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 FROM THE GEORGE H. YENOWINE COLLECTION 
 OF BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS 
 
 EDITED BY HENRY H. HARPER 
 
 WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY 
 
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INTRODUCTION 
 
 To the several volumes of the collected edi- 
 tion of Eugene Field's writings in verse and 
 prose issued nearly twenty years ago various 
 well established writers contributed introduc- 
 tions. Why such a popular author as Field 
 then was should have needed such a host of 
 sponsors is not clear, but it is fairly apparent 
 that today he is able to dispense with all help 
 of the sort, granted that it really is a help. If 
 anyone doubts this, he may speedily convince 
 himself of his error by taking note of the well 
 rubbed condition of some of the volumes in the 
 Columbia Library's set of Field's works. Yet 
 while I am convinced that no book by, or deal- 
 ing with, Eugene Field needs any sort of intro- 
 duction, his kindly ghost and the kindly reader 
 — an unkindly reader of a book about Field is 
 almost unthinkable — will doubtless pardon me 
 for contributing these few paragraphs to the 
 present volume. 
 
 Mr. Harper has so well described the Yeno- 
 wine Collection of Field's writings which 
 yielded the materials from which this volume 
 
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has been compiled, and he has brought out 
 so clearly the special interest attaching to the 
 items it has been thought fit to reproduce, that 
 to dilate on the pleasure the Field enthusiast 
 is likely to derive from what he will encounter 
 in these pages would be as superfluous as to 
 descant upon the attractiveness of Eugene 
 Field himself, whether he be viewed as the 
 embodiment of all that is friendly and whim- 
 sical, as the poet of childhood, or as the born 
 journalist who was also the genuine man of 
 letters. It may not be superfluous, however, 
 to lay emphasis on the fact that among Ameri- 
 can writers no one has a greater claim to the 
 attention of true bibliophiles than the collector- 
 author with whom we are now enabled to be- 
 come more intimately acquainted. 
 
 Although facsimiles of Field's unforgettable 
 handwriting and of his capricious drawings 
 are obtainable elsewhere, they do not seem to 
 produce such a definite impression as they do 
 here; and what could bring out more clearly 
 and concretely Field's devotion to the higher 
 sides of his genius and calling than his own 
 methodical, alphabetical listing of all the titles 
 of his verses and prose tales? He had, we see, 
 his share of the love of fame, but more than 
 his share of the love of good work for good 
 
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work's sake, and of the love for fellow-men 
 and — what is better — fellow-children. 
 
 Of the specific items in the Yenowine Col- 
 lection — it will be remembered by the close 
 reader of Field's verse that the name of his 
 friend's Kentuckian family occurs in the line 
 of "The Peter-Bird" that runs — 
 
 The Yenowines, Crittendens, Dukes, the Hickmans, 
 the Hobbses, the Morgans — 
 
 undoubtedly the most important is, as Mr. 
 Harper has stated, the bound volume contain- 
 ing most of the original manuscripts of those 
 translations and paraphrases from Horace which 
 are regarded by some persons as likely to be, 
 apart from a handful of poems of sentiment 
 and humor which the anthologist will not let 
 die. Field's most enduring contribution to liter- 
 ature. This volume of manuscripts may well 
 be regarded by Mr. Bixby, to whose unex- 
 ampled generosity we Bibliophiles are now 
 once more indebted, as one of the very choicest 
 of his literary possessions. It suggests the 
 pleasant thought that, in the long run, like 
 may be trusted to encounter like. This unique 
 memorial of an insatiate collector has found a 
 fit abiding place with other similar treasures 
 gathered by a lover of things beautiful and rare, 
 
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and the muse of the most intimate of modern 
 poets has associated herself for the times to 
 come with the kindred muse of the most inti- 
 mate of the poets of antiquity. The advantages 
 such a conjunction must confer on Field's fame 
 and memory need not be dwelt upon, but it 
 may be appropriate to remark that not the 
 least of these is likely to be a comparative im- 
 munity from pedantic criticism. Due allow- 
 ance being made for the fact that Horace wrote 
 in a dead language, neither writer, for fairly 
 obvious reasons, seems to have strong attrac- 
 tions for scholarly bores. Nor does either, we 
 may opine, furnish much delight to literary 
 faddists — to the well meaning people, always 
 with us, who strive, as the saying is, to make 
 up for inanity of matter by insanity of style. 
 
 Next in interest to the material connected 
 with the Horatian paraphrases comes the por- 
 tion of this volume that is concerned with 
 "Villon and I" and with Field's last man- 
 uscript. The art — or knack — of weaving 
 proper names into attractive verses is not one 
 with which most poets are born, or which they 
 acquire with great ease; but Field in some way 
 made it his own, and rarely, if ever, put it to 
 better service than in the unfinished stanzas 
 that seek to confer a deserved immortality upon 
 
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sundry leading second-hand booksellers of Lon- 
 don and elsewhere. A more appropriate set 
 of verses for the poet-collector to have been 
 writing in his last conscious moments it would 
 be difficult to imagine, and his admirers will 
 be grateful to his friend Yenowine for having 
 preserved them. They will doubtless be grate- 
 ful also, though in less measure or in a different 
 way, for being able to share in the woes of 
 Mr. Peattie over his lost rubbers, and to con- 
 nect once more, this time through the stanzas 
 entitled "The Humane Lad," the tricksy elfish- 
 ness of Eugene Field with the staid exemplari- 
 ness of Dr. Isaac Watts. 
 
 W. P. TRENT. 
 
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 by John Wilson ^ Son. 
 

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 Author's inscription in "The Symbol 
 and the Saint," first edition, . illus- 
 trated by J» L. Schlanders, . 1886* . 
 
VERSE AND PROSE 
 
 The most important item in the Yenowine 
 collection of Eugene Field's books and MSS. 
 is a bound volume containing most of Field's 
 original manuscript translations and paraphrases 
 of the Ars Poetica and the Odes of Horace. 
 From various pencil marks and other evidence 
 it appears that these MSS. were used as printer's 
 "copy" in setting up the text of Echoes From 
 the Sabine Farm; and they have added value 
 in that they disclose a number of errors and 
 variations in the printed text. The MSS., 
 according to Field's wont, are written and 
 punctuated with great precision and accuracy, 
 and for the most part they were faithfully 
 copied by the printer; but there are a number 
 of discrepancies which should be corrected in 
 order to make an authoritative text. For ex- 
 ample, the first two lines of Ode II, Book II 
 of Horace, which Field rendered — 
 
 To Scythian and Cantabrian plots 
 Pay thou no heed, O Quintus! 
 
 [1] 
 
were printed (page 116, Echoes From the Sabine 
 Farm) — 
 
 To Scythian and Cantabrian plots 
 Pay them no heed, O Quintus! 
 
 which destroys or else makes unbearably awk- 
 ward the grammatical construction of the open- 
 ing sentence. The word "thou" is plainly 
 written, and no reasonable excuse can be as- 
 signed for changing it to "them." 
 
 In the third and fourth lines of stanza ii of 
 Horace's famous Soracte ode, Field's manu- 
 script reads — 
 
 And, better yet, sweet friend we'll whet 
 Our spirits with some four-year-old — 
 
 while in the text as printed (page 62 of the 
 "Echoes") it reads — 
 
 And better yet, sweet friend, we'll wet 
 Our whistles with some four-year-old. 
 
 It is impossible to say whether Field made the 
 change in the proofs, or if the perversion is 
 to be charged to the printer; but whoever is 
 responsible, it is none the less regrettable that 
 the slang phrase "we'll wet our whistles" 
 should have been inserted in a poem of such 
 dignity. It is at least interesting to know that 
 Field cannot be accused of having committed 
 
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the indignity at the time he made his transla- 
 tion. The first three stanzas show how well 
 he caught the spirit of the original. — 
 
 See, Thaliarch mine, how white with snow 
 
 Soracte mocks the sullen sky; 
 How, yearning loud, the woods are bowed, 
 
 And chained with frost, the rivers lie. 
 
 Pile — pile the logs upon the hearth — 
 We'll melt away the envious cold; 
 
 And, better yet, sweet friend, we'll whet 
 Our spirits with some four-year-old. 
 
 Commit all else unto the gods 
 
 Who, when it pleaseth them, shall bring 
 
 To fretful deeps and wooded steeps 
 The mild persuasive grace of spring. 
 
 The lines on pp. 53-55 of the printed edition 
 entitled "The Lyric Muse," are accompanied 
 by no statement whatever that they are trans- 
 lated from any part of Horace's writings, and 
 for all the reader is told they may be an original 
 composition by Field himself. The index, how- 
 ever, does contain a bit of information, or mis- 
 information, which is widely at variance with 
 the manuscript. In three of the editions at 
 hand the indexes read, "Ars Poetica, line 301;" 
 whereas, at the top of the original manuscript 
 Field wrote in large letters of red and black 
 ink: — 
 
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THE "ARS POETICA" OF HORACE — XXIII. 
 
 (Lines 391-407.) 
 
 Moreover, in the second line of the third stanza, 
 Field wrote — 
 
 Old Homer sang unto the lyre 
 
 which was changed in printing to — 
 
 Old Homer sung unto the lyre 
 
 The sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth lines of 
 the same stanza in the manuscript are clearly 
 written and punctuated as follows: — 
 
 The oracle, when questioned, sings — 
 So we our way in life are taught; 
 
 In verse we soothe the pride of kings, 
 In verse the drama has been wrought. 
 
 The alteration of words and punctuation in the 
 printed version changes the meaning entirely. 
 It reads — 
 
 The oracle, when questioned, sings; 
 
 So our first steps in life are taught. 
 In verse we soothe the pride of kings. 
 
 In verse the drama has been wrought. 
 
 Here the regularly rythmical line — 
 So we our way in life are taught 
 
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is rendered irregular and harsh, and instead of 
 ourselves being taught, our "first steps in life 
 are taught." The manuscript, furthermore, 
 says that the oracle sings, and then seems to 
 proceed to tell what it sings, viz: — So we our 
 way in life are taught, etc. Whereas, in the 
 text as printed the oracle is said to have sung, 
 but of what we are not informed. The semi- 
 colon following the word "sings" and the period 
 at the end of the next line entirely alter the 
 text of the MS. and instead of the oracle 
 singing the last three lines as in the manu- 
 script, they are made to issue from the mouth 
 of the poet. 
 
 In the twenty-second ode of Book I, stanza 
 iii, Field wrote: — 
 
 Lo, on a time I gaily paced 
 The Sabine confines shady, 
 And sang in glee of Lalage — 
 
 the last line of which was printed — 
 
 And sung in glee of Lalage — 
 
 Again, in the next stanza the MS. reads — 
 
 And, as I sang, a monster wolf, 
 which is printed — 
 
 And as I sung, a monster wolf — 
 
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Among the MSS. in the volume there are two 
 paraphrases of Horatian Odes which do not 
 appear ever to have been printed; perhaps for 
 the reason that they passed into Yenowine's 
 possession before the Echoes From the Sabine 
 Farm was published, and were probably over- 
 looked by Field. The first of these is Ode 
 XXXI, Book I, signed and dated "Dresden, 
 1890," as shown in the accompanying facsimile. 
 This was while Field was abroad, and it is the 
 only one of his Horatian paraphrases showing 
 the place where it was done, with the single ex- 
 ception of Ode XVIII, Book I, dated "Chicago, 
 August 22nd, 1889," which date has been 
 crossed out in the MS., perhaps by the 
 printer. The Ode translated at Dresden is 
 written in purple ink with rubricated initials 
 at the beginning of each stanza, and runs as 
 follows: — 
 
 As forth he pours the new-made wine. 
 What blessing asks the lyric poet — 
 
 What boon implores in this fair shrine 
 Of one full likely to bestow it? 
 
