HOPE FARM NOTES
BY
HERBERT W. COLLINGWOOD
REPRINTED FROM
THE RURAL NEW YORKER
NEW YORK
HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY
1921
COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY
HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY, INC.
THE QUINN & BODEN COMPANY
RAHWAY, N. J.
To
L. D. C. and A. F. C.
who represent
“The Hen with one Chicken”
and
The Chicken.
Most of these notes were originally printed in theRural New-Yorker from week to week and coveringa period of about 20 years. Many readers of that magazinehave expressed the desire to have a collection ofthem in permanent form. It has been no easy taskto make a selection, and I wish to acknowledge herethe great help which I have received from my daughter,Ava F. Collingwood, in arranging this matter. It hasbeen thought best to arrange the notes in chronologicalorder. “A Hope Farm Sermon,” and “Grandmother”were originally printed in 1902. The others followin the order of their original publication. The readermust understand that the children alluded to representtwo distinct broods,—the second brood appearing justafter the sketch entitled “Transplanting the YoungIdea.” From the very first the object of these notes hasbeen to picture simply and truthfully the brighter,cheerful side of Farm Life.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| The Sunny Side of the Barn | 1 |
| A Hope Farm Sermon | 21 |
| Grandmother | 26 |
| Laughter and Religion | 33 |
| A Day in Florida | 38 |
| The Baseball Game | 45 |
| Transplanting the Young Idea | 51 |
| The Sleepless Man | 58 |
| Lincoln’s Birthday | 63 |
| Uncle Ed’s Philosophy | 69 |
| A God-forsaken Place | 75 |
| Louise | 82 |
| Christmas Every Day | 88 | ...