Excerpt from The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley, Vol. 1: In Which the Poems, Including a Number Heretofore Unpublished, Are Arranged in the Order in Which They Were Written For the hearty and generous assistance of Mr. Riley's friends and kinsmen in the preparation of this edition, the publishers wish to make grateful acknowledgment. To Mrs. Charles Cox, Mrs. Benj. S. Parker, Mr. George C. Hitt, to Mrs. Julia A. Riley and to Mr. Henry Eitel especial thanks are due for material furnished and time freely given; to Mr. D. 5. Alexander and Mr. Charles Vergil Tevis for permission to use excerpts from various inter views; to Miss Ora Williams, Mr. W. H. Cathcart and Mr. Frank G. Darlington for information for the bibliography; to Charles Scribner's Sons and The Century Company for permission to include. 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.