 Not for Sardinia's plenteous store, 
 Nor for Calabrian herds he prayeth. 
 
 Nor yet for India's wealth galore 
 Nor meads where voiceless Liris playeth. 
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Let honest riches celebrate 
 
 The harvest earned — I'd not deny it; 
 Yet am I pleased with my estate, 
 
 My humble home, my frugal diet. 
 
 Child of Latona, this I crave: 
 
 May peace of mind and health attend me. 
 And down unto my very grave 
 
 May this dear lyre of mine befriend me! 
 
 Eugene Field. 
 
 Dresden, 1890. 
 
 N. L. Torre's more stately version is here 
 given for purposes of comparison. Field's 
 rather free paraphrase is done in four lines less 
 than the Latin, while both Torre and Sir 
 Theodore Martin in their more literal versions 
 exceeded the original by four lines. — 
 
 What gift of Phoebus have I prayed? — 
 
 The fresh libation duly made, 
 
 What asks the bard ? — No fruitful stores, 
 
 The harvest of Sardinian shores; 
 
 No herds Caiabrian hills supply, 
 
 Nor gold, nor Indian ivory; 
 
 For rural meads no wish he knows. 
 
 Where Liris, gentle river, flows. 
 
 Let others prune Calenian vines 
 
 For whom propitious fortune shines; 
 
 Let merchants at their board produce 
 
 In golden cups the purple juice, 
 
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Exchanged for Syrian wares; who brave 
 Thrice in each year the Atlantic wave, 
 And safe in Heaven's peculiar care 
 The perils of the ocean bear. 
 
 For me shall be the olive dressed, 
 Mallows and endive be my feast. 
 Son of Latonal grant me this — 
 My destined lot to meet in bliss! 
 Grant to my prayer health unconfined; 
 And, oh, preserve my peace of mind! 
 Let my old age unspotted prove 
 And brightened by the Muse's love. 
 
 The second unpublished paraphrase is of 
 Ode XXXIV, Book I of Horace, as shown in 
 the facsimile. It is dated September 8, 1889, 
 and signed. Five colors of ink were used, — • 
 brown, red, green, bronze and black. It is as 
 follows: — 
 
 I have not worshiped God, my King — 
 Folly has led my heart astray; 
 
 Backward I turn my course to learn 
 The wisdom of a wiser way. 
 
 How marvelous is God, the King! 
 
 How do His lightnings cleave the sky — 
 His thundering car spreads fear afar, 
 
 And even hell is quaked thereby! 
 
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Omnipotent is God, our King! 
 
 There is no thought He hath not read, 
 And many a crown His hand plucks down 
 
 To place it on a worthier head! 
 
 Eugene Field. 
 
 September 8, 1889. 
 
 Here again Field has made his paraphrase in a 
 less number of lines than the original Latin. 
 He often wandered wide of the text, as will be 
 seen by comparing his lines with Sir Richard 
 Fanshawe's more literal interpretation in the 
 same number of lines as the original. — 
 
 I that have seldom worshipped Heaven, 
 As to a mad sect too much given, 
 My former ways am forced to balk 
 And after the old light to walk. 
 For cloud-dividing-lightning Jove 
 Through a clear firmament late drove 
 His thundering horses and swift wheels; 
 With which supporting Atlas reels: 
 With which Earth, Seas, the Stygian lake 
 And Hell (with all her Furies) quake. 
 It shook me, too. God pulls the proud 
 From his high seat, and from their cloud 
 Draws the obscure; levels the hills. 
 And with their earth the valley fills. 
 'T is He does all. He does it all: 
 Yet this blind mortals Fortune call. 
 
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Seventeen of the twenty-three MSS. of Hora- 
 tian paraphrases contained in the volume are 
 dated, and all are signed in full. The dates on 
 most of them have been crossed through with 
 pencil, doubtless by the printer, and in no 
 instance does the date appear in the printed 
 editions. The pieces to which dates are affixed 
 are as follows: — 
 
 Ode XXX, Book III, March 19, 1889 
 
 Ode II, Book IV, March 25, 1889 
 
 Ode II, Book II, August 26, 1889 
 
 Ode XVIII, Book I, Chicago, August 22, 1889 
 
 Lines 1-23 "Ars Poetica," September 2, 1889 
 
 Lines 391-407 "Ars Poetica," September 3, 
 
 1889 
 
 (These were expanded to thirty-six lines 
 in the translation) 
 Lines 323-333 "Ars Poetica," September 5, 
 
 1889 
 Ode XXXIV, Book I, September 8, 1889 
 Odes XXII and XXXIII, Book I, September 
 
 10, 1889 
 Horace to his Lute, September 11, 1889 
 Ode III, Book II, September 13, 1889 
 Ode VII, Book II, September 17, 1889 
 Ode I, Book IV, September 18, 1889 
 Ode XXXI, Book I, Dresden, 1890 
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Ode IX, Book I, February 5, 1891 
 
 Ode XXIX, Book III, February 27, 1891 
 
 It will therefore be seen that most of Field's 
 translations from Horace were made in the 
 fall of 1889, perhaps while he was in ill health, 
 for in his Auto-analysis he says: "111 health 
 compelled me to visit Europe in 1889; there I 
 remained fourteen months." Only two of his 
 translations were made after his return from 
 Europe — those dated February 5 and 27, 1891. 
 
 One of the most interesting Field MSS. ex- 
 tant is his personal sketch of his life. The orig- 
 inal draft in the Yenowine collection is dated, 
 "New Orleans, March 14, 1894," the year 
 before his death. Accompanying the MS. is a 
 four-page Japanese vellum leaflet on which the 
 sketch is printed in full. At the top of page 1, 
 Field has written: "Of eight copies on Japan 
 paper this is No. 7." It is signed at the end and 
 dated "April 5, 1894," from which it appears 
 that the sketch was put into type and printed 
 not more than three weeks after it was written. 
 In 1896 F. M. Morris printed an edition of one 
 hundred and fifty copies on Japanese vellum, 
 under the title of Eugene Field — Auto-analysis. 
 
 In the first page there is a curious discrepancy 
 between the printed copy and the manuscript 
 
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— a facsimile of which appears herein — where 
 Field says: "We have had eight children (two 
 daughters and six sons;" whereas in the printed 
 text it reads "three daughters and five sons." 
 There are other more or less important varia- 
 tions, among them the addition of a complete 
 paragraph of eleven lines on the last page of the 
 printed copy — probably added in the proofs 
 
 — and the omission of the written statement: 
 "I do not care much for so-called literary peo- 
 ple; they make me weary." After "I believe 
 in churches and schools," Field added in the 
 printed text, — "I hate wars, armies, soldiers, 
 guns and fireworks." 
 
 In view of the personal interest that attaches 
 to this sketch, it has seemed desirable to print 
 it here in full. 
 
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 Author's inscription on first fly-leaf 
 of "Echoes from the Sabine Farm," copy 
 No, 41 of handmade paper edition signed 
 by Francis Wilson. 
 
EUGENE FIELD'S SKETCH OF HIS 
 OWN LIFE 
 
 I was born in St. Louis, Mo., September 3d, 
 1850, tlie second, and oldest surviving, son of 
 Roswell Martin and Frances (Reed) Field, botli 
 natives of Windham County, Vermont. Upon 
 the death of my mother (1856), I was put in 
 the care of my (paternal) cousin, Miss Mary 
 Field French, at Amherst, Mass. In 1865, I 
 entered the Private School of Rev. James Tufts, 
 Monson, Mass., and there fitted for Williams 
 College, which institution I entered as a fresh- 
 man in 1868. Upon my father's death in 1869, 
 I entered the sophomore class of Knox College, 
 Galesburg, 111., my guardian, John W. Burgess, 
 now of Columbia College, being then a professor 
 in that institution. But in 1870 I went to 
 Columbia, Mo., and entered the State Uni- 
 versity there, and completed the junior year 
 with my brother. In 1872, I visited Europe, 
 spending six months and my patrimony in 
 France, Italy, Ireland and England. 
 
 In May 1873, I became a reporter on the St. 
 Louis Evening Journal. In October of that 
 
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year I married Miss Julia Sutherland Comstock 
 (born in Chenango County, N. Y.) of St. Joseph, 
 Mo., at that time a girl of 16. We have had 
 eight children (three daughters and five sons). 
 
 My newspaper connections have been as 
 follows: 1875-76, city editor of the St. Joseph, 
 Mo., Gazette; 1876-80, editorial writer on the 
 St. Louis Journal and St. Louis Times-Journal; 
 1880-81, managing editor of the Kansas City 
 Times; 1881-83, managing editor of the Denver 
 Tribune. Since 1883, I have been a contributor 
 to the Chicago Record (formerly Morning 
 News). 
 
 I wrote and published my first bit of verse 
 in 1879; it was entitled "Christmas Treasures" 
 (See Little Book of Western Verse). Just ten 
 years later I began suddenly to write verse very 
 frequently; meanwhile (1883-89), I had labored 
 diligently at writing short stories and tales. 
 Most of these I revised half a dozen times. One 
 (The Were- Wolf), as yet unpublished, I have 
 re-written eight times during the last eight 
 years. 
 
 My publications have been chronologically, 
 as follows: — 
 
 1. The Tribune Primer; Denver, 1882. (Out 
 of print and very, very scarce). 
 (The Model Primer; illustrated by Hoppin; 
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Treadway, Brooklyn, 1882. A pirate 
 edition). 
 
 2. Culture's Garland; Ticknor, Boston, 1887. 
 
 (Out of print). 
 A Little Book of Western Verse; Chicago, 
 
 1889. (Large paper, privately printed and 
 
 limited). 
 A Little Book of Profitable Tales; Chicago, 
 
 1889. (Large paper, privately printed and 
 
 limited). 
 
 3. A Little Book of Western Verse; Scribners, 
 
 New York, 1890. 
 
 4. A Little Book of Profitable Tales; Scribners, 
 
 New York, 1890. 
 
 5. With Trumpet and Drum; Scribners, New 
 
 York, 1892. 
 
 6. Second Book of Verse; Scribners, New York, 
 
 1893. 
 
 7. Echoes from the Sabine Farm;* 
 
 Translations of Horace; McClurg, Chicago, 
 1893. 
 
 8. Introduction to Stone's First Editions of 
 
 American Authors; Cambridge, 1893. 
 
 9. The Holy Cross and other Tales; Stone and 
 
 Kimball, Cambridge, 1893. 
 Ill health compelled me to visit Europe in 
 1889; there I remained fourteen months, that 
 
 * In collaboration with my brother, Roswell Martin Field. 
 
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time being divided between England, Germany, 
 Holland and Belgium. My residence at present 
 is in Buena Park, a north-shore suburb of 
 Chicago. 
 
