Author:James Whitcomb Riley
Works
editCollections
edit- Poems by James Whitcomb Riley (1913, published for the British market) (start transcription)
- Riley Favorites (1913) (start transcription)
- The James Whitcomb Riley Reader (1915) (start transcription)
- The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley (1916, Bobbs-Merrill ed.) in 10 vols. (transcription volumes: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
- The Hoosier Book of Riley Verse (1916) (start transcription)
Poetry
edit- in The Old Swimmin-hole, and 'Leven More Poems as Benj. F. Johnson, of Boone (1883) (start transcription), later published as Neghborly Poems on Friendship Grief and Farm-Life or Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches (1891) (start transcription) (1899 edition (start transcription))
- The Boss Girl (1885) (start transcription)
- in Afterwhiles (1887) (start transcription)
- Nye and Riley's Railway Guide (1888, republished as Fun, Wit, and Humor, Poems and Yarns: Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor, Poems and Yarns, On the Shoestring Limited, with poems by Riley, prose by Bill Nye) (start transcription)
- Pipes o' Pan at Zekesbury (1888) (start transcription) (1892 edition with a different interlude (start transcription))
- Old-Fashioned Roses (1889) (start transcription)
- in Rhymes of Childhood (1890) (start transcription) and 1894 (start transcription)
- The Flying Islands of the Night (1891) (start transcription) (1899 edition (start transcription), 1913 illustrated edition (start transcription))
- in Sketches in Prose, and occasional verses (1891) (start transcription)
- Green Fields and Running Brooks (1892) (start transcription)
- Poems Here at Home (1893) (start transcription)
- in Armazindy (1894) (start transcription)
- The Days Gone By and Other Poems (1895) (start transcription)
- A Tinkle of Bells and Other Poems (1895) (start transcription)
- A Child-World (1896) (start transcription)
- Rubáiyát of Doc Sifers (1897) (start transcription)
- The Golden Year (1898) Daily poems (start transcription)
- Riley Love-Lyrics (1899) (start transcription)
- Home-Folks (1900) (start transcription)
- Riley Farm-Rhymes (1901) (start transcription)
- Eccentric Mr. Clark (1901) (start transcription)
- The Book of Joyous Children (1902) (start transcription)
- "An Old Sweetheart of Mine" (1902) (start transcription)
- His Pa's Romance (1903) (start transcription)
- A Defective Santa Claus (1904)
- Gems from Riley (1904) (start transcription)
- Out to Old Aunt Mary's (1904) (start transcription)
- Riley Songs o' Cheer (1905) (start transcription)
- Riley Child-Rhymes (1905) (start transcription)
- While the Heart Beats Young (1906) (start transcription)
- The Runaway Boy (1906) (start transcription)
- The Boys of the Old Glee Club (1907) (start transcription)
- The Raggedy Man (1907) (start transcription)
- in Morning (1907) (start transcription)
- Harvest of Thoughts (by Aaron Belford Thompson, introduction by Riley, 1907) (start transcription)
- Jewels from James Whitcomb Riley (1907) (start transcription)
- Riley Songs of Summer (1908) (start transcription)
- Little Orphan Annie (1908, also titled Ef You Don't Watch Out) (start transcription)
- Home Again with Me (1908) (start transcription)
- Riley Roses (1909) (start transcription)
- A Hoosier Romance (1909) (start transcription)
- Old School Day Romances (1909) (start transcription)
- Flowers and Fruits from Riley (1909) (start transcription)
- Riley Songs of Home (1910) (start transcription)
- The Girl I Loved (1910) (start transcription)
- Down Around the River and Other Poems (1911) (start transcription)
- The Lockerbie Book of Riley Verse (1911) (start transcription)
- When She Was About Sixteen (1911) (start transcription)
- When the Frost Is on the Punkin and Other Poems (1911) (start transcription)
- The Boy Lives on Our Farm (1911) (start transcription)
- Knee-Deep in June and Other Poems (1912) (start transcription)
- The Prayer Perfect and Other Poems (1912) (start transcription)
- All the Year Round (1912) (start transcription)
- The Riley Baby Book (1913) Autograph verses (facsimile) (start transcription)
- The Rose (1913) (start transcription)
- Good-Bye Jim (1913) (start transcription)
- The Glad Sweet Face of Her (1914) (start transcription)
- Riley Songs of Friendship (1915) (start transcription)
- The Old Soldier's Story (1915) (start transcription)
- The Old Times (1915) (start transcription)
- The Name of Old Glory: Poems of Patriotism (1917, with an introduction by Booth Tarkington) (start transcription)
- Riley Hoosier Stories (1917) (start transcription)
- Riley Fairy Tales (1923) (start transcription)
Individual poems
editWorks about Riley
edit- Early Recollections of James Whitcomb Riley (1902, by Major Ridgeway) (start transcription)
- James Whitcomb Riley in Prose and Picture (1903, John A. Howland) (start transcription)
- In Honor of James Whitcomb Riley (1906) (start transcription)
- Some Indiana Writers and Poets (1908, by Alonzo Leora Rice) (start transcription)
- In Lockerbie Street: a little appreciation of James Whitcomb Riley (1909) a book by Mabel Potter Daggett.
- "Riley, James Whitcomb," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
- "Riley, James Whitcomb" in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
- "James Whitcomb Riley" (1913), a poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar.
- "Tribute to James Whitcomb Riley" (1915) on his 66th birthday, by Philadelphia poet Florence Earle Coates.
- Reminiscences of James Whitcomb Riley (1916) by Clara E. Laughlin. (start transcription)
- A Tribute to James Whitcomb Riley and Other Poems (1917, Thomas Howard Hudson) (start transcription)
- The Youth of James Whitcomb Riley: Fortune's Way with the Poet from Infancy to Manhood (1919, by Marcus Dickey) (start transcription)
- The Faith of the People's Poet, James Whitcomb Riley (1920, Daniel L. Marsh) (start transcription)
- Riley Readings with Living Pictures (1921) by Laura Christine Wegner, Riley's poems converted into stage presentations (start transcription)
- Orphan Annie Story Book (1921 by Johnny Gruelle, based on a poem by Riley and dedicated to his memory) (start transcription)
- The Vinegar Buyer: Sharp Sayings of Sharp People (1922, by Ezra Kendall, based on the poem "Jap Miller") (start transcription)
- Commemorative Tribute to James Whitcomb Riley (1922, by Hamlin Garland) (start transcription)
- The Maturity of James Whitcomb Riley: Fortune's Way with the Poet in the Prime of Life and After (1922, by Marcus Dickey) (start transcription)
Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1930, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.
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