIFE

MARY JANE KATZMANN LAWSON

THE FACE IN THE CATHEDRAL

SOPHIA V. GILBERT LEE

THE BROOK

LILY ALICE LEFEVRE

IMPRISONED

INSPIRATION

R. E. MULLINS LEPROHON

THE HURON CHIEF'S DAUGHTER

WILLIAM DOUW LIGHTHALL

THE ARTIST'S PRAYER

THE SWEET STAR

MY NATIVE LAND

STUART LIVINGSTON

THE VOLUNTEERS OF '85

TO E. N. L.

THE KING'S FOOL

KEATS

ARTHUR JOHN LOCKHART

ACADIE

THE WATERS OF CARR

THE LONELY PINE

BURTON W. LOCKHART

LOVE AND SONG

JOHN E. LOGAN

THE INDIAN MAID'S LAMENT

AGNES MAULE MACHAR

WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE

SCHILLER'S DYING VISION

LOVE AND FAITH

A MADONNA OF THE ENTRY

EVAN MACCOLL

THE CHILD OF PROMISE

GLENORCHY

ELIZABETH ROBERTS MACDONALD

A SONG OF SEASONS

JOHN MACFARLANE

THE TWO ANGELS

A GRAVE IN SAMOA

A MIDSUMMER MADRIGAL

KATE SEYMOUR MACLEAN

BALLAD OF THE MAD LADYE

BIRD SONG

ELIZABETH S. MACLEOD

ALEXANDER MACKENZIE

A. D. MACNEILL

THE SEA-GULL

DONALD M'CAIG

THE TRAMP

JAMES M'CARROLL

A ROYAL RACE

DAWN

THE GRAY LINNET

WILLIAM M'DONNELL

BERNARD M'EVOY

A PHOTOGRAPH IN A SHOP WINDOW

REVISED PROOFS

THOMAS D'ARCY M'GEE

OUR LADYE OF THE SNOW

WILLIAM P. M'KENZIE

MOONLIGHT

GABRIELLE

THE MOTHER'S SONG

LULLABY SONG

ALEXANDER M'LACHLAN

INDIAN SUMMER

BOBOLINK

THE MAN WHO ROSE FROM NOTHING

JOHN M'PHERSON

THE MAYFLOWER

IN THE WOODS

CHARLES MAIR

UNTAMED

THE VOICE OF THE PINES

THE HUMMING BIRD

INNOCENCE

GEORGE MARTIN

SHELLEY

TO MY CANARY BIRD

LALEET

HELEN M. MERRILL

THE BLUE FLOWER

AT EDGEWATER

THE PROMISE OF SPRING

SUN-GOLD

SUSANNA MOODIE

THE MAPLE-TREE

THE FISHERMAN'S LIGHT

MARY MORGAN

CHARITY

LIFE

IRENE ELDER MORTON

BROWNING

COMPLETENESS

MY GARDEN WALL

IN JUNE

SONG OF THE PAGAN PRINCESS

SONG

CHARLES PELHAM MULVANEY

POPPŒA

GEORGE MURRAY

THE THISTLE

M. H. NICKERSON

A RECOLLECTION

CORNELIUS O'BRIEN

ST CECILIA

THOMAS O'HAGAN

RIPENED FRUIT

THE SONG MY MOTHER SINGS

GILBERT PARKER

I LOVED MY ART

IT IS ENOUGH

THEIR WAVING HANDS

AMY PARKINSON

THE MESSENGER HOURS

FRANK L. POLLOCK

AD BELLONAM

THE TRAIL OF GOLD

ANDREW RAMSAY

JEPHTHA'S DAUGHTER

I WILL NOT TELL

ATKINSON'S MILL

THEODORE HARDING RAND

THE DRAGONFLY

BEAUTY

LOVE

THE HEPATICA

THE VEILED PRESENCE

THE GHOST FLOWER

GLORY-ROSES

THE CARVEN SHORES

WALTER A. RATCLIFFE

WANTED

JOHN READE

RIZPAH

PICTURES OF MEMORY

IN MY HEART

KINGS OF MEN

DOMINION DAY

ROBERT REID

