Or weave a lofty, living lay?
Let him be heartened, jocund, gay,
Nor hopeless writhe on tenter-hooks,--
They meet no barriers who essay
The easy road of "How To" books!


ENVOY

The critics still _will_ slash and slay
Poor hapless scribes, in sanctum nooks;
Lo! here's a refuge for their prey--
The easy road of "How To" books!




THE TREE-TOAD

BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY


"'Scurious-like," said the tree-toad,
"I've twittered fer rain all day;
And I got up soon,
And I hollered till noon--
But the sun, hit blazed away,
Till I jest clumb down in a crawfish-hole,
Weary at heart, and sick at soul!