 I have a miscellaneous collection of books 
 numbering 3500, and I am fond of the quaint 
 and curious in every line. I am very fond 
 of dogs, birds and all small pets — a pas- 
 sion not approved of by my wife. My fa- 
 vorite flower is the carnation. My favorites 
 in fiction are Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter," 
 "Don Quixote" and "Pilgrim's Progress." I 
 greatly love Hans Christian Andersen's Tales, 
 and I am deeply interested in folk-lore and 
 fairy tales. I believe in ghosts, in witches and 
 in fairies. I should like to own a big astro- 
 nomical telescope, and a 24-tune music box. I 
 adore dolls. 
 
 My favorite hymn is "Bounding Billows." 
 My heroes in history are Martin Luther, Mme. 
 Lamballe, Abraham Lincoln; my favorite poems 
 are Korner's "Battle-Prayer," Wordsworth's 
 "We are Seven," Newman's "Lead, Kindly 
 Light," Luther's Hymn, Schiller's "The Diver," 
 Horace's "Pons Bandusiae," and Burns' "Cot- 
 ter's Saturday Night." I dislike Dante and 
 Byron. I should like to have known Jeremiah 
 the Prophet, old man Poggio, Horace, Walter 
 
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Scott, Bonaparte, Hawthorne, Mme. Sontag, 
 Sir John Herschel, Hans Andersen. My fa- 
 vorite actor is Henry Irving; actress, Mme. 
 Modjeska. 
 
 I dislike "politics," so called. I should like 
 to have the privilege of voting extended to 
 women. I am unalterably opposed to capital 
 punishment. I favor a system of pensions for 
 noble services in literature, art, science, etc. 
 I approve of compulsory education. I believe 
 in churches and schools; I hate wars, armies, 
 soldiers, guns and fireworks. 
 
 If I could have my way, I should make the 
 abuse of horses, dogs and cattle a penal offense; 
 I should abolish all dog-laws and dog-catchers, 
 and I would punish severely everybody who 
 caught and caged birds. 
 
 I like music (limited). I have been a great 
 theater-goer. I enjoy the society of doctors 
 and of clergymen. I do not care much for so- 
 called literary people; they make me weary.* 
 I do not care particularly for sculpture or for 
 paintings; I try not to become interested in 
 them, for the reason that if I were to cultivate 
 a taste for them I should presently become hope- 
 lessly bankrupt. I dislike all exercise and I 
 play all games very indifferently. I love to 
 
 * This sentence was omitted in previous editions.— Ed. 
 
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read in bed. I am extravagantly fond of per- 
 fumes. My favorite color is red. I am a poor 
 diner, and I drink no wine or spirits of any kind; 
 I do not smoke tobacco. I dislike crowds and 
 I abominate functions. 
 
 I am six feet in height; am of spare build, 
 weigh 160 lbs., and have shocking taste in 
 dress. But I like to have well-dressed people 
 about me. 
 
 My eyes are blue, my complexion is pale, my 
 face is shaven and I incline to baldness. It is 
 only when I look and see how young and fair 
 and sweet my wife is that I have a good opinion 
 of myself. 
 
 I am fond of the companionship of women, 
 and I have no unconquerable prejudice against 
 feminine beauty. I recall with pride that in 
 twenty-two years of active journalism, I have 
 always written in reverential praise of woman- 
 kind. I favor early marriage. 
 
 I do not love all children. I have tried to 
 analyze my feelings towards children, and I 
 think I discover that I love them in so far as I 
 can make pets of them. 
 
 I believe that, if I live, I shall do my best 
 literary work when I am a grand-father. 
 
 I give these facts, confessions and observa- 
 tions for the information of those who, for 
 
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one reason or another, are applying con- 
 stantly to me for biographical data concerning 
 myself. 
 
 Eugene Field. 
 
 New Orleans, 
 March 14, 1894. 
 
 [19] 
 
EUGENE FIELD'S DIARY 
 
 CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS INTERVIEW. 
 WITH PRESIDENT CLEVELAND, ETC. 
 
 Washington, February 17, 1886. — Jules Guth- 
 ridge sent word that Col. Dan Lamont had 
 made an arrangement for me to meet the presi- 
 dent at 8:30 in the evening. We went to- 
 gether to the White House and sat on a sofa in 
 the Secretary's room, waiting for the president 
 to appear. Lamont was across the room whis- 
 pering with a stranger. About 9 o'clock Cleve- 
 land came out of a side room. Lamont said: 
 "Mr. Field is here; would you like to see 
 him?" 
 
 Cleveland said: "Yes, where is he?" He 
 turned and faced us. I went up and shook 
 hands with him. He thought he had met me 
 before, but I assured him he had not. We 
 moved toward the fireplace and he leaned on 
 the mantelpiece as we talked for twenty min- 
 utes. He looked older than I had expected and 
 there were wrinkles in his face that did not 
 appear in photographs of him. 1 told him that 
 
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the Democrats of the West were all opposed to 
 his policy and he laughingly admitted that he 
 believed they were. I asked him to join me 
 in a fishing excursion to Spirit Lake, la. He 
 said he knew he would enjoy the trip but he 
 disliked to go west because he would be ex- 
 pected to put himself on exhibition there — 
 he hated that sort of business. He spoke 
 favorably of Gov. Gil Pierce, of Dakota. Col. 
 Lamont gave me a mammoth cigar which, he 
 assured me, was not a Yorkville cigar nor one 
 of the kind that Col. Andy Welch gave away. 
 It seems that the Daily News is read at the 
 White House. 
 
 New York, March 6, 1886. — Atty. Gen. 
 Banton G. Boone and Treasurer Seibert, of 
 Missouri, at the Fifth avenue hotel; reporter 
 Walker, of the Star took them over to Hoffman 
 house and one of the bell-men was assigned to 
 escort the party over the premises. The guide 
 expected to be feed but the Missourians, know- 
 ing nothing of these things, urged him to take 
 a seat in the barroom and to drink with them. 
 Had he done so with his uniform on, he would 
 have been discharged. 
 
 New York, March 5, 1886. — Called at the 
 Sun office; Mr. Dana not in. Saw Mr. Mitchell 
 
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who introduced Paul Dana, who reminded me 
 of Huntley. When Mr. Dana came in, he re- 
 ceived me very cordially. I told him that 
 Walter Hutchins felt aggrieved by the Suns 
 course towards the Post. Mr. Dana com- 
 plained that the Post had virulently assailed 
 the Sun. He inquired after Mr. Stone. "Your 
 work is always good," said he; "aside from it, 
 the Daily News is very dull. Now the Tribune 
 (Chicago) is sometimes bright." I talked with 
 him an hour. He asked me to find out whether 
 'twas true that Pulitzer and McCullagh had 
 once come to blows in Adelaide Neilson's pres- 
 ence. When I arose to go he said, "Come 
 around every morning and sit in that chair 
 and visit with me." This touched my heart. 
 "I am glad to find you looking so well," said I. 
 "I hope you'll live a thousand years — at least, 
 I hope I'll die first, for I admire and respect you 
 very much." 
 
 Post scriptum: He said that what he had 
 predicted of President Cleveland was coming 
 true: his vanity was disrupting the party. 
 
 New York, March 7, 1886. — Took dinner at 
 5 o'clock with Henry E. Dixey and wife at the 
 house, 122 West 44th Street. About 6 o'clock 
 Mr. Blakely Hall dropped in. He urged me to 
 
come to New York at once to engage in the 
 publication of a weel<ly paper. I learned that 
 Henry Guy Carleton had abandoned the scheme 
 of founding a weekly paper here. (By the way, 
 it was to have been called The Autocrat.) Dixey 
 explained that the reason he did not pay any 
 attention to Walter Meadowcroft in the Hoff- 
 man house was because Meadowcroft had D— 
 with him. Dixey received a play from D— at 
 one time and gave him his note for ^100 for it 
 — on condition, however, that D — would not 
 present the note for collection until the play 
 was produced. D— sold the note for $90 to 
 a New York broker who collected it under 
 threats of suit. 
 
 New York, March 7, 1886. Called on Len 
 Vanderpoole at his home, 13 University Place. 
 Neither he nor his surroundings looked prosper- 
 ous. He told me that William K. Vanderbilt 
 and Chauncey Depew had promised to back 
 him in the newspaper business. The paper was 
 to be called The Daily Globe; was to be issued 
 every day at noon, and was to be republican in 
 politics; Vanderpoole was to be editor and Gill 
 was to be associate editor. The best men were 
 to be gleaned from all parts of the country and 
 a man from the London Standard office was to 
 
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be dramatic critic. Vanderpoole said he was 
 very anxious to have Bates and me connected 
 with the paper and he would let us name our 
 salaries; would also give us a guaranty for 
 five years. 
 
 [24] 
 

 .Ay;*/^.;si3, 
 
 ~ 6it 
 
 Author's inscription on first leaf of 
 "A Little Book of V/estern Verse," first 
 edition. 
 

 Author's inscription in "Second Book 
 of Verse," first edition. 
 
Since it is always interesting to know the cir- 
 cumstances and conditions that gave rise to 
 popular poems and stories, the following letter 
 written by Field to a friend will find ready 
 appreciation among his many admirers: — 
 
 Dear Sir: 
 
 My Dutch lullaby was written one night in 
 the spring of 1889. The little story occurred 
 to me as I was riding home on the street cars. 
 I had determined to write a series of lullabies 
 and had begun one which I meant to entitle 
 A Dutch Lullaby; this I elaborated subse- 
 quently into the bit of verse entitled ''Night- 
 fall in Dordrecht." When the names of Wynken, 
 Blynken and Nod occurred suddenly to me, I 
 abandoned the windmill story and took up with 
 the wooden shoe. I sat up in bed and wrote 
 out the lullaby as it now appears, with the 
 exception that I first wrote 
 
 ''Into a sea of blue," 
 
 and this line I changed next morning to 
 
 "Into a sea of dew." 
 [25] 
 
This original draft of these verses was made 
 upon brown wrapping paper and is now held 
 by Mr. Charles H. Dennis, of the Chicago 
 Record. 
 
 My "Little Boy Blue" was written (1889) 
 within the space of two hours in the Record 
 office and to fill an order from the America. 
 The name of Little Boy Blue came to me while 
 I wanted a rhyme for the seventh line of the 
 first stanza. 
 
 My verses "To a Usurper" are actually ad- 
 dressed to my son Frederick who as a little boy 
 used to say that when he grew up he was going 
 to marry his mother. 
 
 "The Dead Babe" was written (1898) one 
 evening while my infant son lay at the point of 
 death. 
 
 "The Stork" and "Little-Oh-Dear" were 
 inspired by my baby girl. 
 
 "Our Two Opinions" was written (1889) 
 to prove to a friend that I could make a 
 fair imitation of James Whitcomb Riley's 
 style. 
 
 My wife's favorite of my verse is "The Song 
 of Luddy-Dud," a fragment inspired by our 
 baby boy. Similarly inspired was "Garden and 
 Cradle." 
 
 "Little Homer's Slate" was suggested by a 
 [26] 
 
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personal experience told by H. H. Kohlsaat, of 
 this city. 
 
 ''The Wanderer" was written (1883) and 
 published with Mme. Modjeska's name ap- 
 pended, merely to hoax the public. 
 
