Chapter III: Fancy

UNDER THE OCTOBER MAPLES 125

LOVE’S CLOCK 127

ELEANOR MAKES MACAROONS 129

TELEPATHY 131

SCHERZO 132

“FRANCISCUS DE VERULAMIO SIC COGITAVIT” 134

AUSPEX 136

THE PREGNANT COMMENT 137

THE LESSON 139

SCIENCE AND POETRY 141

A NEW YEAR’S GREETING 142

THE DISCOVERY 143

WITH A SEASHELL 144

THE SECRET 146

IV.

HUMOR AND SATIRE.

FITZ ADAM’S STORY 149

THE ORIGIN OF DIDACTIC POETRY 173

THE FLYING DUTCHMAN 177

CREDIDIMUS JOVEM REGNARE 180

TEMPORA MUTANTUR 189

IN THE HALF-WAY HOUSE 192

AT THE BURNS CENTENNIAL 196

IN AN ALBUM 205

AT THE COMMENCEMENT DINNER, 1866 207

A PARABLE 212

V.

EPIGRAMS.

SAYINGS 215

INSCRIPTIONS

FOR A BELL AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY 216

FOR A MEMORIAL WINDOW TO SIR WALTER RALEIGH 216

PROPOSED FOR A SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' MONUMENT IN BOSTON 216

A MISCONCEPTION 217

THE BOSS 217

SUN-WORSHIP 217

CHANGED PERSPECTIVE 217

WITH A PAIR OF GLOVES LOST IN A WAGER 218

SIXTY-EIGHTH BIRTHDAY 218