105
DECORATION DAY. (Poem) 118
ROMANCE OF LINCOLN'S LIFE 119
SILENT THANKSGIVING. (Poem) 135
IN THE FLASH OF A JEWEL 137
THE COMING OF MY SHIP. (Poem) 156
ROMANCE AND THE POSTMAN 158
A SUMMER REVERIE. (Poem) 171
A VIGNETTE 172
MEDITATION. (Poem) 175
POINTERS FOR THE LORDS OF CREATION 176
TRANSITION. (Poem) 187
THE SUPERIORITY OF MAN 189
THE YEAR OF MY HEART. (Poem) 196
THE AVERAGE MAN 197
THE BOOK OF LOVE. (Poem) 202
THE IDEAL MAN 204
GOOD-NIGHT, SWEETHEART. (Poem) 209
THE IDEAL WOMAN 211
SHE IS NOT FAIR. (Poem) 220
THE FIN-DE SIECLE WOMAN 222
THE MOON MAIDEN. (Poem) 229
HER SON'S WIFE 230
A LULLABY. (Poem) 247
THE DRESSING-SACK HABIT 248
IN THE MEADOW. (Poem) 259
ONE WOMAN'S SOLUTION OF THE
SERVANT PROBLEM 260
TO A VIOLIN. (Poem) 283
THE OLD MAID 284
THE SPINSTER'S RUBAIYAT. (Poem) 291
THE RIGHTS OF DOGS 293
TWILIGHT. (Poem) 298
WOMEN'S CLOTHES IN MEN'S BOOKS 299
MAIDENS OF THE SEA. (Poem) 320
TECHNIQUE OF THE SHORT STORY 321
TO DOROTHY. (Poem) 333
WRITING A BOOK 334
THE MAN BEHIND THE GUN. (Poem) 355
QUAINT OLD CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS 357
CONSECRATION. (Poem) 371

How the World Watches the
New Year Come In

The proverbial "good resolutions" of the first of January which are
usually forgotten the next day, the watch services in the churches,
and the tin horns in the city streets, are about the only formalities
connected with th