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“THE SPARROWGRASS PAPERS,” BY FREDERIC S. COZZENS;
Derby & Jackson, New York; 1860, pp. ix-xii.

CONTENTS.

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CHAPTER I.

Living in the Country — Rural Anticipations — Early Rising — Baked Hippopotami — Our New Chickens — A Discovery — The Advantages of having a Watch-Dog in the Country — A Finale to the First Garden, and Unpleasant Prospects for the Future. — PAGE 13.

CHAPTER II.

We conclude to give the Country another Year’s Trial — Spring Birds — Mr. Sparrowgrass becomes the Owner of a Boat — A Visit from a Friend — First Experience with a Fish-net — An Irishmen in a Fyke — Exchange of Civilities and Cucumbers — Bate’s Cow, and a Hint to Horticulturists — Local Designations. — PAGE 19.

CHAPTER III.

The Clouds in the Country — A Thunder-Shower — Mr. Sparrowgrass buys a Bugle — Ineffectual Music — A Serenade and an Interruption — First Fruits — A Surprise, and the Entire Loss of our Cherry Crop. — PAGE 30.

CHAPTER IV.

Mrs. Sparrowgrass discourses of Social Life in the Rural Districts — Town and Country — A Rural Party — The Advantages of dressing in a Plain Way — Our New Dog — Autumnal Scenery — A Family Acqueduct. — PAGE 41.

CHAPTER V.

Children in Town and Country — A Mistake about a Lady — The Menagerie — Amusement for Children — Winter Scenery — Another Amusement for Children — Sucker Fishing — General Washington. — PAGE 52.

CHAPTER VI.

An Event — Wolfert’s Roost — The Nepperhan and its Legends — Mr. Sparrowgrass descends to the Infernal Regions on a Dumb Waiter — Carrier Pigeons and Roosters — The great Polish Exile — Poetry — Altogether a Chapter of Birds. — PAGE 64.

CHAPTER VII.

A Country Fire-place — Lares and Penates — Sentiment — Spring Vegetables in the Germ — A Garden on Paper — Warm Weather — A Festa — An Irruption of Noseologists — Constitutional Law, and so forth. — PAGE 79.

CHAPTER VIII.

Mr. Sparrowgrass concludes to buy a Horse — Reminiscences of Bloomingdale — The difference between now and then — A Horse as can go — An Artist Story — Godiva — Homeward and Outward Bound — The Curtained Dais of the Life School — A new “Lady of Coventry.” — PAGE 94.

CHAPTER IX.

A horse of another color — Ancient and Modern Points of a Horse — A suspected Organ and Retrograde Movement — Mr. Sparrowgrass buys the Horse that belongs to the Man’s Brother — A valuable Hint as to Stable-building — A Morning Ride, and a Discovery — Old Dockweed — An Evening Ride, and a Catastrophe. — PAGE 118.

CHAPTER X.

Children — An Interrupted Discourse — Mrs. Sparrowgrass makes a Brilliant Remark — Philadelphia Phrases — Another Interruption — Quakers — A few Quakeristics — A Quaker Baby — The Early Quakers — John Woolman — Thomas Lurting — Broadbrims in a Cathedral — And a Friendly Suggestion. — PAGE 132.

CHAPTER XI.

Our new Horse improves — He is loaned to a Neighbor, and disgraces himself — Autumnal Vegetation — The Palisades and Rock Cataract — An Agreeable Surprise — Mr. Sparrowgrass takes a short trip to the County of Broome — Meets with a Disappointment on his Return, but indulges in a flowing vein of “Adversity’s sweet milk.” — PAGE 146.

CHAPTER XII.

Our New Barber — Reminiscences of our Old Barber — A Dog of another Color — October Woods — A Party on the Water — Home, Sweet Home, with Variations (flute obligato) — A row to the Palisades — Iroquois Legend — Return to the Cottage. — PAGE 160.

CHAPTER XIII.

The Children are sent to School — Old Soldiers — An Invitation, and Cruel Disappointment — Our Eldest begins to show Symptoms of the Tender Passion — Poetry — The Melodies of Mother Goose — Little Posterity by the Wayside — A Casualty — The Drowning of Poor Little Tommy. — PAGE 188.

CHAPTER XIV.

Winter once more — Mr. Sparrowgrass feels as if he would like to Chirp a little — Thomas Fuller, D.D. — The Good Wife — Old Dockweed again — A Barrel of Cider — News of the Saddle and Bridle — Superior Tactics of the Village Teamster — Christmas — Great Preparations — Christmas Carols and Masques — A Suggestion of Mrs. Sparrowgrass. — PAGE 195.

CHAPTER XV.

An offer for the Horse — Difficulty of Shipping him according to the Terms of Bill of Lading — Anticipations — Marine Sketch — Mrs. Sparrowgrass buys a Patent Bedstead — An essay on Mechanical Forces, and Suggestions in regard to a Bronze Legislature — The New Bedstead is tried and found — “not available.” — PAGE 208.

CHAPTER XVI.

Casualties will occur — Ice and ice-houses — A hint from the Flowery Nation — Baldwin’s Pond — Skaters — Our horse gets into business and is launched upon an ice island — A Derrick — The result thereof. — PAGE 225.

CHAPTER XVII.

The great Snow-storm — A quotation from Samuel — Recollections of Town — What we then thought — A Song — Scraps in a Commonplace-book — An old epistle — And anticipations. — PAGE 233.

CHAPTER XVIII.

A Conference in the Library — Mr. Sparrowgrass writes and Essay — Life in Town and Life in the Rural Districts — Mrs. Sparrowgrass continues the theme — Two Pictures from Nature — and the Last Word. — PAGE 244.

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CHAPTER I.

CAPTAIN DAVIS, — a Californian Ballad, . . . 267.

CHAPTER I.

CAPTAIN BELGRAVE, . . . 288.

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