Anthology
The Graphic - The Verse - Volume I (1904-1910) is an anthology made for browsing as well as sustained reading. It brings together 272 entries, beginning with The Kansas Man by Robert J. Burdette, Esopus by Anonymous, and The Man Behind the Man by Anonymous. The selection turns a large run of periodical material into something a reader can enter in an afternoon and return to over time. It is not meant to replace the journal’s history. Instead, it offers a clear doorway: representative writing, useful names, and enough context to connect each piece with the publication that first carried it.
The Graphic made its formal debut in February 1904, emerging from earlier Los Angeles publications and continuing until October 1918. It was an illustrated weekly of civic opinion, society, theater, music, books, politics, business, and the rapidly changing life of Southern California. Poetry appeared inside that miscellaneous abundance: beside club reports and automobile columns, among advertisements, reviews, political argument, and local gossip. The Los Angeles Public Library's surviving run begins in August 1904, which is where this anthology begins. This first volume follows the magazine through May 1910, when its verse still carries the improvisatory character of a paper discovering both its audience and its cultural ambitions. The range is deliberately broad. The Graphic reprinted recognized writers—Walt Whitman, Bliss Carman, Edwin Markham, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Tennyson, Byron, and others—while also borrowing comic verse, dialect pieces, parodies, epigrams, and newspaper jingles from the national periodical exchange.…. The introduction, contents, and editorial notes are there to help, but the writing remains at the center. Readers can move straight through the book, follow a favorite author, or begin with a title that looks inviting. Each route reveals a slightly different anthology, which is one reason the volume can support both a quick first visit and a slower return.
The order offers its own route. Early entries establish the first group of voices; near the middle, The Early Stars by Rosamund Marriott Watson changes the view; the closing stretch reaches “Aria from ” by Rinaldo. Reading in order reveals echoes between pieces, while browsing by title or author makes the book useful for quick discovery. Neither approach requires a scholarly guide. The anthology works best when a familiar name leads toward an unfamiliar one, or when a poem encountered by chance becomes the reason to explore another issue or another book.
Among the people represented are Robert J. Burdette, E. S. Martin, Wallace Irwin, Adrian Ross, R. C. E. Milne, Walt Whitman, Bliss Carman, Charles Stuart Calverley, Edith Jamison Lowe, and Wex Jones, with 116 more contributors included elsewhere in the book. The catalog connects their work with Los Angeles literary culture, American poetry, Little magazines, California, Sea and coast, and War. These terms help with searching, but they do not set limits on what a reader may find. Brian Kim Stefans prepared the volume for Text/Tech Journals, with Los Angeles, California given as its place of publication. The aim is simple: bring scattered material together, identify it clearly, and let readers make their own connections.
A good first route is to read The Kansas Man by Robert J. Burdette, turn next to The Early Stars by Rosamund Marriott Watson, and then try “Aria from ” by Rinaldo. From there, the contents and contributor list can guide a more personal path. Reader’s edition: 336 PDF pages. The digital reading edition uses a consistent page size and clear typography so that the material can be read on screen or downloaded without losing its order. Source scans used during preparation remain private and are not part of the public upload. What the reader receives is the finished editorial volume: a generous introduction to the journal, a useful reference, and an invitation to keep following the writers who appear in its pages.
