James Whitcomb Riley in prose and picture . fter lifethat equipped Riley with essentials hefailed to grasp in his schooling. * ft e 1 All of this is the commonplace boy-\\t •l, V I hood of the ordinary boy in the ordinarysmall town. However, genius is not rec-ognized in swaddling clothes and poetsare not discovered in tow headed boyswho have ambitions, go swimming, andraid melon beds. What there is of valuein Rileys boyhood is that he was absorb-ing the atmosphere in these days whichgave the world his poems later. Thatwas the difference between his and hisplayments. Riley found instinctivelyth
James Whitcomb Riley in prose and picture . fter lifethat equipped Riley with essentials hefailed to grasp in his schooling. * ft e 1 All of this is the commonplace boy-\\t •l, V I hood of the ordinary boy in the ordinarysmall town. However, genius is not rec-ognized in swaddling clothes and poetsare not discovered in tow headed boyswho have ambitions, go swimming, andraid melon beds. What there is of valuein Rileys boyhood is that he was absorb-ing the atmosphere in these days whichgave the world his poems later. Thatwas the difference between his and hisplayments. Riley found instinctivelythe true beauty of fields and forest. This sense of the beautiful and theartistic must have made his boyhoodhappier even than the happy lot of theaverage boy who is free to discard hisshoes and ease his feet in the grass of acountry field. Rileys sense of this beautynever deserted him. It became the key-note of his future work. u Ho! Im going back to where u We were youngsters. Meet me there, Dear old chum, and we Will be as we used to
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