Publisher's Synopsis
1905. Field, American journalist, poet and bibliophile wrote light verse for adults and children. This charming volume contains: The Clink of the Ice; Sister's Cake; Crumpets and Tea; Rare Roast Beef; Mrs. Reilly's Peaches; The Pneumogastric Nerve; The Cafe Molineau; A New Brand of Cigars; The Onion Tart; A Western Boy's Lament; Seein' Things; Our Whippings; The Snakes that Rowdy Saw; Professor Vere de Blaw; The Rime of the Crow Eater; The Aged Housewife's Prayer; Dutch Lullaby; Japanese Lullaby; Norse Lullaby; Corsican Lullaby; Orkney Lullaby; Jewish Lullaby; Armenian Lullaby; Cornish Lullaby; Mother and Child; The Two Little Skeezucks; Nightfall in Dordrecht; The Stork; At Play; The English Mince Pie; Our Boy; Three Boys; The Mother-in-Law; The Tragedy of Elaine; Always Right; Mr. Billings of Louisville; The Midway; Inter-State Commerce; Fisherman Jim's Kids; and Rev. Sam Small and Rev. Sam Jones. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.