POESIE

A SONG OF CANADA

CHARLES GEORGE DOUGLAS ROBERTS

A NOCTURNE OF CONSECRATION

A NOCTURNE OF SPIRITUAL LOVE

AN ODE FOR THE CANADIAN CONFEDERACY

CANADIAN STREAMS

THE SILVER THAW

EPITAPH FOR A SAILOR BURIED ASHORE

THE TRAIN AMONG THE HILLS

A SONG OF GROWTH

SLEEPY MAN

NIGHT IN A DOWN-TOWN STREET

THE FALLING LEAVES

AN EPITAPH FOR A HUSBANDMAN

ORIGINS

THE WRESTLER

RECESSIONAL

ASCRIPTION

THEODORE ROBERTS

THE SPEARS OF KAN-MAR

COLD

THE MEN OF MY HEART'S DESIRE

THE CHASE

WILLIAM CARMAN ROBERTS

HISTORY

AN EASTER MEMORY

MY COMRADE CANOE

GEORGE JOHN ROMANES

I ASK NOT FOR THY LOVE, O LORD

CARROLL RYAN

CHARLES SANGSTER

ENGLAND AND AMERICA

A LIVING TEMPLE

THE ILLUMINED GOAL

LOVE'S RENEWAL

'TIS SUMMER STILL

DUNCAN CAMPBELL SCOTT

THE FIFTEENTH OF APRIL

ABOVE ST IRÉNÉE

OFF RIVIÈRE DU LOUP

THE END OF THE DAY

A FLOCK OF SHEEP

MEMORY

HOME SONG

LIFE AND DEATH

OTTAWA

GEORGE FREDERICK SCOTT

A REVERIE

EASTER ISLAND

A DREAM OF THE PREHISTORIC

DAWN

VAN ELSEN

CHARLES DAWSON SHANLY

THE WALKER OF THE SNOW

FRANCIS SHERMAN

THE BUILDER

BETWEEN THE BATTLES

A LITTLE WHILE BEFORE THE FALL WAS DONE

GOLDWIN SMITH

FLOSSY (WITH HER OWN PORTRAIT) TO HER MISTRESS

LYMAN C. SMITH

CANADA TO COLUMBIA

WILLIAM WYE SMITH

THE CANADIANS ON THE NILE

ALBERT E. S. SMYTHE

THE FORGOTTEN POET

DEATH THE REVEALER

HIRAM LADD SPENCER

THE RIVER

A HUNDRED YEARS TO COME

EZRA HURLBURT STAFFORD

CHINOOK

THE STRANGE VESSEL

THE LAST ORISON

ALEXANDER CHARLES STEWART

PHILLIPS STEWART

HOPE

BARRY STRATON

LOVE'S HARVEST

CHARITY

AMERICA

ARTHUR J. STRINGER

A SONG IN AUTUMN

BESIDE THE MARTYR'S MEMORIAL

CANADA TO ENGLAND

BEETHOVEN

ALAN SULLIVAN

VENICE

THE WHITE CANOE

BERTRAM TENNYSON

GORDON

EDWARD WILLIAM THOMSON

A DAY-DREAM

THE SONG-SPARROW

THE BAD YEAR

JOHN STUART THOMSON

THE VALE OF ESTABELLE

EVEN-TIME

LATE AUTUMN

FRANCIS L. DOMINICK WATERS

ARTHUR WEIR

A SNOWSHOE SONG

VOYAGEUR SONG

THE LITTLE TROOPER

LITTLE MISS BLUE EYES

A CHRISTMAS LULLABY

AGNES ETHELWYN WETHERALD

THE HOUSE OF THE TREES

AT THE WINDOW

TO FEBRUARY

THE HAY FIELD

WILLIAM HENRY WITHROW

OCTOBER

CLOUD CASTLES

R. WALTER WRIGHT

EASTER MORN

A STILL SMALL VOICE

G. F. W.

SENSE AND SPIRIT

EVA ROSE YORK

I SHALL NOT PASS THIS WAY AGAIN

PAMELIA VINING YULE

THE BEAUTIFUL ARTIST

WARBLE THY LAYS TO ME

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