CAKES AND ALE AT WOODBINE; FROM TWELFTH NIGHT TO NEW YEAR'S DAY.
BYBARRY GRAY.
"Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?" —Sir Toby Belch, in "Twelfth Night."
NEW YORK:
PUBLISHED BY HURD AND HOUGHTON,
459 BROOME STREET.
1868.Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by ROBERT BARRY COFFIN, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE: STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY H. O. HOUGHTON AND COMPANY.
To
JOSEPH B. TAYLOR,
A TRUE MAN AND A WARM FRIEND,
IN MEMORY OF MANY
PLEASANT GATHERINGS AROUND THE FESTIVE BOARD,
This Book,
TRUSTING THAT
ITS
CAKES,
TO QUOTE A COMMON SAYING, MAY NOT PROVE TO BE ALL DOUGH NOR
ITS
ALE
EVER GROW STALE,
IS INSCRIBED
WITH THE KIND REGARDS
OF
THE AUTHOR.
WOODBINE COTTAGE, Fordham, N. Y.To
THE MEMORY OF
HIM
TO WHOM IN LIFE WAS INSCRIBED
This
Book,
BUT WHO PASSED FROM EARTH BEFORE ITS PUBLICATION,
IT IS NOW, IN
DEATH,
SORROWFULLY REDEDICATED.
CONTENTS.
- I. THE OPENING CHORUS. 7
- II. WE GO A-SKATING. 15
- III. YOUNG LOVE. 24
- IV. WE CUT A PIE. 30
- V. THE PROFESSOR. 34
- VI. A CUCKOO CLOCK IS HEARD. 40
- VII. THE PROFESSOR MAKES A GOMBO. 46
- VIII. SLEIGH-RIDING. 54
- IX. THE KETTLE AND THE CLOCK. 59
- X. AN OLD STORY, WITH SLIPPERS FOR LUCK. 65
- XI. EGGS, HISTORICAL AND FRESH. 70
- XII. SPRING-TIME FANCIES. 76
- XIII. CAKES AND ALE OF YOUTH. 80
- XIV. AN OLD-FASHIONED COUNTRY-HOUSE. 86
- XV. THE CREAM OF THE JOKE. 92
- XVI. BITTER CHERRIES. 97
- XVII. PREPARATIONS FOR THE "FOURTH". 102
- XVIII. THE FOURTH OF JULY. 107
- XIX. BRAWLING BROOK. 113
- XX. THE DEVONSHIRE LOOSE. 118
- XXI. SNAKES IN THE GRASS. 124
- XXII. THE PAST AND THE PRESENT. 129
- XXIII. HOW WILL IT END? 134
- XXIV. WHAT CAME OF IT. 140
- XXV. THE STORY FINISHED. 145
- XXVI. ALL ABOUT A NEW BONNET. 150
- XXVII. BONNEY COMES HOME. 154
- XXVIII. AUNT SALLY. 159
- XXIX. PICNICKING. 166
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- XXX. ST. THOMAS'S DAY. 175
- XXXI. CHRISTMAS. 182
- XXXII. A CHRISTMAS STORY. 189
- XXXIII. THE STORY FOR CHRISTMAS. 199
- XXXIV. JEANNIE'S WEDDING. 212
- XXXV. SEEING THE OLD YEAR OUT. 216
- XXXVI. NEW-YEAR'S DAY. 219