feel that he had made the strongest claim for the negro in English literature that the negro has yet made. He has at least produced something that, however we may critically disagree about it, we cannot well refuse to enjoy; in more than one piece he has produced a work of art.
W. D. HOWELLS.
INDEX OF TITLES
Absence 93
Accountability 5
Advice 250
After a Visit 42
After many Days 267
After the Quarrel 40
After While 53
Alexander Crummell—Dead 113
Alice 40
Anchored 256
Angelina 138
Ante-Bellum Sermon, An 13
Appreciation 247
At Candle-Lightin' Time 155
At Cheshire Cheese 129
At Loafing-Holt 263
At Night 254
At Sunset Time 263
At the Tavern 226
Awakening, The 252
Back-Log Song, A 143
Ballad 58
Ballade 204
Banjo Song, A 20
Barrier, The 99
Behind the Arras 94
Bein' Back Home 259
Beyond the Years 41
Black Samson of Brandywine 205
Blue 253
Bohemian, The 92
Boogah Man, The 185
Booker T. Washington 209
Border Ballad, A 48
Boys' Summer Song, A 235
Breaking the Charm 149
Bridal Measure, A 97
By Rugged Ways 215
By the Stream 50
Cabin Tale, A 153
Capture, The 275
Career, A 285
Change Has Come, The 58
Change, The 258
Changing Time 72
Chase, The 258
Choice, A 125
Christmus Is A-Comin' 153
Christmas on the Plantation 137
Christmas 269
Christmas Carol 278
Christmas Folksong, A 236
Christmas in the Heart 105
Circumstances Alter Cases 261
Colored Band, The 178
Colored Soldiers, The 50
Columbian Ode 47
Communion 110
Comparison 59
Compensation 256
Confessional 116
Confidence, A 73
Conquerors, The 112
Conscience and Remorse 31
Coquette Conquered, A 62
Corn-song, A 59
Corn-Stalk Fiddle, The 16
Crisis, The 111
Curiosity 241
Curtain 42
Dance, The 170
Dat Ol' Mare O' Mine 189
Dawn 65
Day 248
Deacon Jones' Grievance 39
Dead 73
Death 227
Death of the First Born, The 258
Death Song, A 142
Debt, The 213
De Critters' Dance 181
Delinquent, The 64
Dely 148
Deserted Plantation, The 67
Despair 261
De Way T'ings Come 225
Differences 192
Dilettante, The: A Modern Type 49
Dinah Kneading Dough 188
Diplomacy 238
Dirge 66
Dirge for a Soldier 199
Disappointed 60
Discovered 60
Discovery, The 251
Distinction 114
Disturber, The 131
Douglass 208
Dove, The 167
Dream Song I 104
Dream Song II 104
Dreamer, The 100
Dreamin' Town 254
Dreams 100
Dreams 166
Drizzle 180
Drowsy Day, A 65
Easy-Goin' Feller, An 49
Encouraged 238
Encouragement 184
End of the Chapter, The 101
Equipment 276