 ''Buttercup, Poppy, Forgetmenot" was writ- 
 ten (1891) upon the anniversary of my oldest 
 boy's death. The allusion in the last stanza of 
 the dedication of With Trumpet and Drum is 
 to this beloved child. 
 
 The dedication of my "Second Book of 
 I Verse" was written in Frankfort-on-Maine, in 
 
 the summer of 1890. 
 
 My Jewish lullaby was written at Carlsbad 
 and was inspired by the sight of a weary-looking 
 Jewess nursing her babe in the highway near 
 the Sprudel. 
 
 With the money I got for my verses "Apple- 
 Pie and Cheese" I bought my folio Chaucer of 
 1598. 
 
 The foregoing letter does not disclose the 
 identity of the person to whom it is addressed, 
 but it is accompanied in the Yenowine collec- 
 tion by another letter beginning "Dear Lem- 
 perly," which proves now to be one of the most 
 interesting letters that Field ever wrote. Al- 
 though it is undated, internal evidence shows 
 
 [27] 
 
it to have been penned only a few days before 
 his death, for he had then completed eighteen 
 chapters of his last book, to which he after- 
 wards added but one short chapter of eleven 
 pages. From this letter it becomes evident that 
 the book as printed is in reality only about one 
 half the length he planned to make it, for he 
 says: "I suppose that Chapter XXXV ought to 
 be enough, although I don't see how I'm ever 
 going to say all I want to within that compass." 
 He was also planning two other books which, 
 had he lived to complete them, would doubtless 
 have added luster to his name. 
 
 In addition to the facsimile, the text of the 
 letter is here given in full: 
 
 Dear Lemperly: 
 
 I feel under great obligations to you, and I 
 thank you, for this volume of Maude Robert- 
 son-Hicks' poems. Aside from its rarity in 
 this edition, the book is of value for the excep- 
 tional excellence of the work with which — I 
 should perhaps blush to make the confession 
 — I have but just now become acquainted. 
 This lady has the genuine feeling and with 
 this gift she has also remarkable power and 
 facility of expression, the naturalness and the 
 nicety of her method appealing to me with un- 
 
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usual directness and force. I question whether 
 you could have remembered me more felici- 
 tously than by taking this opportunity to send 
 me this charming, dainty book. 
 
 I am now hard at work upon my Love-affairs 
 of a Bibliomaniac, which I am printing in install- 
 ments in the Record and which will be published 
 next spring. I have reached Chapter XVI 1 1 and 
 I suppose that Chapter XXXV ought to be 
 enough, although I don't see how I'm ever 
 going to say all I want to within that compass. 
 When I am done with this pleasant task, I 
 shall want to write a book about curio-collect- 
 ing, and after that I shall perhaps feel like 
 attempting — what I have long been thinking 
 about — a story of New England life, involving 
 Salem witchcraft and the brief period of Nathan- 
 iel Mather's life. Way has been wanting me to 
 do the preface to the volume of Anne Brad- 
 street's poems which the Duodecimos will pub- 
 lish: but Anne is a tough, uncongenial old bird 
 and I hesitate to tackle her. I suppose that 
 one is justified in putting off a task which he 
 feels he cannot do well. 
 
 I have long been intending sending you my 
 copy of the Love-Songs of Childhood for your 
 boy to ornament with his autographic signa- 
 ture. I must delay that duty no longer. I want 
 
 [29] 
 
the signature upon the page where the second 
 picture of the lad occurs. Renewing to you my 
 assurances of gratitude and of affection, I am 
 always sincerely yours, 
 
 Eugene Field. 
 
 [30] 
 
"VILLON AND I" 
 
 (See accompanying facsimile) 
 
 This fine poem, which Field wrote for The 
 Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac, only thirty-five 
 days before his death, is prefaced in that work 
 by the following remarks: "I was not done 
 with my discourse when a book was brought in 
 from Judge Methuen; the interruption was a 
 pleasant one. *I was too busy last evening,' 
 writes the judge, 'to bring you this volume 
 which I picked up in a La Salle street stall 
 yesterday. I know your love for the scallawag 
 Villon, so I am sure you will fancy the lines 
 which, evidently, the former owner of this book 
 has scribbled upon the fly-leaf.' Fancy them? 
 Indeed I do; and if you dote on the 'scallawag' 
 as I dote on him you also will declare that our 
 anonymous poet has not wrought ill." 
 
 This was Field's method of introducing his 
 own verses into this story, as witness at the 
 end where he introduces his poem "One Day I 
 Got a Missive," he had it brought in by Judge 
 Methuen, who asked him to give it a place "in 
 these memoirs." 
 
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The ** Villon and I" poem as printed differs 
 slightly from the MS. The title given it is 
 "Frangois Villon," which is not as comprehen- 
 sive as "Villon and I." Field divided his 
 poem into three eight-line stanzas. The fifth 
 line of the first stanza he originally ended, "my 
 Margot at my side," which he changed in the 
 MS. to "my frowzy brevet-bride." His spell- 
 ing of "frowzy" was changed and printed 
 "frouzy." Possibly he may have intended 
 "frowzy" to have a double meaning, suggesting 
 "frow." In the second line of stanza ii, "yon 
 deserted boulevard," as he wrote it, would be 
 more in line with the robber's idea than "yonder 
 gloomy boulevard," as it was printed. A de- 
 serted boulevard would doubtless suit a robber's 
 purposes better than a gloomy one. 
 
 Four lines farther on, "to our brothel with 
 our gain" was printed, "to our bordel with our 
 gain." The third line from the end was changed 
 and printed "Go, fetch my pen, sweet Margot, 
 and a jorum of your wine!" and in lieu of the 
 closing quotation marks in the MS., a line of 
 dots was inserted. Then the two parenthetical 
 lines at the end were printed without the paren- 
 thesis marks. There are a few other unimpor- 
 tant variations. 
 
 After inserting the Villon poem, Field con- 
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tinued: "My acquaintance with Master Villon 
 was made in Paris during my second visit to 
 that fascinating capital, and for a while I was 
 under his spell to that extent that I would read 
 no book but his, and I made journeys to Rouen, 
 Tours, Bordeaux, and Poitiers for the purpose 
 of familiarizing myself with the spots where he 
 lived, and always under the surveillance of the 
 police. In fact I became so infatuated with 
 Villonism that at one time I seriously thought 
 of abandoning myself to a life of crime in order 
 to emulate in certain particulars at least the 
 example of my hero." 
 
 This poem was not printed in Scribner's 
 "Complete Edition" of Eugene Field's poems, 
 1915; for what reason it is impossible to say. 
 Field's words, "Original draft," as shown in 
 the margin of the MS. facsimile settles any 
 doubt as to its being his own composition. 
 
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The last Manuscript that Eugene Field wrote 
 is accompanied in the Yenowine collection by 
 the following statement, probably by Yenowine 
 himself: — 
 
 FIELD: The rarest of all Field Manuscripts. 
 Eugene Field was found dead in bed about 
 4 o'clock on the morning of November 4, 1895. 
 His friend, G. H. Yenowine, who was spending 
 the night with the family, was with Mr. Field 
 off and on all the preceding evening and up to 
 midnight. Lying in bed Mr. Field had a soft 
 paper tablet and while they were at dinner he 
 began writing a verse on the famous old book 
 dealers of London, Paris, Edinboro and Leipsic, 
 to be used in the book he was then publishing 
 as a serial. The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac . 
 The names of these dealers had been written 
 out for him by his friend Geo. M. Millard, of 
 McClurg & Co. He could not compose with the 
 usual facility and after talking with him a few 
 minutes, he tore two pages of an unfinished 
 poem beginning — 
 
 Oh, London is as fine a town, 
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from the tablet he held in his hand, and folding 
 these pages with the notes furnished by Millard, 
 handed the package to his friend, saying: "Put 
 these in your pocket, George, and when we go 
 down town tomorrow I must see Millard about 
 these names he gave me." The MS. is written 
 with a lead pencil, two verses are completed and 
 two more verses blocked out. This was the 
 end of Mr. Field's life task. He died a few 
 hours later. 
 
 In Roswell Field's Introduction to The Love 
 Affairs of a Bibliomaniac he says: "During the 
 afternoon of Saturday, November 2, the nine- 
 teenth instalment of 'The Love Affairs' was 
 written. It was the conclusion of his literary 
 life. The verses supposedly contributed by 
 Judge Methuen's friend, with which the chapter 
 ends, were the last words written by Eugene 
 Field. . . . In the early morning of November 
 4 the soul of Eugene Field passed upward. On 
 the table, folded and sealed, were the memoirs 
 of the old man upon whom the sentence of death 
 had been pronounced. On the bed in the corner 
 of the room, with one arm thrown over his 
 breast, and a smile of peace and rest on his 
 tranquil face, the poet lay." 
 
 The statement accompanying the present 
 [35] 
 
MS. — that Field handed it to his friend 
 Yenowine, saying: **Put these in your pocket, 
 George," explains how it came to escape the 
 public eye. Its existence, moreover, was not 
 known even to Roswell Field, as his own words 
 testify in substance. 
 
 The first page of Millard's list is missing, but 
 the others, here given in facsimile, show some 
 rather interesting comments; especially the one 
 on page 3: "The thrifty Edinboro booksellers 
 all have short names, — as short as possible, 
 because thereby there is economy in ink and 
 in time." As Field used the names he ran them 
 through with pencil, but he apparently neglected 
 to cross off Suckling, Ellis, Bailey and Hutt, 
 whose names he grouped together in the second 
 stanza. 
 
 As marking the closing chapter in a literary 
 career of such singular interest and charm as 
 that of Eugene Field has for the American people 
 this little piece which represents the last touch 
 of his pencil to paper, is perhaps the most pre- 
 cious item of Fieldiana in existence. 
 
 Oh, London is as fine a town 
 
 As ever I have seen — 
 There's an old bookstand at every hand 
 
 And several in between; 
 [36] 
 
IMPORTERS BOOKSELLERS AND PUBLISHERS STATIONERS 
 
 A. C. McClurg & Co. 
 
 117, 119, AND 121 Wabash Avencs 
 
 CORNER MADISON STREET 
 
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But arm yourself with wherewithal 
 Before you make the rounds 
 
 For treasures they range all the way 
 From shillings up to pounds. 
 
 Sin^ Bumpus, Sotheran, Quariich, Roche, 
 
 Sin^ Edwards and Dobell; 
 Sing Maggs and Bull whose shops are full 
 
 Of rarities to sell! 
 Sing Rimell, Jackson, Suckling, George: 
 
 Sing Ellis, Bailey, Hutt 
 Sing wormed antiques, uniques 
 
 And motley Bibliomaniac freaks 
 
 Large paper and uncut! 
 
 At Manchester and Liverpool, 
 
 And Edinboro' town 
 Are bibliopoles — God bless their souls! 
 
