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Excerpt from Short Poems for Short PeopleMany of the poems in this volume have appeared in various magazines and journals throughout the country, previous to their present collection in book form. Permission to re-print a number of them has been obtained from Mr. Wm. Hays Ward, of The Independent; Messrs. James R. Osgood & Co., of Boston; Messrs. Hurd & Houghton, of New York; Messrs. Davis & Elverson, of Philadelphia; Messrs. Lee & Shepard, of Boston; Mr. Frank Leslie, of New York; Mr. George S. Merriam, of New York; Mr. F. S. Street, of New York; Mr. Alfred Martien, of Philadelphia; Mr. W. H. Holbrooke, of New York; Mr. J. B. T. Marsh, of Cincinnati; Mrs. E. H. Miller, of Chicago; Mr. H. B. Fuller, of Boston; Mr. J. R. Elliot, of Boston, and Messrs. J. H. Carmany & Co., of San Francisco. The poems "Autumn" and "Santa Claus," were originally published in Harper's Weekly; "Under the Bedclothes," "An Awakening," "A School-Boy of the Period," first appeared in Harper's Bazar; "A School Girl of the Period," in Harper's Magazine.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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