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JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY.COM PRESENTS THE TEN VOLUME "COMPLETE WORKS" OF JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

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The Collier "Complete Works" is sometimes known as "The Memorial Edition" of the prose and poetry of James Whitcomb Riley.  It was published in New York in 1916 in Ten Volumes shortly after the "The Hoosier Poet's " death.  The publisher was Harper and Brothers.  Included were poems and prose sketches, "many of which have not heretofore been published; an authentic Biography, an elaborate Index and numerous Illustration in color from Paintings by Howard Chandler Christy and Ethel Franklin Betts."

VOLUME 9

PART 1

SYMPTOMS................................................................................. 2239
BUB SAYS.................................................................................... 2240
THE POOR STUDENT................................................................. 2242
UNCLE SIDNEY'S RHYMES....................................................... 2244
" BLUE-MONDAY " AT THE SHOE SHOP................................. 2245
THE THOUGHTS OF YOUTH...................................................... 2247
0. HENRY..................................................................................... 2248
WILLIAM MCKINLEY................................................................. 2249
" Manure "....................................................................................2251
THE BOYS or THE OLD GLEE CLUB..........................................2254
" MONA MACHREE "................................................................... 2265
SONG DISCORDANT.................................................................. 2266
LARRY NOOLAN'S New YEAR................................................. 2267
LISPING IN NUMBERS................................................................2268
BENJAMIN HARRISON...............................................................2270
LEE 0. HARRIS^—CHRISTMAS, 1909..........................................2272
SOMETHING.................................................................................2274
A CHRISTMAS TIME JINGLE..................................................2276
WHEN BABY PLAYED.................................................................2278
WHEN BA BY SLEPT....................................................................2280
WHEN BABY WOKE....................................................................2282
A HOBO VOLUNTARY..................................................................................2284
To BENJ. S. PARKER....................................................................2288
MY CONSCIENCE........................................................................2289

PART 2

TOD.................................................................................................................................2291
A REMARKABLE MAN......................................................... .....2311
AN ADJUSTABLE LUNATIC........................................................2331

PART 3

TWIGGS AND TUDENS................................................................2350
AN OLD SETTLER'S STORY........................................................2366

PART 4

JAMESY..........................................................................................2412
TALE OF A SPIDER...................................................................................................

PART 5

DREAMS............................................................................... .........2475
THE OBJECT LESSON.......................................................... ........2480
Ez......................................................................................................2485
THE CHAMPION CHECKER-PLAYER OF AMERIKY............... 2489
THE JUDKINS PAPERS......................................................... ........2501
 

Volume 10

PART 1

                            PAGE

ECCENTRIC MR. CLARK.......................................................... 2517

A NEST-EGG.......................................................................... 2537

"THE BOY FROM ZEENY" .....................................................  2548

WHERE IS MARY ALICE SMITH?............................................... 2564

PART 2

THE OLD MAN........................................................................ 2577

THE GILDED ROLL.................................................................. 2586

A WILD IRISHMAN................................................................. 2603

PART 3

MRS. MILLER.......................................................................... 2623

AT ZEKESBURY....................................................................... 2640

A CALLER FROM BOONE....................................................... 2658

THE OLD SOLDIER'S STORY.................................................... 2670

DIALECT IN LITERATURE......................................................................  2674