Contributors
- Robert J. Burdette — Contributor
- E. S. Martin — Contributor
- Wallace Irwin — Contributor
- Adrian Ross — Contributor
- R. C. E. Milne — Contributor
- Walt Whitman — Contributor
- Bliss Carman — Contributor
- Charles Stuart Calverley — Contributor
- Edith Jamison Lowe — Contributor
- Wex Jones — Contributor
- Lord Byron — Contributor
- Washington Star — Contributor
- A. T. Quiller-Couch — Contributor
- H. H. Bashford — Contributor
- Louis J. Stellmann — Contributor
- Charles Kingsley — Contributor
- Alfred Tennyson — Contributor
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow — Contributor
- Alfred J. Waterhouse — Contributor
- Andrew Marvell — Contributor
- Laurence Housman — Contributor
- Richard Watson Gilder — Contributor
- Gelett Burgess — Contributor
- Ambrose Bierce — Contributor
- Edwin Markham — Contributor
- The Sin of David Stephen Phillips — Contributor
- Gertrude Hill — Contributor
- Paul England (from the German of Heine) — Contributor
- Katharine Tynan — Contributor
- Louise A. Sterry — Contributor
- Dean Mansel — Contributor
- George Russell (AE) — Contributor
- Strickland W. Gillilan — Contributor
- James Whitcomb Riley — Contributor
- A. C. Benson — Contributor
- Handley Dunelm — Contributor
- Hazel Patterson — Contributor
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman — Contributor
- Eugene Field — Contributor
- A. G. B — Contributor
- Miss Cary — Contributor
- Miss Spaulding — Contributor
- Elwyn Hoffman — Contributor
- A young maid of Alhambra — Contributor
- Henry van Dyke — Contributor
- Joseph Rodman Drake — Contributor
- Richard II William Shakespeare — Contributor
- S-m T. Cl-v-r (parody) — Contributor
- Wilfrid Wilson Gibson — Contributor
- Arthur Munby — Contributor
- Arthur Detmers — Contributor
- Walter M. Patrick — Contributor
- Burt Estes Howard — Contributor
- Norman — Contributor, Essayist
- Henry Newbolt — Contributor
- Thomas Moore — Contributor
- Carrie Reynolds — Contributor, Dramatist
- A. R. Ropes — Contributor
- Stella Graham Singleton — Contributor
- May Doney — Contributor
- Mrs. Lucy Long — Contributor
- Rosamund Marriott Watson — Contributor
- C. R — Contributor
- Chicago Tribune — Contributor
- John Boyle O'Reilly (printed as "James Boyle O'Reilly") — Contributor
- Wilfred Campbell — Contributor
- Izaak Walton — Contributor
- Pauline B. Barrington — Contributor
- Charles K. Field — Contributor
- Cyril H. Bretherton — Contributor
- Mrs. John Hancock — Contributor
- Carolyn Wells — Contributor
- C. M. Young — Contributor
- Ward Muir — Contributor
- F. L. Stanton — Contributor
- Clinton Scollard — Contributor
- John S. McGroarty — Contributor
- Robert Louis Stevenson — Contributor
- John Edward Hazzard — Contributor
- Francis Marshal — Contributor
- Jack Densham — Contributor
- Wilson G. Smith — Contributor
- Joaquin Miller — Contributor
- Martha Calhoun — Contributor
- J. N. Merrill — Contributor
- Russell Judson Waters — Contributor
- Charles G. D. Roberts — Contributor
- E. R. Taylor — Contributor
- J. Adair Strawson — Contributor
- Charley Eyton — Contributor
- Harry Murphy — Contributor
- John Kendrick Bangs — Contributor
- Stuffy Davis — Contributor
- Harvey Peake — Contributor
- Henry F. Gilhofer — Contributor
- E. J. G. ("Chatterbox") — Contributor
- Oliver Wendell Holmes — Contributor
- Edmund Mitchell — Contributor
- Melvin Bartlett — Contributor
- H. C. Dodge — Contributor
- Marmion — Contributor
- Henry Christeen Warnack — Contributor
- G.l.w — Contributor
- Prometheus Unbound Percy Bysshe Shelley — Contributor
- S. T. C — Contributor
- Caroline Reynolds — Contributor
- Ronald MacDonald — Contributor
- Sara Schmucker — Contributor
- W. St. Clair Creighton — Contributor
- Kathleen Stackhouse — Contributor
- L. C — Contributor
- Algol — Contributor
- Henry Reed Conant — Contributor
- Gertrude E. Darlow — Contributor
- Gertrude Darlow — Contributor
- Everett C. Maxwell — Contributor
- Mina Deane Halsey — Contributor
