CONTENTS

[PROEM]

[THE BOOK OF JOYOUS CHILDREN]

[AN IMPROMPTU FAIRY-TALE]

[DREAM-MARCH]

[ELMER BROWN]

[NO BOY KNOWS]

[WHEN WE FIRST PLAYED "SHOW"]

[A DIVERTED TRAGEDY]

[THE RAMBO-TREE]

[FIND THE FAVORITE]

[THE BOY PATRIOT]

[EXTREMES]

[INTELLECTUAL LIMITATIONS]

[A MASQUE OF THE SEASONS]

[THOMAS THE PRETENDER]

[LITTLE DICK AND THE CLOCK]

[x] [FOOL-YOUNGENS]

[THE KATYDIDS]

[BILLY AND HIS DRUM]

[THE NOBLE OLD ELM]

[THE PENALTY OF GENIUS]

[EVENSONG]

[THE TWINS]

[THE LITTLE LADY]

["COMPANY MANNERS"]

[IN FERVENT PRAISE OF PICNICS]

[THE GOOD, OLD-FASHIONED PEOPLE]

[THE BEST TIMES]

["HIK-TEE-DIK!"]

[A CHRISTMAS MEMORY]

["OLD BOB WHITE"]

A SESSION WITH UNCLE SIDNEY:

[I ONE OF HIS ANIMAL STORIES]

[II UNCLE BRIGHTENS UP]

[III SINGS A "WINKY-TOODEN" SONG]

[IV AND MAKES NURSERY RHYMES]

[1 THE DINERS IN THE KITCHEN]

[2 THE IMPERIOUS ANGLER]

[3 THE GATHERING OF THE CLANS]

[4 "IT"]

[5 THE DARING PRINCE]

[xi] [A DUBIOUS "OLD KRISS"]

[A SONG OF SINGING]

[THE JAYBIRD]

[A BEAR FAMILY]

SOME SONGS AFTER MASTER-SINGERS:

[I SONG]

[II TO THE CHILD JULIA]

[III THE DOLLY'S MOTHER]

[IV WIND OF THE SEA]

[V SUBTLETY]

[VI BORN TO THE PURPLE]

[OLD MAN WHISKERY-WHEE-KUM-WHEEZE]

[LITTLE-GIRL-TWO-LITTLE-GIRLS]

[A GUSTATORY ACHIEVEMENT]

[CLIMATIC SORCERY]

[A PARENT REPRIMANDED]

[THE TREASURE OF THE WISE MAN]