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Point Lace and Diamonds

Baker Jr., George A.

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POINT LACE

AND

DIAMONDS

BY

GEORGE A. BAKER, JR.

AUTHOR OF

"The Bad Habits of Good Society," "West Point," etc.

NEW AND REVISED EDITION
WITH NUMEROUS NEW POEMS

title page

NEW YORK
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
MDCCCXCIII





Copyrighted in 1875, by F.B. Patterson.

Copyright, 1886,
By White, Stokes, & Allen.

CONTENTS.

page
Retrospection1
A Rosebud in Lent4
A Reformer5
In the Record Room, Surrogate's Office6
De Lunatico8
Pro Patria et Gloria11
After the German15
An Idyl of the Period17
Chivalrie22
A Piece of Advice24
Zwei Könige auf Orkadal27
A Song28
Making New Year's Calls30
Jack and Me34
Les Enfants Perdus37
Chinese Lanterns40
Thoughts on the Commandments43
Marriage à la Mode. A Trilogy45
The "Stay-at-Home's" Plaint58
The "Stay-at-Home's" Pæan62
Eight Hours65
Sleeping Beauty68
Easter Morning71
A Legend of St. Valentine75
Frost-Bitten79
A Song81
Old Photographs83
"Le Dernier Jour d'un Condamné"85
Christmas Greens88
Lake Mahopac—Saturday Night91
Matinal Musings95
A Romance of the Sawdust99
Pyrotechnic Polyglot105
Fishing108
Nocturne111
Auto-da-Fé113
An Afterthought117
Reductio ad Absurdum120
The Mothers of the Sirens122
Per Aspera ad Astra124
The Language of Love126

Transcriber's Note: Possible typos and irregularities in indentationand word usage have been left as found in the original. There are places

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