NEAR NATURE’S HEART

FOREWORD

CONTENTS.

ILLUSTRATIONS

The Birds’ Orchestra

MY PRAYER TO TRUTH

A SCENE IN WASHINGTON, N. C.

LITTLE NAPLES BY THE SEA

THE FAMILY OF MY FRIEND JONES

THE KING’S MARRIAGE

THE HERMIT THRUSH[7]

MY RETREAT

THE MOCKING-BIRD

THE JAY AND I—A DIALOGUE

NATURE’S HEART

A NIGGER AND A MULE

VIRGINIA’S NATURAL BRIDGE

THE MIGHT OF MATUTINAL MUSIC

A PERPETUAL KING

MY OWN LITTLE GIRL

MY BUTTERFLY[11]

Was That Somebody I?

MY SABBATH SERMON

PILOT MOUNTAIN

HER PRISON LIFE[12]

AURELIUS AUGUSTINUS

O THAT INCOME TAX!

IN FLORIDA

TWO LITTLE ORPHANS

TROUBLE AND PLAY

SOME SMALL SURPRISES

THE RHYTHM UNIVERSAL

THE STONE CROSSES AND THE FAIRIES

THE SUN FLOWER

COLONEL DIAMOND AND GRAND-DAUGHTER

THE WILD WOOD

THE BEGINNING OF THINGS

THE END OF THINGS

WHEN THE JUNCO COMES

JAMES BRADLEY JACKSON

A STORY OF COLONIAL TIMES

CUM ON WID YER MONEY FUR ME

GOOD OUT OF EVIL

CHRISTMAS

MRS. JOSEPHINE F. HAMILL[15]

A CHICK’S CRY

THE KID AND THE COP[16]

THE OVER-FAVORED AND THE CHANCELESS CHILD

THE SLANDERER

THE WORLD’S GREATEST EGOTIST

LITTLE RIVER ROYAL

GIVE ME BOTH

MANIFOLD BEAUTY AND THE MAN

CHIMNEY ROCK[17]

THE ELEPHANT DANCE

LEAST YET GREATEST

OLD SHIP CHURCH

TO THE MEN OF THE PRESS

MOTHER INDEED

NATHAN O’BERRY

THE BISHOP’S GARDEN

MY TRIOLET

YE BONNY BOYS

A BALLADE TO THE GIRLS

A MOUNTAIN TOP VIEW

ONE AGED JOHN SMITH AND HIS YOUTHFUL CONFESSIONS

AN ODE ON WOODROW WILSON AND THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS

ANOTHER BIRTHDAY

OH BABY MINE

THE SNAKE THAT’S KING

THE HEART OF FRANCE

THE RED MAPLE

A SONNET TO MRS. O. C. BULLOCK

THE STRIKERS

NOVEMBER’S GLOOM

JAMES MITCHEL ROGERS

ERWIN HOLT

JUST AN INTRODUCTION

JUDGE FRANKLIN CHASE HOYT

A LITTLE INDEX OF THE COMING DAY

THE WINGED TOURISTS

HOW MY EASTER DAWNED

HELEN KELLER

MARY GRAY

THE DANCING TASSEL

WALTER MALONE

THE DUTIFUL FLOWER

MY HOLIDAY

THE AEOLIAN HARP

THE GOD-MAN AND MYSELF

DEATH’S DOOM

THE DYING YEAR