Chapter L: Maria Child

I speak, as in the days of youth,
In simple words some earnest truth.

NEW YORK:
C. S. FRANCIS & CO., 554 BROADWAY.
BOSTON:--53 DEVONSHIRE STREET.
1857.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856,
BY C. S. FRANCIS & CO.,
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States, for the
Southern District of New York.

Several of the articles contained in this volume have appeared in various periodicals ten or twelve years ago. Others have been recently written, during the hours that could be spared from daily duties.

CONTENTS.

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THE EGLANTINE, 9

A SERENADE, 46

THE JURYMAN, 47

THE FAIRY FRIEND, 65

WERGELAND, THE POET, 72

THE EMIGRANT BOY, 79

HOME AND POLITICS, 96

TO THE TRAILING ARBUTUS, 119

THE CATHOLIC AND THE QUAKER, 121

THE RIVAL MECHANICIANS, 143

A SONG, 165

UTOUCH AND TOUCHU, 166

THE BROTHER AND SISTER, 181

THE STREAM OF LIFE, 200

THE MAN THAT KILLED HIS NEIGHBOURS, 203

INTELLIGENCE OF ANIMALS, 221

THE WORLD THAT I AM PASSING THROUGH, 231

JAN AND ZAIDA, 233

TO THE NASTURTIUM, 268

THE ANCIENT CLAIRVOYANT, 269

SPIRIT AND MATTER, 291

THE KANSAS EMIGRANTS, 302