The Book of Joyous Children

About this eBook

Author

Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916

Credits

Produced by David Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Children's poetry, American

Category

Text

eBook-No.

15834

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15834

Release Date

May 16, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE BOOK OF JOYOUS CHILDREN — JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY — THE BOOK OF JOYOUS CHILDREN — JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY — Illustrated by J.W. VAWTER
2. 2.THE BOOK OF JOYOUS CHILDREN
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.THE BOOK OF JOYOUS CHILDREN
6. 6.THE BOOK OF JOYOUS CHILDREN
7. 7.AN IMPROMPTU FAIRY-TALE — I — II — III — IV
8. 8.DREAM-MARCH
9. 9.ELMER BROWN
10. 10.NO BOY KNOWS
11. 11.WHEN WE FIRST PLAYED "SHOW"
12. 12.A DIVERTED TRAGEDY
13. 13.THE RAMBO-TREE
14. 14.FIND THE FAVORITE
15. 15.THE BOY PATRIOT
16. 16.EXTREMES — I — II
17. 17.INTELLECTUAL LIMITATIONS
18. 18.A MASQUE OF THE SEASONS — QUEEN — LITTLE JASPER — QUEEN — LITTLE MILDRED — QUEEN — LITTLE MANDEVILLE — QUEEN — LITTLE EDITH — QUEEN
19. 19.THOMAS THE PRETENDER
20. 20.LITTLE DICK AND THE CLOCK
21. 21.FOOL-YOUNGENS
22. 22.THE KATYDIDS
23. 23.BILLY AND HIS DRUM
24. 24.THE NOBLE OLD ELM
25. 25.THE PENALTY OF GENIUS
26. 26.EVENSONG
27. 27."IGO AND AGO"
28. 28.THE LITTLE LADY
29. 29."COMPANY MANNERS"
30. 30.IN FERVENT PRAISE OF PICNICS
31. 31.THE GOOD, OLD-FASHIONED PEOPLE
32. 32.THE BEST TIMES
33. 33."HIK-TEE-DIK!" — THE WAR-CRY OF BILLY AND BUDDY
34. 34.A CHRISTMAS MEMORY
35. 35."OLD BOB WHITE"
36. 36.OLD BOB WHITE
37. 37.A SESSION WITH UNCLE SIDNEY — [1869] — 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
38. 38.A DUBIOUS "OLD KRISS"
39. 39.A SONG OF SINGING
40. 40.THE JAYBIRD
41. 41.A BEAR FAMILY
42. 42.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
43. 43.OLD MAN WHISKERY-WHEE-KUM-WHEEZE
44. 44.LITTLE-GIRL-TWO-LITTLE-GIRLS
45. 45.A GUSTATORY ACHIEVEMENT
46. 46.CLIMATIC SORCERY
47. 47.A PARENT REPRIMANDED
48. 48.THE TREASURE OF THE WISE MAN

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