Excerpt from The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley, Vol. 4: In Which the Poems, Including a Number Heretofore Unpublished, Are Arranged in the Order in Which They Were Written; Together With Photographs, Bibliographic Notes, and a Life Sketch of the Author A child-world proem the child-world the old home-folks A prospective visit AT noby's house the loehrs and the hammonds the hired man and floretty the evening company maymie's story OF red riding-hood limitations OF genius mr. Hammond's parable - the dreamer fidretty's musical contribution bud's fairy tale A delicious interruption noby's night-piece cousin rufus' story bewildering emotions the bear story 1 the pathos OF applause. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.