Point Lace and Diamonds, by George A. Baker, Jr

About this eBook

Author

Baker, George Augustus, 1849-1906

Title

Point Lace and Diamonds

Credits

Produced by Barbara Tozier, Melissa Er-Raqabi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net.

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Poetry

Category

Text

eBook-No.

16568

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16568

Release Date

August 21, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.POINT LACE — AND — DIAMONDS
2. 2.GEORGE A. BAKER, JR. — "The Bad Habits of Good Society," "West Point," etc.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.RETROSPECTION.
5. 5.A ROSEBUD IN LENT.
6. 6.A REFORMER.
7. 7.IN THE RECORD ROOM, SURROGATE'S OFFICE.
8. 8.DE LUNATICO.
9. 9.PRO PATRIA ET GLORIA.
10. 10.AFTER THE GERMAN. — a sophomore soliloquy.
11. 11.AN IDYL OF THE PERIOD. — in two parts. — part one. — part two.
12. 12.CHIVALRIE.
13. 13.A PIECE OF ADVICE.
14. 14.ZWEI KONIGE AUF ORKADAL. — from the german.
15. 15.A SONG.
16. 16.MAKING NEW YEAR'S CALLS.
17. 17.JACK AND ME.
18. 18.LES ENFANTS PERDUS.
19. 19.CHINESE LANTERNS.
20. 20.THOUGHTS ON THE COMMANDMENTS.
21. 21.MARRIAGE A LÀ MODE. — A Trilogy. — I. — love's young dream. — a.d. 1880. — II. — up the aisle. — a.d. 1881. — III. — divorce. — a.d., 1886. — The Club Window. — IV. — at afternoon tea.
22. 22.THE "STAY-AT-HOME'S" PLAINT.
23. 23.THE "STAY-AT-HOME'S" PÆAN.
24. 24.EIGHT HOURS.
25. 25.SLEEPING BEAUTY. — a parable.
26. 26.EASTER MORNING.
27. 27.A LEGEND OF ST. VALENTINE.
28. 28.FROST-BITTEN.
29. 29.A SONG.
30. 30.OLD PHOTOGRAPHS.
31. 31."LE DERNIER JOUR D'UN CONDAMNÉ."
32. 32.CHRISTMAS GREENS.
33. 33.LAKE MAHOPAC—SATURDAY NIGHT.
34. 34.MATINAL MUSINGS.
35. 35.A ROMANCE OF THE SAW-DUST.
36. 36.PYROTECHNIC POLYGLOT. — ( Madison Square, July 4. ) — moral.
37. 37.FISHING.
38. 38.NOCTURNE.
39. 39.AUTO-DA-FÉ — ( he explains. ) — ( she reads. ) — ( he remonstrates. )
40. 40.AN AFTERTHOUGHT.
41. 41.REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM.
42. 42.THE MOTHERS OF THE SIRENS.
43. 43.PER ASPERA AD ASTRA.
44. 44.THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE.

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