- Bertha Adele Penny — Contributor
- Madge Clover — Contributor
- Luella Conly — Contributor
- Ernest McGaffey — Contributor
- The Sin of David — Contributor
- Richard II — Contributor
- Prometheus Unbound — Contributor
- Rinaldo — Contributor
Publication details
Full contents
- The Kansas Man — Robert J. Burdette [Contribution, p. 19]
- Esopus — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 21]
- The Man Behind the Man — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 22]
- “I dropped a seed in a cold, cold heart” — E. S. Martin [Contribution, p. 23]
- Fall Styles in People — Wallace Irwin [Contribution, p. 24]
- “Mixed Bathing” in England — Adrian Ross [Contribution, p. 25]
- In Nippon — R. C. E. Milne [Contribution, p. 26]
- from “I Dream’d in a Dream” — Walt Whitman [Contribution, p. 27]
- The Primal Lesson — Bliss Carman [Contribution, p. 28]
- The Children — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 29]
- Ode to Tobacco — Charles Stuart Calverley [Contribution, p. 31]
- The Last Straw — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 33]
- Fulfillment — Edith Jamison Lowe [Contribution, p. 34]
- “The girl that blistered on the beach” — Wex Jones [Contribution, p. 35]
- The Kilkenny Cats — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 36]
- The Song of the Greek Poet — Lord Byron [Contribution, p. 37]
- Hans: A Horse Prodigy — Wallace Irwin [Contribution, p. 38]
- “He wants no verses” — Washington Star [Contribution, p. 39]
- To Idleness — A. T. Quiller-Couch [Contribution, p. 40]
- Massage of the Eye — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 41]
- A Negligent Nurse — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 42]
- “He goes to college” — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 43]
- “Knock, and the world knocks with you” — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 44]
- A Song of the Plains — H. H. Bashford [Contribution, p. 45]
- The Gentle Critic — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 46]
- The City's Voice — Louis J. Stellmann [Contribution, p. 47]
- untitled — Charles Kingsley [Contribution, p. 48]
- blank verse (quoted in "Personal Rhythm") — Alfred Tennyson [Contribution, p. 49]
- trochees (quoted in "Personal Rhythm") — Alfred Tennyson [Contribution, p. 50]
- hexameter (quoted in "Personal Rhythm") — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow [Contribution, p. 51]
- Where There is no Telephone — Alfred J. Waterhouse [Contribution, p. 52]
- from the ode to Cromwell (on the death of Charles I) — Andrew Marvell [Contribution, p. 53]
- untitled (a temperance satire) — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 54]
- To the Men of Port Arthur — Laurence Housman [Contribution, p. 55]
- Two Optimists — Richard Watson Gilder [Contribution, p. 56]
- "Omar Cayenne" — Gelett Burgess [Contribution, p. 57]
- The Editor's Regrets — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 58]
- Converted — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 59]
- The Sailor's Wedding — Bliss Carman [Contribution, p. 60]
- Stanford's Epitaph — Ambrose Bierce [Contribution, p. 61]
- A Fly and a Flea in a Flue — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 62]
- The Right to Labor in Joy — Edwin Markham [Contribution, p. 63]
- Contrasts — E. S. Martin [Contribution, p. 64]
- A Turk with nine wives in his harem — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 65]
- A young theologian named Fiddle — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 66]
- (interlude between Lisle and Miriam) — The Sin of David Stephen Phillips [Contribution, p. 67]
- The Last of the Roses — Gertrude Hill [Contribution, p. 68]
- The devil put his stock of sins — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 69]
- To My Mother — Paul England (from the German of Heine) [Contribution, p. 70]
- John D. Rockefeller (verse squib) — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 71]