 Of proper great renown ! 
 At Glasgow and at Birmingham 
 
 Sing Hitchman, Hopkins, Forester, 
 Sing Pitcher, Sutton, Brown 
 
 From towering folio's down; 
 Sing Downing 
 
 Sing Young 
 
 [37] 
 
In the back of this volume is a list printed 
 from Field's holograph manuscript giving in 
 alphabetical order the correct titles of nearly 
 all his verse and stories published prior to 
 1894, a year before his death, and the books 
 in which they appear. The first page is given 
 in facsimile. Although the manuscript is not 
 dated, in a note at the end he refers to a 
 memoir he wrote for a volume "printed, St. 
 Louis, 1894."^ It may be observed that while 
 the manuscript list contains titles to several 
 pieces "Not yet collected," Field did not in- 
 clude the title of "Penn Yan Bill's Wooing," 
 written Oct. 15, 1887, and first printed by The 
 Bibliophile Society in 1914. He wrote this in a 
 volume for his friend William C, Buskett, and 
 perhaps forgot about it, though it was one of 
 the cleverest and most spontaneous things he 
 ever did. A number of other uncatalogued 
 poems written in the same book — and which 
 do not appear to have been published — are 
 here printed for the first time.^ 
 
 1 The title to this volume is, "Tributes in Memor>' of Ruth C. 
 Gray." 
 
 2 These, with the Penn Yan Bill poem, were previously issued 
 by Mr. Bixby in a limited facsimile edition for complimentary dis- 
 tribution; but they do not appear ever to have been issued in type 
 form until now. — Ed. 
 
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NOVEMBER 
 
 The night is dark and the night is cold 
 
 And the wind blows fierce and strong, 
 And the rich man sits in his castle old — 
 He drinks his wine and he counts his gold 
 As the night goes frowning along, along, 
 And the nightwind sings its song. 
 
 The wind speeds out to the withered lea 
 
 Afar from the greedy throng, 
 Where the poet abideth in poverty — 
 Nor castle, nor wine, nor gold hath he, 
 
 But he heareth the nightwind's song — its 
 song 
 
 As the night goes frowning along. 
 
 Oh, give me no castles, proud and old, 
 
 Nor honors that station brings — 
 Give me no plenty of wind ^ and gold, 
 But give me the soul, when the nights be cold, 
 
 To hear what the nightwind sings and sings 
 
 As it rustles its voiceful wings. 
 
 1886. 
 
 ^ Field wrote "wind," but he probably meant "wine." 
 [39] 
 
TO FRANK W. REILLY 
 
 If I were rich enough to buy 
 
 A case of wine (tho' I abhor it!) 
 I'd send a quart of extra dry 
 
 And willingly get trusted for it. 
 But, lackadayl you know that I'm 
 
 As poor as Job's historic turkey — 
 In lieu of Mumm, accept this rhyme, 
 
 An honest gift, tho' somewhat jerky. 
 
 This is your silver- wedding day — 
 
 You didn't mean to let me know it! 
 And yet your smiles and raiment gay 
 
 Beyond all peradventure show it! 
 By all you say and do it's clear 
 
 A birdling in your heart is singing. 
 And everywhere you go, you hear 
 
 The old-time bridal bells a-ringing. 
 
 Ah, well, God grant that these dear chimes 
 
 May mind you of the sweetness only 
 Of those far-distant callow times 
 
 When you were bachelor and lonely. 
 And when an angel bless'd your lot 
 
 (For angel is your helpmate, truly), 
 And when, to share the joy she brought. 
 
 Came other lillle angels, duly. 
 
 [40] 
 
So here's a health to you and wife — 
 
 Long may you mock the Reaper's warning, 
 And may the evening of your life 
 
 In rising sons renew the morning; 
 May happiness and peace and love 
 
 Come with each morrow to caress ye, 
 And when you're done with earth, above 
 
 God bless ye, dear old friend — God bless ye I 
 
 June 9, 1886. 
 
 MR. PEATTIE'S RUBBERS 
 
 Hard by his desk one stormy night. 
 Whilst their possessor paused to write 
 His criticisms terse and bright. 
 Lay Mr. Peattie's rubbers. 
 
 The night was wild with rain and sleet, 
 The slush ran riot in the street — 
 In short, the world outside was meet 
 For Mr. Peattie's rubbers. 
 
 But when the office clock struck one 
 And journalistic work was done, 
 Some other, thieving son-of-a-gun 
 Took Mr. Peattie's rubbers. 
 [41] 
 
A man with unkempt beard and hair 
 Went snooping wildly here and there, 
 But found no traces anywhere 
 Of Mr. Peattie's rubbers. 
 
 Now curses on the callous soul 
 Of that remorseless wretch who stole 
 The subject of this dismal dole — 
 Viz: Mr. Peattie's rubbers. 
 
 April 10, 1886. 
 
 THE HUMANE LAD 
 
 Why should a naughty, froward boy 
 The harmless little fly assail? 
 
 Or why his precious time employ 
 At pulling honest Rover's tail? 
 
 Where e'er I go, each living thing 
 Has its predestined place to fill. 
 
 And naught that moves on foot or wing 
 Was made for boys to vex or kill. 
 
 The little fly, howe'er so frail. 
 Was made on Rover's hide to prey, 
 
 And faithful Rover's honest tail 
 Was made to brush the fly away. 
 [42] 
 
So let each bird and beast enjoy 
 The vain, brief life which God has giv'n, 
 
 Whilst I my youthful hours employ 
 In works that fit the soul for heav'n, 
 
 1886. 
 
 A NATIONAL HYMN 
 
 Whether on hill or plain, 
 Blood of the patriot slain 
 
 Hallows our sod; 
 While from the glorious air 
 Vaulting our land so fair 
 Fall, as an incense rare, 
 
 Blessings of God. 
 
 Holy the heritage 
 Blazoned on hist'ry's page 
 
 For us to keep; 
 Wrapped in thy mantles red, 
 With our dear flag o'er head, 
 Rest thee, illustrious dead — 
 
 Sweet be thy sleep I 
 
 Princes, that scorn the Right — 
 Nations, whose pride is Might, 
 Crumble to dust; 
 [43] 
 
Freedom the boon we crave 
 No man shall be a slave 
 Where'er our banner wave - 
 God is our trust! 
 
 Seeing those early years 
 Dim thro' a mist of tears, 
 
 Pausing, we stand; 
 While spirit voices share 
 This universal pray'r 
 Filling the solemn air — 
 
 "God bless our land!" 
 
 Sept. 17, 1887. 
 
 YE CREWELL SASSINGER MILL 
 
 All upp & downe ye river & along ye sandy shore 
 Ye yemen ben a moaning & ye women skrike 
 full shrill 
 &, like a praroor fire, ye news are spredde from 
 doore to doore 
 That Sawney leesed a finger in ye sassinger 
 mill. 
 
 O Sawneys hand itt ben as faire as ever dole a 
 pack 
 Or drawed a pair of five spotts on ye deuces 
 for too fill; 
 
 [44] 
 
None bolder hande nor Sawneys never whoppit 
 up ye jack — 
 But now it leesed a finger in ye sassinger mill ! 
 
 His fayther slew a barrow on a Moneday after- 
 noone — 
 This morning, whiles that Sawney did ye 
 hopper all to-fill, 
 His evill sister Betty gave ye cranke a turn too 
 soone, 
 & Sawney leesed a finger in ye sassinger mill I 
 
 1887. 
 
 UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE 
 
 The sheriff sleeps in a marble vault — 
 The kynge in a shroud of golde, 
 
 And upon the air with a chanted prayer 
 Mingles the mock of moulde. 
 
 But the deere draw to the shady pool, 
 
 The birds sing blithe and free, 
 And the wildflowers bloom on a hidden tomb 
 
 Under the greenwood tree. 
 
 Oct. '87. 
 
 [45] 
 
The titles in quotation marks in the left hand 
 column of this index have been added to those 
 in Field's manuscript in order to make the list 
 of titles more nearly complete. Field probably 
 intended to have this published, whether sep- 
 arately or in conjunction with other material 
 it is impossible to say. It must have surprised 
 even the author himself on reviewing his list 
 to see the number of pieces from his pen. 
 His own arrangement gives the titles in the 
 alphabetical order of only the first initial, 
 and with the idea of preserving it in its origi- 
 nal form the same rule has been observed in 
 the printing. 
 
 [46] 
 
^ ^ 
 
 ¥r 
 
 t)*,*,.^^ ibonr4<, c-i IfvL^^ 
 
 
 -^ 
 
 
 l^4AMAUt<M Vi>KrkjlAv '(Ti-cicljU' 
 
 
 
 • t " i» 
 
 ^t^r.^ r^TT^ a||- iHw^^ 
 
 t> (I 
 
 fi>iAJbm/i 1 % , tLo 
 
VERSE 
 
 (The title of the piece is first given, and then the title of the book 
 in which it is to be found. Where a piece is published in "With 
 Trumpet and Drum " as well as in the volume named, an asterisk 
 (*) is affixed to the title of that piece.) [Headnote by Field.] 
 
 ■Apple- Pie and Cheese 
 Ailsie, my Bairn 
 At the Door * . . 
 Ashes on the Slide . 
 Armenian Lullaby * 
 Amsterdam, In 
 Always Right . 
 "Armenian Mother, The' 
 "Actor, A Very Weary" 
 "April Fool, The" 
 "Ahkoond of Swat, The" 
 "Abu Midjan" . . 
 "Ancient Oaths, A Ballad of 
 
 Bumpville, The Ride to . . 
 
 Brook, The 
 
 Bench- Legged Fyce, The . . 
 Bottle-Tree, The .... 
 Buttercup, Poppy, Forget-me-not * 
 Bibliomaniac's Prayer, The . 
 Bibliomaniac's Bride, The 
 'Boy-Blue — See Little Boy Blue 
 Beranger's "Broken Fiddle" . 
 Beranger's " Ma Vocation " . 
 Beranger's " My Last Song, Perhaps 
 Bottle and the Bird, The . . 
 Bells of Notre Dame . . . 
 
 Barbara 
 
 Boltons 22, The .... 
 Bill's Tenor and My Bass 
 
 [47] 
 
 Little Book of Western Verse 
 
 Second Book of Verse 
 
 With Trumpet and Drum 
 Scribner's Complete Edition 
 
 Love-Songs of Childhood 
 
 Second Book of Verse 
 Little Book of Western Verse 
 
 Second Book of Verse 
 
Bion's Song of Eros Second Book of Verse 
 
 Billings of Louisville, Mr. ... " " " 
 
 Bethleham-Town ...... " « << << 
 
 " Booh! " Love-Songs of Childhood 
 
 Beard and Baby 
 
 Brag, Little Miss 
 
 Button- Eyes, Lady 
 
 Bambino (Corsican Lullaby) * . . Second Book of Verse 
 
 " Brook, To a Little " With Trumpet and Drum 
 
 " Bell- Flower Tree, The" . ..." 
 
 " Balow, My Bonnie " . . . . " " " " 
 
 " Ben Apfelgarten " Scribner's Complete Edition 
 
 " Be My Sweetheart " .... 
 "Broken Ring, The" .... 
 
