. Newspaper poets: or, Waifs and their authors . ors, and could speak of them intelli -gently ; and because I thought many people would be glad to readsomewhat concerning them. To trace out the parentage of otherwaifs, in regard to which I had no information whatever, was not€asy; and having succeeded in doing this, I have found it verydifficult to obtain such other facts as I desired. A few of thesechapters may testify of my patience I should have taken pleasure in making this volume far moreelaborate in print and dress, and would gladly have added a por-trait of each author; but the poems it
. Newspaper poets: or, Waifs and their authors . ors, and could speak of them intelli -gently ; and because I thought many people would be glad to readsomewhat concerning them. To trace out the parentage of otherwaifs, in regard to which I had no information whatever, was not€asy; and having succeeded in doing this, I have found it verydifficult to obtain such other facts as I desired. A few of thesechapters may testify of my patience I should have taken pleasure in making this volume far moreelaborate in print and dress, and would gladly have added a por-trait of each author; but the poems it presents are for the popular ^3- k^ :;::;: PREFACE. heart, they deserve popular perusal, they will uplift and make gladwherever they go, and they shall not be debarred from going intoany home, in their present form, because of high price . Of course the Waifs are not all here. If this volume shallfind sufficient encouragement, another and similar one may beforthcomnig in due time. A. A. H. Thk Rural Home Sanctum, ) Rochester, July 13 1875. f. h^ -4^ H3- J ^:i^A4 In DediccittorL.
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