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" Humble-Bee," by Ralph Waldo Emerson; "Be- 

 cause the Rose Must Fade," by Mr. Richard 

 Watson Gilder; "Spring Songs," translated from 

 the Hebrew by Miss Emma Lazarus ; " The Birds 

 of Killingworth," by H. W. Longfellow; "The 

 Lilac " and " In the Garden," by W. W. Story ; 

 " The Rose " and " The Garden of Irem," by Bayard 

 Taylor ; " Talking in Their Sleep," by Miss Edith 

 M. Thomas ; " The Song the Oriole Sings," by 

 Mr. Howells ; " My Garden " and " My Hollyhock," 

 by Mrs. Thaxter ; " Garden," by J. G. Whittier ; 

 " The Garden," by Alfred B. Street. 



Messrs. Little, Brown & Company for permission 

 to use " All Things Wait Upon Thee," by Christina 

 Rossetti ; " To a Weed " and " When Spring Has 

 Come," by Miss Gertrude Hall ; " The Oriole's 

 Secret," by Emily Dickinson. 



Messrs. Longmans, Green & Company for " Song" 

 from Jason, by Mr. William Morris ; and three 

 poems from With Sa'di in the Garden, by Edwin 

 Arnold. 



Messrs. L. C. Page & Company for the use, in 

 America, of " To an Iris," " Marigolds," " A More 

 Ancient Mariner," and " Carnations in Winter," by 

 Mr. Bliss Carman ; also to Mr. John Murray for the 

 use of these poems in England. 



The Pilgrim Press for three passages from Star 

 Papers, by Henry Ward Beecher. 



Messrs. Small, Maynard & Company for " In 

 Dove Cottage Garden," by Mr. Philip H. Savage ; 

 and " Brotherhood " and " God," by Father Tabb. 