- Pastoral — Katharine Tynan [Contribution, p. 72]
- A New Easter — Louise A. Sterry [Contribution, p. 74]
- A woman from Sault Ste. Marie — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 75]
- What changes in a pair we see — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 76]
- A lhassie was lhost down in Lhassa — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 77]
- Epigram on the D.D. Degree — Dean Mansel [Contribution, p. 78]
- The Winter Is Over and Gone — Bliss Carman [Contribution, p. 79]
- Anthem — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 80]
- You and I — George Russell (AE) [Contribution, p. 81]
- [Verse filler: darned with silk] — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 82]
- Untitled ("How doth the little grizzly bear") — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 83]
- Untitled ("He used to think her 'long and lean'") — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 84]
- Breaking in Pegasus — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 85]
- When Little Bo Peep — Strickland W. Gillilan [Contribution, p. 86]
- Memorial Day — James Whitcomb Riley [Contribution, p. 87]
- Jessie Bartlett Davis (In Memoriam) — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 88]
- Peace — A. C. Benson [Contribution, p. 89]
- Vacation Time — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 90]
- The Best Hour — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 91]
- [I drove a golf-ball in the air] — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 92]
- The longest day in June — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 93]
- The Eternal Prospect — Handley Dunelm [Contribution, p. 94]
- The Island of St. Nicholas — Hazel Patterson [Contribution, p. 95]
- A Wee Little Home — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 96]
- Oh, the Rift — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 97]
- A Mother's Soliloquy — Charlotte Perkins Gilman [Contribution, p. 98]
- Mother to Child — Charlotte Perkins Gilman [Contribution, p. 100]
- Automobilia of Punbad, the Railer — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 102]
- Science Baffled — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 103]
- The New Version — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 104]
- Behind the Bars — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 105]
- The Chaperon Speaks — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 106]
- Maritime Melodies — Eugene Field [Contribution, p. 107]
- Recipe for Social Success — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 108]
- Never Mind the Lady — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 109]
- From the Cynic — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 110]
- (untitled epigraph) — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 111]
- You and I — A. G. B [Contribution, p. 112]
- The Song I Never Sing — James Whitcomb Riley [Contribution, p. 113]
- (Away) — James Whitcomb Riley [Contribution, p. 114]
- (untitled fragment) — Miss Cary [Contribution, p. 115]
- Just Be Glad — James Whitcomb Riley [Contribution, p. 116]
- Knee-deep in June — James Whitcomb Riley [Contribution, p. 117]
- Desperation — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 118]
- Fate — Miss Spaulding [Contribution, p. 119]
- The Song of McAleer — Elwyn Hoffman [Contribution, p. 120]
- Limerick — There was a young fellow named Neal — A young maid of Alhambra [Contribution, p. 121]
- Crankidoxology (Being a Mental Attitude from Bernard Pshaw) — Wallace Irwin [Contribution, p. 122]
- Hot Weather Lore — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 124]
- The Fallen Idol — Strickland W. Gillilan [Contribution, p. 125]
- [Untitled quatrain] — Henry van Dyke [Contribution, p. 126]
- The American Flag (quoted as "Flag of the Free") — Joseph Rodman Drake [Contribution, p. 127]