 " Boccaccio " 
 
 " Brook Song, A " 
 
 " Bow-Leg Boy, The " .... 
 " Beranger's ' To My Old Coat' " 
 "Bion, A Spring Poem From" . 
 " Bion the Smyrnean, Two Idyls from " 
 
 " Big Thursday" 
 
 " Bachelor Hall" 
 
 " Bethlehem Town " 
 
 " Boy, The " 
 
 " Bugaboo, The " 
 
 Catullus to Lesbia Second Book of Verse 
 
 Clink of the Ice, The 
 
 Crumpets and Tea 
 
 Cafe Molineau, The 
 
 Christmas Eve 
 
 Christmas-Time, The Peace of * . . " 
 
 Chrystmasse of Olde Little Book of Western Verse 
 
 Christmas Treasurer * " 
 
 Christmas Hymn 
 
 Camelot, A Proper Trewe Idyll of . 
 
 Cheyenne, At Second Book of Verse 
 
 Carlsbad 
 
 Corinthian Hall " 
 
 Child and Mother * Little Book of Western Verse 
 
 -Casey's Table d'Hote " 
 
 Conversazzhyony, The .... 
 
 [48] 
 
Croodlin'-Doo, Little * . . . . Little Book of Western Verse 
 
 Cunnin' Little Thing, The . . . Love-Songs of Childhood 
 
 " Cobbler and Stock " With Trumpet and Drum 
 
 " Contentment " Scribner's Complete Edition 
 
 " Convalescent Gripster, The " . . " 
 
 " Clare Market " 
 
 "Cradle Song" " 
 
 " Clouds, Song of the " .... " 
 
 "Coquetry" " 
 
 " Cricket's Song, The " .... " 
 
 "Cinna, To" " 
 
 "' Cuss- Word,* Romance of a " . . " 
 
 "Cakes, The Remorseful "... " 
 
 " Cold Consolation " " 
 
 "Christmas" " 
 
 " Chicago Weather " " 
 
 " Collector's Discontent, The " . . " 
 " Christmas Wind, A Song of the " . 
 "Cutting of the Cake, The" (White 
 
 House Ballads) " 
 
 iristmas Morning " " 
 
 DmRabelais 
 
 DrJbam 
 
 DrAi, The 
 
 Diniey-Bird, The 
 
 Dreim-Ship, The 
 
 De Amicitiis 
 
 Dana, of the New York Sun, Mr. 
 Divine Lullaby, The * .... 
 
 Dear Old London 
 
 Doctors 
 
 Dibdin's Ghost 
 
 Doings of Delsarte 
 
 Duel, The 
 
 Doll's Wooing, The 
 
 " Death of Robin Hood " . . . . 
 
 " Dead Babe, The " 
 
 "Dreams, The" 
 
 " Drinking Song, A " 
 
 " Discreet Collector, The " . . . 
 " Dream of Springtime, A " . . . 
 
 [49] 
 
 (Not yet collected) 
 
 Love-Songs of Childhood 
 
 (Not yet collected) 
 
 Little Book of Western Verse 
 
 Second Book of Verse 
 
 Love-Songs of Childhood 
 
 Little Book of Western Verse 
 Love-Songs of Childhood 
 Scribner's Complete Edition 
 
" Dismal Dole of the Doodledoo, The " Scribner's Complete Edition 
 " Dream, Dream, Dream " 
 " Der Mann im Keller " . 
 " Debutante, The " . . 
 " Denman Thompson, To " 
 
 " Emma Abbott, To " . 
 
 "Ed" 
 
 " Elfin Summons, An " 
 " Explorer's Wooing, The ' 
 " Extinct Monsters " . 
 
 Second Book of Verse 
 
 Love-Songs of Childhood 
 
 With Trumpet and Drum 
 
 Scribner's Complete Edition 
 
 Flanders, In. 
 
 Firelight, In the * . 
 
 " Fiducit "... 
 
 Father's Way . 
 
 Fisherman's Feast, The 
 
 Fiddle-dee-dee I . 
 
 Fisherman Jim's Kids 
 
 " Fly- Away Horse, The 
 
 " Father's Letter " . 
 
 " Fairy and Child". 
 
 " Fire-Hangbird's Nest, The " 
 
 " Fate of the Flimflam, The " 
 
 "Fairy Lullaby, A" 
 
 " French Must Go, The 
 
 " Fanchon the Cricket 
 
 " From the Same Canteen" 
 
 "Fool, The" .... 
 
 " For the Charming Miss I. F.'s Album " 
 
 ■ Gold and Love for Dearie * . . . Little Book of Western Verse 
 
 Gosling Stew Second Book of Verse 
 
 Gettin' On " 
 
 Grandma's Prayer With Trumpet and Drum 
 
 Ganderfeather's Gift * . . . . Second Book of Verse 
 
 Grandma's Bombazine .... " 
 
 " Goodbye — God Bless Youl " . . Little Book of Western Verse 
 
 Good-Children Street Love-Songs of Childhood 
 
 Garden and Cradle 
 
 Googly-Goo " 
 
 " Grandslre, The " With Trumpet and Drum 
 
 [50] 
 
 Scribner's Complete Edition 
 
 Little Book of Western Verse 
 
"Great Journalist in Spain, The" . Scribner's Complete Edition 
 
 "Guess" 
 
 "Gettysburg" 
 
 "Good Man's Sorrow, A " ... 
 " Gee Swee Zamericane " .... 
 "Grant" 
 
 Holy Grail, The Culture's Garland 
 
 Horace, Translations and Paraphrases Echoes from the Sabine Farm 
 Heine's " Widow or Daughter" . . Little Book of Western Verse 
 Hugo's "Flower to Butterfly" . . " " " 
 
 Hi-Spy* " " " 
 
 Happy Household, The .... Love-Songs of Childhood 
 
 Holly and Ivy Second Book of Verse 
 
 Hawthorne Children, The * . . . " ...... 
 
 Humming-Top, The Love-Songs of Childhood 
 
 Heigho, My Dearie (Orkney Lullaby) * Little Book of Western Verse 
 "Hushaby, Sweet My Own" (Lul- 
 laby: By the Sea) *...." 
 " Hugo's 'Child at Play'" . . . With Trumpet and Drum 
 " How Salty Win Out " .... Scribner's Complete Edition 
 
 "Hushaby, A" " " " 
 
 "Heine, A Paraphrase of "(Lyric In- 
 termezzo) " " " 
 
 " Heine Love Song, A " .... " " " 
 " Hymn " (From the German of Mar- 
 tin Luther) " " " 
 
 " Hugo's ' Pool in the Forest' " . . " *' " 
 
 "His Lordship, the Chief Justice" . 
 
 " Hint for 1884, A " 
 
 " How Flaherty Kept the Bridge " . 
 
 " Human Nature " " " " 
 
 " Her Fairy Feet " " 
 
 " Humanity " " " " 
 
 "Holland, In " " " " 
 
 "Hymn: Midnight Hour " ..." " " 
 
 " Holman's Farewell, Mr." ..." " " 
 
 " Humane Lad, The " Verse and Prose; The Biblio- 
 phile Society, 1917 
 
 Intry-Mintry * Second Book of Verse 
 
 Ipswich " ...... 
 
 [51] 
 
Inscription for a Silver Plate . . . Love-Songs of Childhood 
 " Invitation to Sleep, An " ... Scribner's Complete Edition 
 "Indian and the Trout, The" . . 
 "Illinois War-Song, An" .... 
 "Ill Requited" 
 
 Jewish Lullaby * Second Book of Verse 
 
 "Jest 'fore Christmas " .... Love-Songs of Childhood 
 
 "Jessie" Scribner's Complete Edition 
 
 " Jaffa and Jerusalem Railway, The " 
 
 "Jennie" " " " 
 
 "Jelly-Cake, Ballad of the" ... 
 "July, The 5th of" 
 
 Kissing Time ....... Love-Songs of Childhood 
 
 Krinken * Little Book of Western Verse 
 
 Korner's Battle-Prayer .... Second Book of Verse 
 "King Grover Craves Pie" (White 
 
 House Ballads) Scribner's Complete Edition 
 
 " Kissing of the Bride, The " (White 
 
 House Ballads) " " " 
 
 Little AU-Aloney Love-Songs of Childhood 
 
 Little Mistress Sans-Merci . . . With Trumpet and Drum 
 
 Little Boy Blue * Little Book of Western Verse 
 
 Little Blue Pigeon (Japanese Lul- 
 laby) * " " " 
 
 'Lollyby, Lolly, Lollyby* . ..." " " 
 
 Lyttel Boy, Ye * " " 
 
 Little Homer's Slate * Second Book of Verse 
 
 Lizzie * " « « « 
 
 Lydia Die " « « <• 
 
 Lover's Lane, Saint Jo ... . " " << " 
 
 Long Ago * Little Book of Western Verse 
 
 Little Mack 
 
 Little Bit of a Woman, A (Dedication) Second Book of Verse 
 
 "Little-Oh-Dear" Love-Songs of Childhood 
 
 " Lyman, Frederick, and Jim " . . Scribner's Complete Edition 
 
 "Lullaby, A" 
 
 ' ' Limitations of Youth, The " . . 
 "Love Song — Heine" .... 
 " Leap- Year Episode, A " . 
 " Lament of a Neglected Boss " . 
 
 [52] 
 
" Leap- Year Lament, A " . . . . Scribner's Complete Edition 
 
 " Little Miss Dandy " 
 
 "Ladye Julia, To tlie " .... " " " 
 
 "Longings" " " " 
 
 Mother, To My Second Book of Verse 
 
 Modjesky as Cameel " « .< .. 
 
 Moschus, " The Lost Cupid " of . . " " " 
 
 Marthy's Younkit Little Book of Western Verse 
 
 Mediaeval Eventide Song * . . . " " " " <• 
 
 Madge; Ye Hoyden " " " 
 
 Mother and Child " " " 
 
 "Mary Field French, To" . . . Scribner's Complete Edition 
 
 " Mysterious Doings " 
 
 "Mary Smith" 
 
 " My Playmates " " " " 
 
 " Marcus Varro " " 
 
 "My Garden" " 
 
 "Morning Song" " " " 
 
 "M. L. Gray, To" (Dedication to 
 
 Echoes from the Sabine Farm) . 
 " Mother and Sphinx " (Egyptian Folk- 
 
 Song) 
 
 " Mystery of Pasadene, The " . . " " " 
 
 " Modern Martyr, The " .... 
 
 "Mugwump, The Song of the" . . " " " 
 
 "Mein Faeder Bed" " " " 
 
 " Mr. Peattie's Rubbers " . . . . Verse and Prose; The Biblio- 
 phile Society, 1917 
 
 Naughty Doll, The * Second Book of Verse 
 
 Night Wind, The Love-Songs of Childhood 
 
 Norse Lullaby * Little Book of Western Verse 
 
 " Nightfall in Dordrecht " * . . . Second Book of Verse 
 
 "Nellie" With Trumpet and Drum 
 
 "New Orleans, In" Scribner's Complete Edition 
 
 "New- Year's Eve" 
 
 " Nightmare, A " " " " 
 
 "November" " " 
 
 " November " (another poem) . . Verse and Prose; The Biblio- 
 phile Society, 1917 
 "National Hymn, A" Verse and Prose; The Biblio- 
 phile Society, 1917 
 
 [53] 
 
Our Lady of the Mine 
 
 Our Two Opinions . 
 
 Old English Lullaby . . 
 
 Our Biggest Fish . 
 
 Over the Hills and Far Away 
 
 Onion Tart, The . 
 
 Our Whippings * . . . 
 
