Glympses of Hoosierdom

Dedication

Lovingly Dedicated to

My Dear

MOTHER,

Preface

A natural desire to see the children of my fancy in a collected form, and a hope to so possess them might be a source of benefit and pleasure to others, are my main reasons for publishing this volume of poems.

It is entitled "Glimpses of Hoosierdom" because it consists of pen pictures of people I have met, of scenes dear to my heart, and of fancies which came to my mind during the leisure moments of my boyhood days in Indiana.

Many of these poems are imperfect, being. products of immature years, but I have refrained from correcting them because I realized that any effective revision would really mean the substitution of new poems for old ones ; a change which for several reasons I would be very sorry to make. I prefer to present them to you without any veneering and without any claim of their being more than simple pictures of an humble life, and if you find that they contain any sunshine for a rainy day, or sympathy for a time of sorrow, I will feel amply

PREFACE — CONTINUED.

repaid for my work in composing and arranging

them.

With these words of introduction I beg to

submit this volume to you, with the hope that you

will be lenient in your criticisms, and that you will

find sufficient pleasure in its contents to repay your

examination.

THE AUTHOR.