100

REVENGE, 102

ON THE COMMON, 104

WOMAN'S HELP, 106

TOBOGGANING, 108

THE WOODS, 110

LIKE SUMMER, 112

SHERIDAN'S LAST RIDE, 114

A BIT OF GLADNESS, 116

THE CHARITY BALL, 118

THE BELL(E) OF BALTIMORE, 120

CHRISTMAS AT CHURCH, 122

MYSTERIOUS, 124

"BE NOT ANXIOUS," 126

MOUNT VERNON, 128

A PRISONER, 130

CUBA, 131

THE SANGAMON RIVER, 133

SYRINGAS, 135

STORM-BOUND, 137

THE MASTER OF THE GRANGE, 139

A FRIEND INDEED, 142

THE NEEDED ONE, 143

"THY WILL BE DONE," 145

SNOWFLAKES, 147

MONADNOCK, 149

NEVER HAD A CHANCE, 151

SORROW AND JOY, 153

WATCH HILL, 155

SUPPLICATING, 157

"HONEST JOHN," 159

BUSHNELL PARK, 161

AT GENERAL GRANT'S TOMB, 164

"BE COURTEOUS," 166

A NEW SUIT, 168

THE LITTLE CLOCK, 170

IMPROVEMENT, 173

ON BANCROFT HEIGHT, 175

A REFORMER, 178

Poems.

"The Salt of the Earth."

The salt of the earth--what a meaningful phrase
From the lips of the Saviour, and one that conveys
A sense of the need of a substance saline
This pestilent sphere to refresh and refine,
And a healthful and happy condition secure
By making it pure as the ocean is pure.

In all the nomenclature known to the race,
In all appellations of people or place,
Was ever a name so befitting, so true
Of those who are seeking the wrong to undo,
With naught of the Pharisee's arrogant air
Their badge of discipleship humbly who wear?

Do beings, forsooth, fashioned out of the mold,
So secretly, strangely, those elements hold
That may be developed in goodness and grace
To shine in demeanor, in form and in face
Till they, by renewal of heavenly birth,
Shall meri