CHAPTER XII.

COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS By Bret Harte

CONTENTS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH POEMS I. NATIONAL JOHN BURNS OF GETTYSBURG "HOW ARE YOU, SANITARY?" BATTLE BUNNY THE REVEILLE OUR PRIVILEGE RELIEVING GUARD THE GODDESS ON A PEN OF THOMAS STARR KING A SECOND REVIEW OF THE GRAND ARMY THE COPPERHEAD A SANITARY MESSAGE THE OLD MAJOR EXPLAINS CALIFORNIA'S GREETING TO SEWARD THE AGED STRANGER THE IDYL OF BATTLE HOLLOW CALDWELL OF SPRINGFIELD POEM MISS BLANCHE SAYS AN ARCTIC VISION ST. THOMAS OFF SCARBOROUGH CADET GREY II. SPANISH IDYLS AND LEGENDS THE MIRACLE OF PADRE JUNIPERO THE WONDERFUL SPRING OF SAN JOAQUIN THE ANGELUS CONCEPCION DE ARGUELLO "FOR THE KING" RAMON DON DIEGO OF THE SOUTH AT THE HACIENDA FRIAR PEDRO'S RIDE IN THE MISSION GARDEN THE LOST GALLEON* III. IN DIALECT "JIM" CHIQUITA DOW'S FLAT IN THE TUNNEL "CICELY" PENELOPE PLAIN LANGUAGE FROM TRUTHFUL JAMES THE SOCIETY UPON THE STANISLAUS LUKE "THE BABES IN THE WOODS" THE LATEST CHINESE OUTRAGE TRUTHFUL JAMES TO THE EDITOR AN IDYL OF THE ROAD THOMPSON OF ANGELS THE HAWK'S NEST HER LETTER HIS ANSWER TO "HER LETTER" "THE RETURN OF BELISARIUS" FURTHER LANGUAGE FROM TRUTHFUL JAMES AFTER THE ACCIDENT THE GHOST THAT JIM SAW "SEVENTY-NINE" THE STAGE-DRIVER'S STORY A QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE THE THOUGHT-READER OF ANGELS THE SPELLING BEE AT ANGELS ARTEMIS IN SIERRA JACK OF THE TULES IV. MISCELLANEOUS A GREYPORT LEGEND A NEWPORT ROMANCE SAN FRANCISCO THE MOUNTAIN HEART'S-EASE GRIZZLY. MADRONO COYOTE TO A SEA-BIRD WHAT THE CHIMNEY SANG DICKENS IN CAMP "TWENTY YEARS" FATE GRANDMOTHER TENTERDEN GUILD'S SIGNAL ASPIRING MISS DE LAINE A LEGEND OF COLOGNE THE TALE OF A PONY ON A CONE OF THE BIG TREES LONE MOUNTAIN ALNASCHAR THE TWO SHIPS ADDRESS DOLLY VARDEN TELEMACHUS VERSUS MENTOR WHAT THE WOLF REALLY SAID TO LITTLE RED RIDING-HOOD HALF AN HOUR BEFORE SUPPER WHAT THE BULLET SANG THE OLD CAMP-FIRE THE STATION-MASTER OF LONE PRAIRIE THE MISSION BELLS OF MONTEREY "CROTALUS" ON WILLIAM FRANCIS BARTLETT THE BIRDS OF CIRENCESTER LINES TO A PORTRAIT, BY A SUPERIOR PERSON HER LAST LETTER V. PARODIES BEFORE THE CURTAIN TO THE PLIOCENE SKULL* THE BALLAD OF MR. COOKE THE BALLAD OF THE EMEU MRS. JUDGE JENKINS A GEOLOGICAL MADRIGAL AVITOR THE WILLOWS NORTH BEACH THE LOST TAILS OF MILETUS THE RITUALIST A MORAL VINDICATOR CALIFORNIA MADRIGAL WHAT THE ENGINES SAID THE LEGENDS OF THE RHINE SONGS WITHOUT SENSE MASTER JOHNNY'S NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR MISS EDITH'S MODEST REQUEST MISS EDITH MAKES IT PLEASANT FOR BROTHER JACK MISS EDITH MAKES ANOTHER FRIEND WHAT MISS EDITH SAW FROM HER WINDOW ON THE LANDING NOTES

STORIES IN LIGHT AND SHADOW By Bret Harte

CONTENTS “UNSER KARL” UNCLE JIM AND UNCLE BILLY SEE YUP THE DESBOROUGH CONNECTIONS SALOMY JANE'S KISS THE MAN AND THE MOUNTAIN THE PASSING OF ENRIQUEZ

OPENINGS IN THE OLD TRAIL by Bret Harte

CONTENTS A MERCURY OF THE FOOT-HILLS COLONEL STARBOTTLE FOR THE PLAINTIFF THE LANDLORD OF THE BIG FLUME HOTEL A BUCKEYE HOLLOW INHERITANCE THE REINCARNATION OF SMITH LANTY FOSTER'S MISTAKE AN ALI BABA OF THE SIERRAS MISS PEGGY'S PROTEGES THE GODDESS OF EXCELSIOR

FROM SAND HILL TO PINE By Bret Harte

CONTENTS FROM SAND HILL TO PINE A NIECE OF SNAPSHOT HARRY'S A TREASURE OF THE REDWOODS A BELLE OF CANADA CITY WHAT HAPPENED AT THE FONDA A JACK AND JILL OF THE SIERRAS MR. BILSON'S HOUSEKEEPER

TALES OF TRAIL AND TOWN By Bret Harte

CONTENTS TALES OF TRAIL AND TOWN

THE ANCESTORS OF PETER ATHERLY