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Title: Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of James Whitcomb Riley

Author: James Whitcomb Riley

Editor: David Widger

Release date: February 8, 2019 [eBook #58844]
Most recently updated: February 25, 2021

Language: English

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INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG

WORKS OF

JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY



Compiled by David Widger



RILEY



CONTENTS

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##  RILEY FARM-RHYMES

##  A CHILD-WORLD

##  RILEY CHILD-RHYMES

##  PIPES O'PAN AT ZEKESBURY

GREEN FIELDS

##  THE BOOK OF JOYOUS CHILDREN

##  AFTERWHILES

##  RILEY SONGS OF HOME

##  RILEY LOVE-LYRICS

A DEFECTIVE SANTA CLAUS

##  SONGS OF FRIENDSHIP

AN OLD SWEETHEART OF MINE

##  NYE AND RILEY'S WIT AND HUMOR

##  THE OLD SOLDIERS STORY

RUBAIYAT OF DOC SIFERS

##  NEIGHBORLY POEMS, DIALECT SKETCHES

LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE

HOME AGAIN WITH ME







TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES





RILEY FARM-RHYMES

By James Whitcomb Riley



CONTENTS

TO THE GOOD OLD-FASHIONED PEOPLE
RILEY FARM-RHYMES
THE ORCHARD LANDS OF LONG AGO
WHEN THE FROST IS ON THE PUNKIN
WHEN THE GREEN GITS BACK IN THE TREES
WET-WEATHER TALK
THE BROOK-SONG
THOUGHTS FER THE DISCURAGED FARMER
"MYLO JONES'S WIFE"
HOW JOHN QUIT THE FARM
A CANARY AT THE FARM
WHERE THE CHILDREN USED TO PLAY
GRIGGSBY'S STATION
KNEE-DEEP IN JUNE
SEPTEMBER DARK
THE CLOVER
OLD OCTOBER
OLD-FASHIONED ROSES
A COUNTRY PATHWAY
WORTERMELON TIME
UP AND DOWN OLD BRANDYWINE
WHEN EARLY MARCH SEEMS MIDDLE MAY
A TALE OF THE AIRLY DAYS
OLD MAN'S NURSERY RHYME
JUNE
THE TREE-TOAD
A SONG OF LONG AGO
OLD WINTERS ON THE FARM
ROMANCIN'





A CHILD-WORLD

James Whitcomb Riley



CONTENTS

A CHILD-WORLD
THE CHILD-WORLD
THE OLD-HOME FOLKS
ALMON KEEFER
NOEY BIXLER
"A NOTED TRAVELER"
A PROSPECTIVE VISIT
AT NOEY'S HOUSE
"THAT LITTLE DOG"
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
FLORETTY'S MUSICAL CONTRIBUTION
BUD'S FAIRY-TALE
A DELICIOUS INTERRUPTION
NOEY'S NIGHT-PIECE
COUSIN RUFUS' STORY
BEWILDERING EMOTIONS
THE BEAR-STORY
THE PATHOS OF APPLAUSE
TOLD BY "THE NOTED TRAVELER"
HEAT-LIGHTNING
UNCLE MART'S POEM
"LITTLE JACK JANITOR"





RILEY CHILD-RHYMES

By James Whitcomb Riley



CONTENTS

RILEY CHILD-RHYMES
LITTLE ORPHANT ANNIE
THE RAGGEDY MAN
CURLY LOCKS
THE FUNNY LITTLE FELLOW
THE HAPPY LITTLE CRIPPLE
THE RIDER OF THE KNEE
DOWN AROUND THE RIVER
AT AUNTY'S HOUSE
THE DAYS GONE BY
THE BUMBLEBEE
THE BOY LIVES ON OUR FARM
THE SQUIRTGUN UNCLE MAKED ME
THE OLD TRAMP
OLD AUNT MARY'S
WINTER FANCIES
THE RUNAWAY BOY
THE LITTLE COAT
AN IMPETUOUS RESOLVE
WHO SANTY-CLAUS WUZ
THE NINE LITTLE GOBLINS
TIME OF CLEARER TWITTERINGS
THE CIRCUS-DAY PARADE
THE LUGUBRIOUS WHING-WHANG
WAITIN' FER THE CAT TO DIE
NAUGHTY CLAUDE
THE SOUTH WIND AND THE SUN
THE JOLLY MILLER
OUR HIRED GIRL
THE BOYS' CANDIDATE
THE PET COON
THE OLD HAY-MOW
ON THE SUNNY SIDE
A SUDDEN SHOWER
GRANDFATHER SQUEERS
THE PIXY PEOPLE
A LIFE-LESSON
A HOME-MADE FAIRY-TALE
THE BEAR STORY
ENVOY