 Oh, Little Child (Sicilian Lullaby) * 
 
 "Old Times, Old Friends, Old Love 
 
 "One Day I got a Missive" 
 
 " Old Spanish Song " . 
 
 "Official Explanation, The" 
 
 "Of Blessed Memory" 
 
 "Ohio Idyl, An" . . . 
 
 "Ohio Ditty, An" . . . 
 
 "Old Sexton, The" 
 
 " Oglesby (1884) " . . 
 
 "Overworked Word, An" 
 
 "O'Connor's Iloquint Spache" 
 
 "Oh, London is as Fine a Town " 
 
 Little Book of Western Verse 
 
 Love-Songs of Childhood 
 Second Book of Verse 
 Second Book of Verse 
 Little Book of Western Verse 
 Second Book of Verse 
 Scribner's Complete Edition 
 
 Scribner's Complete Edition 
 
 Verse and Prose, The Biblio- 
 phile Society, 1917 
 
 Play, At Love-Songs of Childhood 
 
 Providence and the Dog .... Second Book of Verse 
 
 Poet and King " " " " 
 
 Passing Saint, To the " •< « « 
 
 Partridge, The " .. « << 
 
 Plaint of a Missouri Coon ... " " " 
 
 Pittypat and Tippytoe * . . . . " « « .< 
 
 Pneumogastric Nerve, The . . . " " 
 
 Prof. Vere de Blaw Little Book of Western Verse 
 
 Peach, The Little " ...... 
 
 Psalm, The Twenty-third ... 
 
 Pic-Nic Time Love-Songs of Childhood 
 
 Peter-Bird, The (Not yet collected) ^ 
 
 " Paraphrase, A " Scribner's Complete Edition 
 
 "Pan Liveth" 
 
 " Princess Ming, The " 
 
 " Piteous Plaint, A " 
 
 " Poet's Return, The " .... 
 
 " Play on Words, A " 
 
 1 Afterwards printed by Scribner's. 
 
 [54] 
 
" Patriot's Triumph, A " . 
 " Political Maud, The " . 
 "Plea for the Classics, A " 
 " Parlez-Vous Frangais? " . 
 " ' Puritan' — ' Genesta ' " 
 "Passing of the Compliment, The 
 
 (White House Ballads) . 
 "Poem in Three Cantos, A " 
 "Pike's Peak". 
 "Pie, In Praise of" 
 " Penn Yan Bill's Wooing " 
 "Parting Song, A " . . 
 
 Rock-a-by Lady, The 
 
 Robin Goodfellow, To .... 
 
 Red 
 
 Red, Red West, The 
 
 Rare Roast Beef 
 
 "Rose and the Iceberg, The" 
 " Rhine- Land Drinking Song, A " 
 "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, From 
 
 the" 
 
 "Reilly's Peaches, Mrs." . . . . 
 " Reilly, Frank W., To " . . . . 
 
 Scribner's Complete Edition 
 
 The Bibliophile Society, 1914 
 Verse and Prose; The Biblio- 
 phile Society, 1917 
 
 Love-Songs of Childhood 
 Little Book of Western Verse 
 Second Book of Verse 
 
 Scribner's Complete Edition 
 
 Verse and Prose; The Biblio- 
 phile Society, 1917 
 
 Some Time * Little Book of Western Verse 
 
 Soubrette, To a " " « 
 
 Soldier, Maiden and Flower ..." <. « .. ,. 
 
 Smith, John Second Book of Verse 
 
 St. Martin's Lane " <..... 
 
 Singing in God's Acre, The ... " « « 
 
 Sugar-Plum Tree, The * . . . . " " <- .< 
 
 Shut-Eye Train, The Love-Songs of Childhood 
 
 St. Jo Gazette, The Second Book of Verse 
 
 Schnellest Zug, The " « << ,< 
 
 Shuffle-Shoon and Amber-Locks . . Love-Songs of Childhood 
 Swing High and Swing Low ... 
 
 Stork, The " " 
 
 So, so, Rockaby So " 
 
 Suppose (Not yet collected) 
 
 [55] 
 
Seein' Things at Night .... Love-Songs of Childhood 
 "Song of Luddy-Dud, The" ... ' .... 
 
 "Stoddards, The" Scribner's Complete Edition 
 
 " Star of the East " " " 
 
 " Stoves and Sunshine " .... " " 
 
 " Straw Parlor, The " 
 
 " Sister's Cake " " " 
 
 " Sleeping Child, The " .... " " 
 
 "Sleeping Baby's Eyes, To a" . . " 
 
 " Shoshone Legend, A " .... " " 
 
 "Songof the All-Wool Shirt" . . " 
 
 "Scherzo, A" 
 
 " Secret of the Sphinx, The " . . . " " 
 
 "Spirit Lake" 
 
 " Song for the Departed " . ... " " 
 
 Sister Rose's Suspicions (White House 
 
 Ballads) 
 
 "Sag Harbor" " 
 
 " Susceptible Widow, The " ... " " 
 
 " Straw Hat, The " " 
 
 "Song" 
 
 "Snakes, The" " " 
 
 " Sabine Farm, My " " " 
 
 'Thirty-Nine Little Book of Western Verse 
 
 Telling the Bees Second Book of Verse 
 
 Tea-Gown, The 
 
 Teeny- Weeny * 
 
 Telka 
 
 Three Kings of Cologne .... 
 "Trot, My Good Steed" .... 
 " Truth About Horace, The " . . Scribner's Complete Edition 
 
 "Three Tailors, The" 
 
 "Twin Idols" " " " 
 
 " Taylor Pup, The Ballad of the " . " " " 
 
 "Trol lope's History of Florence, After 
 
 Reading " " " " 
 
 " The Old Homestead " .... " " " 
 
 " Two Coffins, The " " " " 
 
 " Two Valentines " " " ' 
 
 "Two Little Skeezucks, The" . . " " " 
 
 " Three-Cent Stamp, The " ..." " " 
 
 [56] 
 
" Thomas A. Hendricks's Appeal " . Scribner's Complete Edition 
 "Tying of the Tie," The (White 
 
 House Ballads) " " " 
 
 "Three Days in Springtime" . . " 
 "Truth and Simplicity in Song, In 
 
 Praise of" " " " 
 
 "Tin Bank, The" " " " 
 
 Uhland's "Three Cavaliers" . . . Little Book of Western Verse 
 
 Usurper, To a * " " " 
 
 "Uhland's 'White Stag'" . . . Scribner's Complete Edition 
 
 "Uhland's 'Chapel'" 
 
 " Uncle Eph" 
 
 " Under the Greenwood Tree " . . Verse and Prose; The Biblio- 
 phile Society, 1917 
 
 Valentine, A Love-Songs of Childhood 
 
 Virgil, An Eclogue from .... Second Book of Verse 
 
 "Villon and I" Love Affairs of a Bibliomenia 
 
 "Valentine To My Wife, A" . . . Scribner's Complete Edition 
 " Violets' Love Story, The " ..." 
 
 "Virgilian Picnic, A" " " " 
 
 "Vineyard, The" 
 
 Wind, The (Not yet collected) 
 
 When I was a Boy Love-Songs of Childhood 
 
 Wynken, Blynken and Nod (Dutch 
 
 Lullaby) Little Book of Western Verse 
 
 Wanderer, The 
 
 With Trumpet and Drum . . . With Trumpet and Drum 
 
 Watts, An Imitation of Dr. . . . Second Book of Verse 
 
 Waller Lot, Ballad of the . . . . Love-Songs of Childhood 
 
 "Women I Love, Ballad of" . . . Scribner's Complete Edition 
 
 "With Two Spoons for Two Spoons " 
 
 "Wooing of the Southland, The" 
 (Alaskan Ballad) 
 
 "With Brutus in St. Jo" . ..." 
 
 "Winfreda" (A Ballad of the Anglo- 
 Saxon Tongue) 
 
 " Western Boy's Lament, A " . . " 
 
 "Wedding- Day, The" (White House 
 Ballads) 
 
 [57] 
 
"When Stedman Comes to Town" . Scribner's Complete Edition 
 
 " War- Song, A " 
 
 "Ward H. Lamon, Asleep on His 
 
 Library Floor, To " " " 
 
 Yvytot * Little Book of Western Verse 
 
 "Yellowstone Park, A Battle In" . Scribner's Complete Edition 
 " Yours Fraternally ' " .... " " 
 
 " Ye Crewell Sassinger Mill " . . Verse and Prose; The Biblio- 
 phile Society, 1917 
 
 " Zephyr from Zululand, A " . . . Scribner's Complete Edition 
 
 SKETCHES AND TALES 
 
 Bill, the Lokil Editor . 
 Boomerangelungen, The 
 
 Coming of the Prince, The 
 Christmas Tree, The First 
 Cyclopeedy, The 
 
 Divell's Chrystmasse, The 
 Daniel and the Devil , 
 Dock Stebblns . . . , 
 Dante 
 
 Ezra's Thanksgiving Out West 
 
 Fido's Little Friend . 
 Fairies of Pesth, The . 
 Flail, Trask and Bisland 
 Franz Abt .... 
 Felice and Petit-Ponlain 
 
 Hampshire Hills, The . 
 Holy Cross, The 
 
 Introduction to 
 
 Jinin' Farms, The 
 Ludwig and Eloise 
 
 Little Book of Profitable Tales 
 Culture's Garland 
 
 Little Book of Profitable Tales 
 
 Little Book of Profitable Tales 
 The Holy Cross 
 Little Book of Profitable Tales 
 Culture's Garland 
 
 Little Book of Profitable Tales 
 Little Book of Profitable Tales 
 
 The Holy Cross 
 
 Little Book of Profitable Tales 
 
 Little Book of Profitable Tales 
 
 Stone's First Edition of Ameri- 
 can Authors 
 (Not yet collected) 
 
 Little Book of Profitable Tales 
 
 [58] 
 
Margaret; a Pearl Little Book of Profitable Tales 
 
 Mouse and the Moonbeam, The . " " " " " 
 
 Mountain and the Sea, The . . " " 
 
 Methuselah The Holy Cross 
 
 Mistress Merciless " " " 
 
 Old Man, The Little Book of Profitable Tales 
 
 Oak-Tree and the Ivy, The . . " " " " " 
 
 Primer Stories The Tribune Primer; Denver, 
 
 1882 
 
 Rose and the Thrush, The 
 Robin and the Violet, The 
 Rodolph and His King . 
 River, The .... 
 
 Symbol and the Saint, The 
 Seal-Wife, The . . . 
 Spring-Time, The . 
 
