“Smiles” A Book of Recitations for Girls by Alice Lewis Richards
COPYRIGHT, 1899
Contents
Preface
Dedication
Poem 1. Robin’s Return
Poem 2. Papa’s Best Girl
Poem 3. Does Jesus Know?
Poem 4. Lila’s Conclusion
Poem 5. Emma’s Ideal
Poem 6. Alice’s Choice
Poem 7. What Janie Thinks
Poem 8. Myrtle’s Letter
Poem 9. Only a Sparrow
Poem 10. May’s Apple-Tree
Poem 11. Teaching a Lesson
Poem 12. The Little Crib Bed
Poem 13. Robin’s Farewell
Poem 14. The Foolish Flowers
Poem 15. Grandpa and Pet
Poem 16. When I Was a Baby
Poem 17. Dot’s New Leaf
Poem 18. Dreaming, Sweetly Dreaming
Poem 19. The Snowdrop’s Call
Poem 20. When Brother Was a Sister
Poem 21. We’re Only Little Children
Poem 22. A Dream of Easter
Poem 23. Mother Robin
Poem 24. Mabel Gray
Poem 25. The Naughty Crow
Poem 26. The Birds’ Good-Night
Poem 27. Santa’s Queer Joke
Poem 28. Little Sunbeams
Poem 29. Where Do Babies Go?
Poem 30. When My Kitty Was a Kitten
Poem 31. The Busy Little Housekeeper
Poem 32. Grandma’s Pocket
Poem 33. What Good Is a Brother?
Poem 34. Mr. Hop-Toad
Poem 35. Minnie’s Secret
Poem 36. Nellie’s Easter Eggs
Poem 37. When Dolly Was Sick
Poem 38. Auntie’s Parlor
Poem 39. Off to School We Go
Poem 40. Clarabel’s Valentine
Poem 41. Thanksgiving at Grandma’s
Poem 42. Dolly Days
Poem 43. That Giggle
Poem 44. Marion’s Lament
Poem 45. When I’m a Big Girl
Poem 46. What the Bells Said
Poem 47. Why?
Poem 48. Because
Poem 49. How Hazel Kept House
Poem 50. Drops of Honey
Poem 51. When My Dolly Went to School
Poem 52. Three Little Kittens
Poem 53. The Spider’s Parlor
Poem 54. Mother Goose’s Dinner Party
Poem 55. Olive’s Advice
Poem 56. The Old and the New
Poem 57. Pa’s Ways
Poem 58. The Spider and the Bee
Poem 59. Kitty Bell
Poem 60. The Birds’ Party
Poem 61. January
Poem 62. February
Poem 63. March
Poem 64. April
Poem 65. May
Poem 66. June
Preface
In writing this little book of recitations it has been the aim of the author to help fill a long-felt want, namely: A work written especially for children; with recitations suitable for all occasions, that will please the children.
Any little girl can find in this book “some piece to speak,” from the time she learns to talk until the time shall arrive for her to lay away her dollies for other joys that come with later years.
A. L. R.