- (quoted by Mayor M. P. Snyder) — Richard II William Shakespeare [Contribution, p. 128]
- The Puppets — Edith Jamison Lowe [Contribution, p. 129]
- The Summer Girl — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 130]
- Naughty, Naughty (first stanza) — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 131]
- Naughty, Naughty (reply) — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 132]
- Naughty, Naughty (reply) — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 133]
- Variable Adverbs (verse filler) — S-m T. Cl-v-r (parody) [Contribution, p. 134]
- An Auto Lullaby — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 135]
- The Mushroom Gatherer — Wilfrid Wilson Gibson [Contribution, p. 136]
- Integer Vitae — Arthur Munby [Contribution, p. 137]
- Risky and Frisky Trips — Adrian Ross [Contribution, p. 138]
- Spirit of Beauty — Arthur Detmers [Contribution, p. 139]
- To Old Baldy — Walter M. Patrick [Contribution, p. 141]
- The Belle and the Bell — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 142]
- Epigraph to "The Christian Idea" — Burt Estes Howard [Contribution, p. 143]
- Rule of Three — Norman [Contribution, p. 144]
- Miner's Vision — Norman [Contribution, p. 147]
- Mr. Miner, ere you leave us — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 148]
- On the Death of a Noble Lady — Henry Newbolt [Contribution, p. 149]
- Editorial Mudlarkers — Norman [Essay, p. 150]
- Let Erin Remember the Days of Old — Thomas Moore [Contribution, p. 153]
- The Harp that Once Through Tara's Halls — Thomas Moore [Contribution, p. 154]
- Bacchus at the Palace — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 155]
- Success — Carrie Reynolds [Contribution, p. 156]
- When It Rains in Los Angeles — Norman [Contribution, p. 157]
- Where Is He? — A. R. Ropes [Contribution, p. 158]
- Dreams — Norman [Contribution, p. 159]
- [Battling Nelson Sells Papers — a "Danny Deever" parody] — Norman [Contribution, p. 161]
- San Francisco, April 18, 1906 — Carrie Reynolds [Contribution, p. 163]
- True to "Life." — Norman [Contribution, p. 165]
- The Flower-Gatherers — Henry Newbolt [Contribution, p. 166]
- Cruise of the Lurline — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 167]
- Song of Spring — Stella Graham Singleton [Contribution, p. 169]
- The Day — May Doney [Contribution, p. 170]
- Our Fire Brigade (excerpt) — Mrs. Lucy Long [Contribution, p. 171]
- Our Fire Brigade (excerpt) — Mrs. Lucy Long [Contribution, p. 172]
- Our Fire Brigade (excerpt) — Mrs. Lucy Long [Contribution, p. 173]
- The Early Stars — Rosamund Marriott Watson [Contribution, p. 174]
- The Street Violinist — C. R [Contribution, p. 175]
- Maid o' Mine — Carrie Reynolds [Contribution, p. 176]
- The Irish Pipes — Katharine Tynan [Contribution, p. 177]
- The Spoken Language — Chicago Tribune [Contribution, p. 178]
- The Song of the Buoy — Carrie Reynolds [Contribution, p. 179]
- Lay of the Long Lee Shore — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 180]
- Consolidation Mormonesque — Norman [Contribution, p. 182]
- The Preacher and the Preached-at — Adrian Ross [Contribution, p. 185]
- The Spirit of San Francisco — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 186]
- In Bohemia — John Boyle O'Reilly (printed as "James Boyle O'Reilly") [Contribution, p. 187]
- The Blood Feud — Adrian Ross [Contribution, p. 188]
- The Unspeakable Russian — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 189]
- Yesterday — Carrie Reynolds [Contribution, p. 190]
- The Solitary Way — Wilfred Campbell [Contribution, p. 191]
- The Gallant Fisher's Life — Izaak Walton [Contribution, p. 193]
- Mountain Vision — Pauline B. Barrington [Contribution, p. 194]
- Barriers Burned (A Rhyme of the San Francisco Breadline) — Charles K. Field [Contribution, p. 195]
- Evenfall — Carrie Reynolds [Contribution, p. 196]
- The Last Act — Carrie Reynolds [Contribution, p. 197]
- The Player's Death — Carrie Reynolds [Drama, p. 198]
- Young Love: A Retrospect — Cyril H. Bretherton [Contribution, p. 199]