 Touch in the Heart, The 
 Xanthippe .... 
 Yaller Baby, The Little 
 
 The Holy Cross 
 
 Little Book of Profitable Tales 
 
 The Holy Cross 
 
 Little Book of Profitable Tales 
 
 The Holy Cross 
 
 Little Book of Profitable Tales 
 
 The Holy Cross 
 
 Culture's Garland 
 
 Little Book of Profitable Tales 
 
 Twenty-one Tales'^ 
 
 Jim's Kids 
 
 Old Gramper Growly 
 
 Mistress Merciless 
 
 The Lonesome Little Shoe 
 
 Franz Abt 
 
 The Catnip Garden 
 
 Daniel and the Devil 
 
 John Henry's Fishing 
 
 An Early Fourth of July 
 
 The Coming of George 
 
 The Old Hymn Book 
 
 1 Part of these appear in the index; others are unidentified. — Ed 
 
 [59] 
 
 The Holy Cross 
 
 Joel's Christmas 
 
 Job and His Ailment 
 
 Leander and the Parrot 
 
 Mrs. Macgregor's Red Gown 
 
 John Milton and His Type- Writer 
 
 Methuselah 
 
 The River 
 
 Mrs. Socrates 
 
 The Seal-Wife 
 
BOOKS BY EUGENE FIFLD^ 
 
 A Little Book of Western Verse; Charles Scribner's Sons, 
 
 New York ^1.25 
 
 With Trumpet and Drum; Charles Scribner's Sons, New 
 
 York 1.00 
 
 Second Book of Verse; Charles Scribner's Sons, New York . 1.25 
 Echoes from the Sabine Farm; A. C. McClurg Co., Chicago 5.00 
 Love-Songs of Childhood; Charles Scribner's Sons, New York 1.25 
 Denver Tribune Primer; Denver, 1882. Out of print. 
 Culture's Garland; Ticknor & Co., Boston. Out of print. 
 A Little Book of Profitable Tales; Chas. Scribner's Sons, 
 
 New York 1.25 
 
 The Holy Cross and Other Tales ; Stone & Kimball, Chicago . 1.25 
 
 "Auto-Analysis," Chicago, 1896 
 
 " Eugene Field to Francis Wilson," New Rochelle, 1896 
 
 "Second Book of Tales," Scribner's, New York, 1896 
 
 "Songs and Other Verses," Scribner's, New York, 1896 
 
 " The House," Scribner's, 1896 
 
 "The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac," Scribner's, 1896 
 
 " Florence Bardsley's Story," Chicago, 1897 
 
 "Sharps and Flats," Scribner's, New York, 2 vols, 1900 
 
 "The Friar Gonsol," Cadmus Press, New York, 1900 
 
 " The Story of the Two Friars," Chicago, 1900 
 
 " A Little Book of Tribune Verse," 1901 
 
 "The Stars — A Slumber Story," New York, 1901 
 
 " Hoosier Lyrics," Donahue & Co., Chicago, 1905 
 
 "John Smith, U. S. A.," Donahue & Co., Chicago, 1905 
 
 "The Clink of the Ice," Donahue & Co., Chicago, 1905 
 
 "The Wink- A- Way Land," Donahue & Co., Chicago, 1905 
 
 " The Poems of Eugene Field," Complete Edition, Scribner's, 1915 
 
 Note: In addition to the works specified above, Mr. Field con- 
 tributed an introduction to Herbert Stuart Stone's "First Editions 
 of American Authors; " and a memoir of Mrs. Ruth C. Gray to 
 a memorial volume privately printed, St. Louis, 1894. The book 
 "With Trumpet and Drum" is composed exclusively of child verse 
 compiled from "A Little Book of Western Verse" and "Second 
 Book of Verse " and written previous to the year 1893. [This note 
 was written by Field at the conclusion of his list.] 
 
 1 The first nine titles constitute Field's list as he wrote it. Those 
 quoted have been added. — Ed. 
 
 [60] 
 
LIST OF BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS IN THE 
 
 GEORGE H. YENOWINE COLLECTION OF 
 
 EUGENE FIELD'S WORKS 
 
 " Second Book of Verse." Scribner & Son, 1893. First edition, 
 inscribed, witii four lines of verse by Field. Contains bookplates 
 of Field and Yenowine. 
 
 "A Little Book of Profitable Tales." First edition, 1890, In- 
 scribed by Field. Bookplates of Field and Yenowine pasted in. 
 
 " Dibdin's Ghost." A little volume containing the original MS. 
 with rubricated initials; also a printed copy. These are followed 
 by several newspaper clippings, pasted in on blank leaves. Book- 
 plates of Field and Yenowine inserted. 
 
 "Culture's Garland." Published by Ticknor & Co., Boston, 
 1887. Inscribed by Field: — "To George H. Yenowine this error 
 of youth is regretfully presented by the committer thereof. Eugene 
 Field." Yenowine's bookplate pasted in. 
 
 " In Memory of Mrs. Ruth C. Gray." Privately printed, 1894. 
 Bookplate of George H. Yenowine. Inscribed by Field: "With 
 very much love to George H. Yenowine. Eugene Field." 
 
 " Echoes from the Sabine Farm." Bookplates of Geo. H. 
 Yenowine and Eugene Field. Contains proof sheet of "Sharps 
 and Flats " signed in two places by Field. This copy is inscribed 
 by Mrs. Eugene Field as follows: — "To Geo. H. Yenowine: As 
 an expression of my appreciation of a true friend — shown to me 
 in his devotion to my husband's memory, and his many acts of 
 kindness to his nearest and dearest. — I beg he will accept this book 
 from me in grateful love. Mrs. Eugene Field. Feb. 14, 1896." 
 
 " Love Songs of Childhood," 1894. — Japanese vellum copy No. 
 IX, with Field's bookplate and ten lines of a verse in his autograph. 
 Frontispiece portrait of Field inscribed, "Always affectionately 
 yours, dear Yenowine"; signed and dated Feb. 8, 1895. 
 
 "With Trumpet and Drum." First edition, 1892. Charles 
 Scribner's Sons. Limited edition, this being No. 66. 
 
 " Little Book of Profitable Tales," of which only 250 copies were 
 issued, this being No. 177. Printed by M. E. Stone, Chicago, 
 1889. Inserted bookplate of Geo. H. Yenowine. Contains four 
 lines of verse in Field's handwriting, also a pen sketch in colors by 
 Field. Inserted in the book are the names of the subscribers. 
 
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"The Symbol and the Saint, a Christmas Tale." Autograph 
 facsimile edition, 1886. Contains bookplate of Yenowine, and is in- 
 scribed by Field with eight lines of prose, dated May 27, 1895. 
 
 "The Tribune Primer." Limited edition, privately printed at 
 Marion Press, 1900; handmade paper. Copy No. 76. Contains 
 bookplate of Field and Yenowine, and a card on which Field wrote: 
 "That's right; come along; plenty of room; glad to see you. 
 Bring mamma, — E. F." Also a letter from G. M. Williamson 
 to Yenowine. 
 
 "The Holy Cross and Other Tales." Limited edition; Stone 
 & Kimball, Chicago, 1893. Copy No. 3. Contains bookplates 
 of Eugene Field and Yenowine, and is inscribed by Field with six 
 lines of prose. 
 
 "The Holy Cross." Twenty copies printed on Japanese vellum 
 by Stone and Kimball. Presented by Field to Mrs. Yenowine. 
 Has inserted bookplate of Yenowine and is inscribed by Field. 
 Also inscribed by Mrs. Yenowine. 
 
 "A Little Book of Western Verse." First edition, 1890; being 
 Mr. Field's personal copy which he used on the platform. In- 
 serted are bookplates of Field and Yenowine. Inscribed by Field 
 with a six-line stanza addressed "to Mr. and Mrs. George H. 
 Yenowine." 
 
 " Echoes from the Sabine Farm." Limited edition; 30 copies 
 on Japan and 70 on handmade paper. This copy is one of the 
 latter. No. 41, signed by Francis Wilson. Contains bookplate 
 of Yenowine, and is inscribed by Field with two lines of prose and 
 a six-line stanza, signed. 
 
 A portion of "Mistress Merciless," which was dedicated to Mrs. 
 Yenowine. Bookplate of Yenowine inserted. "Contents and 
 Dedications," in Field's handwriting, and underneath are fifteen 
 titles, with names of persons to whom they are dedicated. Ten 
 letters in Field's handwriting are inserted on stubs. Volume is 
 bound in black leather. 
 
 Large paper edition of " Echoes from the Sabine Farm," McClurg 
 & Co., Chicago, 1893. 500 copies, of which this is No. 435. Book- 
 plates of Field and Yenowine inserted; also portrait of Field in 
 his library. Contains complete poem, " Lydia Die" in Field's 
 writing, signed. Book has various original pen and ink and water 
 color sketches all the way through, done by several different artists. 
 
 Original manuscript, bound, of "Odes of Horace"; containing 
 twenty-three of Field's translations and paraphrases from Horace, 
 
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all signed. Twenty-one of these were published in " Echoes from 
 the Sabine Farm," and two are unpublished. Field's full signa- 
 ture appears at the top of the second front waste-leaf, which is 
 otherwise blank. The manuscripts are all prepared with great care 
 and most of them have large initials and headings in a variety 
 of colors of ink. Some contain penciled instructions to the printer 
 and other memoranda. Pasted in the front are the bookmarks 
 of Field and Yenowine. 
 
 " Florence Bardsley's Story." Printed by W. Irving Way in 
 1897. Contains bookplate of Yenowine. Autographed by Caro- 
 line Way, the illuminator. 
 
 "Eugene Field, An Auto-analysis." Chicago, 1896. Limited 
 edition on Japanese vellum. Contains bookplate of Yenowine 
 and is autographed by F. M. Morris, the publisher. 
 
 " Eugene Field to Francis Wilson." Privately printed, 1896, 
 100 copies on handmade paper. Contains Yenowine's bookmark 
 with Francis Wilson's signature on it. 
 
 "Tribune Primer." First edition, " Reprinted from the " Denver 
 Tribune"; no date. Bound with original front paper cover. Book- 
 marks of Field and Yenowine pasted in. 
 
 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS 
 
 "Villon and I." Two pages. Original draft. 
 
 "Mistress Merciless," five pages engrossed and illustrated by 
 Field. Unfinished. 
 
 Two and a quarter pages of manuscript, giving information to a 
 correspondent about origin of a dozen of Field's most popular poems. 
 
 Original draft of personal sketch of Field's life, dated New Orleans, 
 March 14th, 1894. Three pages. Written and published by him- 
 self. It was intended to be sent in reply to the numerous re- 
 quests for information concerning himself. It was first printed 
 as a four-page leaflet in a limited edition of eight copies, of which 
 No. 7 accompanies the manuscript. Later published by Morris 
 as "An Auto-Analysis." 
 
 Contract written by Field forming a co-partnership with John 
 A. Reavis to become editors and publishers of the "Washington 
 Critic." Never consummated. One sheet. 
 
 "Mistress Merciless," newspaper proofs, 5 pages corrected and 
 autographed by Field. 
 
 " Unto Us a Child is Born." One page MS. Suppressed. 
 
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Manuscript of short story, "Sweet One Darling and the Moon- 
 beam." Dated Chicago, June 30th, 1895. 4 pages. Signed. 
 
 Thirteen pages of manuscript giving correct title of verses and 
 stories written by Field prior to 1894, a year before his death. 
 Very carefully compiled by Field for the use of a friend. 
 
 Two folio pages, diary of Field's visit to Washington and an 
 interview with President Cleveland. 
 
 Auto Proof of " Springtime." Set up in galley form. 
 
 The most precious of all Field Manuscripts. Two pages of 
 rough paper torn from a tablet, and containing two finished and 
 two unfinished stanzas written in pencil a few hours before Field's 
 death. There are three extra sheets on which appear the names 
 of bookdealers in London, Paris and other European centers, 
 written out by G. M. Millard for Field's use in composing his poem.' 
 
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