1903


CONTENTS

[ DEDICATION. ]

[ PREFACE. ]

[ SHAPES OF CLAY ]

[ THE PASSING SHOW. ]

[ ELIXER VITAE. ]

[ CONVALESCENT. ]

[ AT THE CLOSE OF THE CANVASS. ]

[ NOVUM ORGANUM. ]

[ GEOTHEOS. ]

[ YORICK. ]

[ A VISION OF DOOM. ]

[ POLITICS. ]

[ POESY. ]

[ IN DEFENSE. ]

[ AN INVOCATION. ]

[ RELIGION. ]

[ A MORNING FANCY. ]

[ VISIONS OF SIN. ]

[ THE TOWN OF DAE. ]

[ AN ANARCHIST. ]

[ AN OFFER OF MARRIAGE. ]

[ ARMA VIRUMQUE. ]

[ ON A PROPOSED CREMATORY. ]

[ A DEMAND. ]

[ THE WEATHER WIGHT. ]

[ MY MONUMENT. ]

[ MAD. ]

[ HOSPITALITY. ]

[ FOR A CERTAIN CRITIC. ]

[ RELIGIOUS PROGRESS. ]

[ MAGNANIMITY. ]

[ TO HER. ]

[ TO A SUMMER POET. ]

[ ARTHUR McEWEN. ]

[ CHARLES AND PETER. ]

[ CONTEMPLATION. ]

[ CREATION. ]

[ BUSINESS. ]

[ A POSSIBILITY. ]

[ TO A CENSOR. ]

[ THE HESITATING VETERAN. ]

[ A YEAR'S CASUALTIES. ]

[ INSPIRATION. ]

[ TO-DAY. ]

[ AN ALIBI. ]

[ REBUKE. ]

[ THE DYING STATESMAN. ]

[ THE DEATH OF GRANT. ]

[ THE FOUNTAIN REFILLED. ]

[ LAUS LUCIS. ]

[ NANINE. ]

[ TECHNOLOGY. ]

[ A REPLY TO A LETTER. ]

[ TO OSCAR WILDE. ]

[ PRAYER. ]

[ A "BORN LEADER OF MEN." ]

[ TO THE BARTHOLDI STATUE. ]

[ AN UNMERRY CHRISTMAS. ]

[ BY A DEFEATED LITIGANT. ]

[ AN EPITAPH. ]

[ THE POLITICIAN. ]

[ AN INSCRIPTION ]

[ FROM VIRGINIA TO PARIS. ]

[ A "MUTE INGLORIOUS MILTON." ]

[ THE FREE TRADER'S LAMENT. ]

[ SUBTERRANEAN PHANTASIES. ]

[ IN MEMORIAM ]

[ THE STATESMEN. ]

[ THE BROTHERS. ]

[ THE CYNIC'S BEQUEST ]

[ CORRECTED NEWS. ]

[ AN EXPLANATION. ]

[ JUSTICE. ]

[ MR. FINK'S DEBATING DONKEY. ]

[ TO MY LAUNDRESS. ]

[ FAME. ]

[ OMNES VANITAS. ]

[ ASPIRATION. ]

[ DEMOCRACY. ]

[ THE NEW "ULALUME." ]

[ CONSOLATION. ]

[ FATE. ]

[ PHILOSOPHER BIMM. ]

[ REMINDED. ]

[ SALVINI IN AMERICA. ]

[ ANOTHER WAY. ]

[ ART. ]

[ AN ENEMY TO LAW AND ORDER. ]

[ TO ONE ACROSS THE WAY. ]

[ THE DEBTOR ABROAD. ]

[ FORESIGHT. ]

[ A FAIR DIVISION. ]

[ GENESIS. ]

[ LIBERTY. ]

[ THE PASSING OF "BOSS" SHEPHERD. ]

[ TO MAUDE. ]

[ THE BIRTH OF VIRTUE. ]

[ STONEMAN IN HEAVEN. ]

[ THE SCURRIL PRESS. ]

[ ONE OF THE UNFAIR SEX. ]

[ THE LORD'S PRAYER ON A COIN. ]

[ A LACKING FACTOR. ]

[ THE ROYAL JESTER. ]

[ A CAREER IN LETTERS. ]

[ THE FOLLOWING PAIR. ]

[ POLITICAL ECONOMY. ]

[ VANISHED AT COCK-CROW. ]

[ THE UNPARDONABLE SIN. ]

[ INDUSTRIAL DISCONTENT. ]

[ TEMPORA MUTANTUR. ]

[ CONTENTMENT. ]

[ THE NEW ENOCH. ]

[ DISAVOWAL. ]

[ AN AVERAGE. ]

[ WOMAN. ]

