CONTENTS By Way of Introduction A Theme, with Variations Unwritten Books Seed-Corn for Stories American Satires in Verse American Epigrams A Note on the Quatrain Carols of Cookery Recipes in Rhyme The Uncollected Poems of H. C. Bunner The Strangest Feat of Modern Magic At the time of original publication, Brander Matthews was Professor of Dramatic Literature in Columbia University, and a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.