Literary BywaysFront matterReading editionChapter navigation24 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterPreface.Authors at Work.The Earnings of Authors.“Declined with Thanks.”Epigrams on Authors.Poetical Graces.Poetry on Panes.English Folk-Rhymes.The Poetry of Toast Lists and Menu Cards.Toasts and Toasting.Curious American Old-Time Gleanings.The Earliest American Poetess: Anne Bradstreet.A Playful Poet: Miss Catherine Fanshawe.A Popular Song Writer: Mrs. John Hunter.A Poet of the Poor: Mary Pyper.The Poet of the Fisher-Folk: Mrs. Susan K. Phillips.A Poet and Novelist of the People: Thomas Miller.The Cottage Countess.The Compiler of “Old Moore’s Almanac,” Henry Andrews.James Nayler, The Mad Quaker, who claimed to be the Messiah.A Biographical Romance. Swan’s Strange Story.Short Letters.Index.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →Preface.All chapters and sections (24)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsPreface.Authors at Work.The Earnings of Authors.“Declined with Thanks.”Epigrams on Authors.Poetical Graces.Poetry on Panes.English Folk-Rhymes.The Poetry of Toast Lists and Menu Cards.Toasts and Toasting.Curious American Old-Time Gleanings.The Earliest American Poetess: Anne Bradstreet.A Playful Poet: Miss Catherine Fanshawe.A Popular Song Writer: Mrs. John Hunter.A Poet of the Poor: Mary Pyper.The Poet of the Fisher-Folk: Mrs. Susan K. Phillips.A Poet and Novelist of the People: Thomas Miller.The Cottage Countess.The Compiler of “Old Moore’s Almanac,” Henry Andrews.James Nayler, The Mad Quaker, who claimed to be the Messiah.A Biographical Romance. Swan’s Strange Story.Short Letters.Index.Literary Byways By William AndrewsLONDON: WILLIAM ANDREWS & CO., 5, FARRINGDON AVENUE, E.C. 1898.◇Preface. →