PIPES O' PAN AT ZEKESBURY

By James Whitcomb Riley

1895

CONTENTS

PIPES O' PAN AT ZEKESBURY
AT ZEKESBURY.
DOWN AROUND THE RIVER POEMS
DOWN AROUND THE RIVER.
KNEELING WITH HERRICK.
ROMANCIN'.
HAS SHE FORGOTTEN.
A' OLD PLAYED-OUT SONG.
THE LOST PATH.
THE LITTLE TINY KICKSHAW.
HIS MOTHER.
KISSING THE ROD.
HOW IT HAPPENED.
BABYHOOD.
THE DAYS GONE BY.
MRS. MILLER
RHYMES OF RAINY DAYS
THE TREE-TOAD.
A WORN-OUT PENCIL.
THE STEPMOTHER.
THE RAIN.
THE LEGEND GLORIFIED.
WANT TO BE WHUR MOTHER IS.
OLD MAN'S NURSERY RHYME.
THREE DEAD FRIENDS.
IN BOHEMIA.
IN THE DARK.
WET WEATHER TALK.
WHERE SHALL WE LAND.
AN OLD SETTLER'S STORY
SWEET-KNOT AND GALAMUS
AN OLD SWEETHEART.
MARTHY ELLEN.
MOON-DROWNED.
LONG AFORE HE KNOWED WHO SANTY-CLAUS WUZ.
DEAR HANDS.
THIS MAN JONES.
TO MY GOOD MASTER.
WHEN THE GREEN GITS BACK IN THE TREES.
AT BROAD RIPPLE.
WHEN OLD JACK DIED.
DOC SIFERS.
AT NOON—AND MIDNIGHT.
A WILD IRISHMAN.
RAGWEED AND FENNEL
WHEN MY DREAMS COME TRUE.
A DOS'T O' BLUES.
THE BAT.
THE WAY IT WUZ.
THE DRUM.
TOM JOHNSON'S QUIT.
LULLABY.
IN THE SOUTH.
THE OLD HOME BY THE MILL.
A LEAVE-TAKING.
WAIT FOR THE MORNING.
WHEN JUNE IS HERE.
THE GILDED ROLL.
A BACKWARD LOOK.





THE BOOK OF
JOYOUS CHILDREN

By James Whitcomb Riley

Illustrated by J.W. VAWTER

CONTENTS

PROEM
THE BOOK OF JOYOUS CHILDREN
AN IMPROMPTU FAIRY-TALE
DREAM-MARCH
ELMER BROWN
NO BOY KNOWS
WHEN WE FIRST PLAYED "SHOW"
A DIVERTED TRAGEDY
THE RAMBO-TREE
FIND THE FAVORITE
THE BOY PATRIOT
EXTREMES
INTELLECTUAL LIMITATIONS
A MASQUE OF THE SEASONS
THOMAS THE PRETENDER
LITTLE DICK AND THE CLOCK
[x] FOOL-YOUNGENS
THE KATYDIDS
BILLY AND HIS DRUM
THE NOBLE OLD ELM
THE PENALTY OF GENIUS
EVENSONG
THE TWINS
THE LITTLE LADY
"COMPANY MANNERS"
IN FERVENT PRAISE OF PICNICS
THE GOOD, OLD-FASHIONED PEOPLE
THE BEST TIMES
"HIK-TEE-DIK!"
A CHRISTMAS MEMORY
"OLD BOB WHITE"
A SESSION WITH UNCLE SIDNEY:
I ONE OF HIS ANIMAL STORIES
II UNCLE BRIGHTENS UP
III SINGS A "WINKY-TOODEN" SONG
IV AND MAKES NURSERY RHYMES
1 THE DINERS IN THE KITCHEN
2 THE IMPERIOUS ANGLER
3 THE GATHERING OF THE CLANS
4 "IT"
5 THE DARING PRINCE
[xi] A DUBIOUS "OLD KRISS"
A SONG OF SINGING
THE JAYBIRD
A BEAR FAMILY
SOME SONGS AFTER MASTER-SINGERS:
I SONG
II TO THE CHILD JULIA
III THE DOLLY'S MOTHER
IV WIND OF THE SEA
V SUBTLETY
VI BORN TO THE PURPLE
OLD MAN WHISKERY-WHEE-KUM-WHEEZE
LITTLE-GIRL-TWO-LITTLE-GIRLS
A GUSTATORY ACHIEVEMENT
CLIMATIC SORCERY
A PARENT REPRIMANDED
THE TREASURE OF THE WISE MAN

FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS

NOT IN CLASSIC LOOK, BUT RICH IN THE CHILD-SAGAS OF THE KITCHEN
KNEEL, ALL GLOWING, TO THE COOL SPRING
NO BOY KNOWS WHEN HE GOES TO SLEEP
JAMESY ON THE SLACK-ROPE
ACROSS THE ORCHARD
WHILE ALL THE ARMY, FOLLOWING, IN CHORUS CHEERS AND SINGS
WHERE IT GOES WHEN THE FIRE GOES OUT?
THE FAIRY QUEEN OF THE SEASONS
PORE PA! PORE PA!
SQUINT' OUR EYES AN' LAUGH' AGAIN
HE'S A-MARCHIN' ROUND THE ROOM
THE OLD TREE SAYS HE'S ALL OUR TREE
THEREFORE READ NO LONGER
SHE'S BUT A RACING SCHOOL-GIRL
[xiv] THEY WAS GOD'S PEOPLE
THEM WUZ THE BEST TIMES EVER WUZ
HE'S GO' HITCH UP, CHRIS'MUS-DAY, AN' COME TAKE ME BACK AGAIN
WHEN WE DROVE TO HARMONY
A BIG, HOLLOW, OLD OAK-TREE, WHICH HAD BEEN BLOWN DOWN BY A STORM
THE YOUNG FOXES IN IT, ON THE HEARTH BESIDE HER
AN' ALL BE POETS AN' ALL RECITE
ALONG THE BRINK OF WILD BROOK-WAYS
I LIKE TO WATCH HIM
WHILE KATE PICKS BY, YET LOOKS NOT THERE
LEND ME THE BREATH OF A FRESHENING GALE
BOW TO ME IN THE WINDER THERE
OUR "OLD-KRISS"-MILKMAN
THE CHILDISH DREAMS IN HIS WISE OLD HEAD