- The Cobbler Captain — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 202]
- The Rain — Carrie Reynolds [Contribution, p. 203]
- Untitled — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 204]
- The Children's Christmas — Mrs. John Hancock [Contribution, p. 205]
- Married by Motor — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 207]
- Ballade of Holiday Books — Carolyn Wells [Contribution, p. 209]
- Automobilitis — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 210]
- From the Heart — C. M. Young [Contribution, p. 212]
- Sleepless — Ward Muir [Contribution, p. 213]
- The Fall Books — F. L. Stanton [Contribution, p. 214]
- Untitled — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 215]
- Love's Vagrant — Clinton Scollard [Contribution, p. 216]
- Shadows — Carrie Reynolds [Contribution, p. 217]
- Blue Moonshine — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 218]
- Not a Song Bird — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 219]
- Farewell (To George W. Barnum.) — John S. McGroarty [Contribution, p. 220]
- Dreams — Carrie Reynolds [Contribution, p. 221]
- To My Pastor (By A Black Sheep) — Cyril H. Bretherton [Contribution, p. 222]
- The Word of the Water — Bliss Carman [Contribution, p. 224]
- Requiem — Robert Louis Stevenson [Contribution, p. 225]
- Ain't It Awful, Mabel? (The Chorus Girl's Lament) — John Edward Hazzard [Contribution, p. 226]
- They've Given Pa a Raise — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 228]
- Eventide — Francis Marshal [Contribution, p. 229]
- The Fourteenth Man — Jack Densham [Contribution, p. 230]
- Musical Spring Limericks — Wilson G. Smith [Contribution, p. 231]
- For The Fred Finch Orphanage And Their Friends — Joaquin Miller [Contribution, p. 232]
- Jack — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 234]
- The Yosemite — Martha Calhoun [Contribution, p. 235]
- The Rattlesnake — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 236]
- The Sprinter — J. N. Merrill [Contribution, p. 237]
- Midnight and Dawn — Carrie Reynolds [Contribution, p. 238]
- Infinitude — Russell Judson Waters [Contribution, p. 240]
- Some Day — Russell Judson Waters [Contribution, p. 241]
- Nuestras Senoritas — Russell Judson Waters [Contribution, p. 242]
- [Strike while the iron's hot] — Russell Judson Waters [Contribution, p. 243]
- Monition — Charles G. D. Roberts [Contribution, p. 245]
- Sonnet — E. R. Taylor [Contribution, p. 246]
- I shall make a brave death — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 247]
- Shut Up! — J. Adair Strawson [Contribution, p. 248]
- When a Man Marries — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 249]
- Nanette (A Love Song) — Charley Eyton [Contribution, p. 250]
- [untitled — on Joaquin Miller] — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 251]
- THE ABSENT MEMBER — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 252]
- Child Labor — Harry Murphy [Contribution, p. 253]
- In Nature's Aisles — John Kendrick Bangs [Contribution, p. 254]
- Lyra Elegantiarum — Stuffy Davis [Contribution, p. 255]
- Quail — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 256]
- Dan the Blow-Hard; or, Lusty Pips and Leathery Lungs — Jack Densham [Contribution, p. 257]
- The Cynic's Christmas — Harvey Peake [Contribution, p. 259]
- Los Angeles — Henry F. Gilhofer [Contribution, p. 260]
- Destiny — Carrie Reynolds [Contribution, p. 261]
- In the Waltz — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 262]
- The Wail of the Doll — The Triumph of the Doll — E. J. G. ("Chatterbox") [Contribution, p. 263]
- The Height of the Ridiculous — Oliver Wendell Holmes [Contribution, p. 265]
- Mr. Batchelder's Socks — Jack Densham [Contribution, p. 266]
- Bill Bush's Opening — Jack Densham [Contribution, p. 267]
- Hail to the Fleet — Edmund Mitchell [Contribution, p. 268]
- Radiant Robin — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 269]