[ INCURABLE. ]

[ THE PUN. ]

[ A PARTISAN'S PROTEST. ]

[ TO NANINE. ]

[ VICE VERSA. ]

[ A BLACK-LIST. ]

[ A BEQUEST TO MUSIC. ]

[ AUTHORITY. ]

[ THE PSORIAD. ]

[ ONEIROMANCY. ]

[ PEACE. ]

[ THANKSGIVING. ]

[ THE GOD'S VIEW-POINT. ]

[ THE AESTHETES. ]

[ JULY FOURTH. ]

[ WITH MINE OWN PETARD. ]

[ CONSTANCY. ]

[ SIRES AND SONS. ]

[ A CHALLENGE. ]

[ TWO SHOWS. ]

[ A POET'S HOPE. ]

[ THE WOMAN AND THE DEVIL. ]

[ TWO ROGUES. ]

[ BEECHER. ]

[ NOT GUILTY. ]

[ PRESENTIMENT. ]

[ A STUDY IN GRAY. ]

[ A PARADOX. ]

[ FOR MERIT. ]

[ A BIT OF SCIENCE. ]

[ THE TABLES TURNED. ]

[ TO A DEJECTED POET. ]

[ A FOOL. ]

[ THE HUMORIST. ]

[ MONTEFIORE. ]

[ A WARNING. ]

[ DISCRETION. ]

[ AN EXILE. ]

[ THE DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT. ]

[ PSYCHOGRAPHS. ]

[ TO A PROFESSIONAL EULOGIST. ]

[ FOR WOUNDS. ]

[ ELECTION DAY. ]

[ THE MILITIAMAN. ]

[ A WELCOME. ]

[ A SERENADE. ]

[ THE WISE AND GOOD. ]

[ THE LOST COLONEL. ]

[ FOR TAT. ]

[ A DILEMMA. ]

[ METEMPSYCHOSIS. ]

[ THE SAINT AND THE MONK. ]

[ THE OPPOSING SEX. ]

[ A WHIPPER-IN. ]

[ JUDGMENT. ]

[ THE FALL OF MISS LARKIN. ]

[ IN HIGH LIFE. ]

[ A BUBBLE. ]

[ A RENDEZVOUS. ]

[ FRANCINE. ]

[ AN EXAMPLE. ]

[ REVENGE. ]

[ THE GENESIS OF EMBARRASSMENT. ]

[ IN CONTUMACIAM. ]

[ RE-EDIFIED. ]

[ A BULLETIN. ]

[ FROM THE MINUTES. ]

[ WOMAN IN POLITICS. ]

[ TO AN ASPIRANT. ]

[ A BALLAD OF PIKEVILLE. ]

[ A BUILDER. ]

[ AN AUGURY. ]

[ LUSUS POLITICUS. ]

[ BEREAVEMENT. ]

[ AN INSCRIPTION ]

[ A PICKBRAIN. ]

[ CONVALESCENT. ]

[ THE NAVAL CONSTRUCTOR. ]

[ DETECTED. ]

[ BIMETALISM. ]

[ THE RICH TESTATOR. ]

[ TWO METHODS. ]

[ FOUNDATIONS OF THE STATE ]

[ AN IMPOSTER. ]

[ UNEXPOUNDED. ]

[ FRANCE. ]

[ THE EASTERN QUESTION. ]

[ A GUEST. ]

[ A FALSE PROPHECY. ]

[ TWO TYPES. ]

[ SOME ANTE-MORTEM EPITAPHS. ]

[ A HYMN OF THE MANY. ]

[ ONE MORNING. ]

[ AN ERROR. ]

[ AT THE "NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT." ]

[ THE KING OF BORES. ]

[ HISTORY. ]

[ THE HERMIT. ]

[ TO A CRITIC OF TENNYSON. ]

[ THE YEARLY LIE. ]

[ COOPERATION. ]

[ AN APOLOGUE. ]

[ DIAGNOSIS. ]

[ FALLEN. ]

[ DIES IRAE. ]

[ ONE MOOD'S EXPRESSION. ]

[ SOMETHING IN THE PAPERS. ]

[ IN THE BINNACLE. ]

[ HUMILITY. ]

[ ONE PRESIDENT. ]

[ THE BRIDE. ]

[ STRAINED RELATIONS. ]

[ THE MAN BORN BLIND. ]

[ A NIGHTMARE. ]

[ A WET SEASON. ]

[ THE CONFEDERATE FLAGS. ]

[ HAEC FABULA DOCET. ]

[ EXONERATION. ]

[ AZRAEL. ]

[ AGAIN. ]

[ HOMO PODUNKENSIS. ]

[ A SOCIAL CALL. ]