James Whitcomb Riley in prose and picture . people who are in his books are or wereliving. They were the people whosecharacteristics he had studied, with whoseways and manners of speech he wasfamiliar. It has been said that those who havenot heard Riley recite his own poemshave not appreciated them to their high-est. His ability as a reader has beenproved. When he finally consented toappear before an audience in his nativetown the people came by the hundreds,packing the audience hall to hear him. \ SSp

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