Point Lace and Diamonds

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Title: Point Lace and Diamonds
Author: George A. Baker, Jr.
Illustrator: Francis Day
Release Date: August 21, 2005 [EBook #16568]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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POINT LACE AND DIAMONDS?BY?GEORGE A. BAKER, JR.
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
[Illustration]
NEW YORK?FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY?MDCCCXCIII
Copyrighted in 1875, by F.B. Patterson.
Copyright, 1886,?By White, Stokes, & Allen.
CONTENTS.
PAGE
Retrospection 1
A Rosebud in Lent 4
A Reformer 5
In the Record Room, Surrogate's Office 6
De Lunatico 8
Pro Patria et Gloria 11
After the German 15
An Idyl of the Period 17
Chivalrie 22
A Piece of Advice 24
_Zwei K?nige auf Orkadal_ 27
A Song 28
Making New Year's Calls 30
Jack and Me 34
Les Enfants Perdus 37
Chinese Lanterns 40
Thoughts on the Commandments 43
Marriage _�� la Mode_. A Trilogy 45
The "Stay-at-Home's" Plaint 58
The "Stay-at-Home's" P?an 62
Eight Hours 65
Sleeping Beauty