- Sailing Around the Horn — Melvin Bartlett [Contribution, p. 270]
- The Old Fir Tree — H. C. Dodge [Contribution, p. 271]
- A Newspaper Puff — H. C. Dodge [Contribution, p. 272]
- The Good Little Boy — H. C. Dodge [Contribution, p. 274]
- The Pretty Girl — H. C. Dodge [Contribution, p. 276]
- Interlude I ("It's very annoying to find you have lost") — Jack Densham [Contribution, p. 277]
- Interlude II ("She lies at her landing, so dainty her lines") — Jack Densham [Contribution, p. 278]
- Interlude III ("It isn't the cut of the clothes that they wear") — Jack Densham [Contribution, p. 279]
- The Navy Cocktail — Jack Densham [Contribution, p. 280]
- Spring Song — Carrie Reynolds [Contribution, p. 281]
- The Mirror of Fashion — Jack Densham [Contribution, p. 282]
- Untitled — Marmion [Contribution, p. 283]
- The Rain-proof Beau Brummel — Jack Densham [Contribution, p. 284]
- To a New Found Comrade — Henry Christeen Warnack [Contribution, p. 285]
- The Gaelic Gear Replacer — Jack Densham [Contribution, p. 286]
- Untitled — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 287]
- The Race of Resourceful Ralph — Jack Densham [Contribution, p. 288]
- Obscuria — G.l.w [Contribution, p. 290]
- My Prayer — Carrie Reynolds [Contribution, p. 291]
- Untitled — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 292]
- The Rubber Victim — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 293]
- Untitled — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 294]
- [Untitled: "The lady would remind you"] — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 295]
- Chorus of Spirits and Hours (from ) — Prometheus Unbound Percy Bysshe Shelley [Contribution, p. 297]
- The Moan of the Weary Gasengeer — Jack Densham [Contribution, p. 298]
- The Lost Year — S. T. C [Contribution, p. 299]
- When We Two Ride Together — Caroline Reynolds [Contribution, p. 301]
- You and Love and I — Caroline Reynolds [Contribution, p. 302]
- The Hill of Life — Ronald MacDonald [Contribution, p. 303]
- My Song Is for You — Sara Schmucker [Contribution, p. 304]
- On a Birthday — Ronald MacDonald [Contribution, p. 305]
- That Night Beside the Sea — W. St. Clair Creighton [Contribution, p. 306]
- A Fool’s Paradise — Caroline Reynolds [Contribution, p. 307]
- Her Memorial Window — W. St. Clair Creighton [Contribution, p. 308]
- Mirage — Caroline Reynolds [Contribution, p. 309]
- To a Teacher of Divine Truths — Kathleen Stackhouse [Contribution, p. 310]
- Fairyland — L. C [Contribution, p. 312]
- No Man Liveth to Himself — L. C [Contribution, p. 313]
- Love’s Arbiter — Caroline Reynolds [Contribution, p. 314]
- Fate of Mary Hairy Chin — S. T. C [Contribution, p. 315]
- Beyond the Purple Mountains — L. C [Contribution, p. 316]
- Courage! — Caroline Reynolds [Contribution, p. 317]
- Hope’s Uplift — Caroline Reynolds [Contribution, p. 318]
- Defi of the Ab-Normal Schoolgirl — Algol [Contribution, p. 320]
- The Jay and the Thrush — Henry Reed Conant [Contribution, p. 321]
- California Nights — Gertrude E. Darlow [Contribution, p. 322]
- Christmas Eve — Gertrude Darlow [Contribution, p. 323]
- Darius Green and His Flying Machine — Anonymous [Contribution, p. 324]
- Robert Burns — Gertrude E. Darlow [Contribution, p. 326]
- Thoughts of a Commuter — Algol [Contribution, p. 327]
- Dawn — Everett C. Maxwell [Contribution, p. 329]
- The Message — Mina Deane Halsey [Contribution, p. 330]
- Longing — Bertha Adele Penny [Contribution, p. 331]
- The Cowards — Madge Clover [Contribution, p. 332]
- Blindness — Luella Conly [Contribution, p. 333]
- Mary Magdalen — Ernest McGaffey [Contribution, p. 334]
- “ (interlude between Lisle and Miriam)” — The Sin of David [Contribution, p. 67]
- “ (quoted by Mayor M. P. Snyder)” — Richard II [Contribution, p. 128]
- “Chorus of Spirits and Hours (from )” — Prometheus Unbound [Contribution, p. 297]
- “Aria from ” — Rinaldo [Contribution, p. 296]
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