Excerpt from Reminiscences of James Whitcomb Riley There had been nothing in those solemn letters of mine to prepare him for the chit of a thing who answered to my name; and the disparity between his preconception of me and the individual I turned out to be amused him more than a little His mental picture of me had been that of a very spinsterly middle-aged Presbyterian person, whose lack of acquaintance with the world was pathetically evident just the one to revel in those peach baskets full of poetry! He ad mitted that his disappointment was acute. But he made the best of it and did not allow me to feel too chagrined. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.