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Nur-i-Afshan V.11 no.32 August 1907
No full textContents: Foreign telegrams [Letter] - Editorial notes - A philosopher's talk to scientists [Article] - Don't worry [Poetry] by Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916 - A freethinkers tribute to the Bible - A Swedish prodigal - They have taken away our Lord [Poetry] - How iron rusts - Why is morning air fresh and sweet?
This volume of Nur-i-Afshan published weekly on Fridays from Ludhiana
Nur-i-Afshan V.11 no.10 March 1907
No full textContents: Foreign telegrams [Letter] - Editorial notes - Let something good be said [Poetry] by Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916 - A notable instance of the negro in politics by Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915 - The courage of punctuality - What shall I render unto the Lord? [Poetry] - The middle age compared with modern times
This volume of Nur-i-Afshan published weekly on Fridays from Ludhiana
Nur-i-Afshan V.11 no.21 May 1907
No full textContents: Foreign telegrams [Letter] - Editorial notes - The child in the garden [Poetry] by Dyke, Henry Van, 1852-1933 - How to come to Jesus [Article] by Cuyler, Theodore L., 1822-1909 - A Jewish tribute to Christianity - It's ""got"" to be [Poetry] by Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916
This volume of Nur-i-Afshan published weekly on Fridays from Ludhiana
Letter, 1903, Indiana to Edmund Eitel, Ithaca, New York
No full textLetter from Riley to his nephew at Cornell University teasing him about how short his most recent letter was and commenting on how much he is missed. Riley mentions that he is preparing to go on the lecture circuit
Autobiography of James Whitcomb Riley
No full textHumorous account of Riley's life including details of his youth, family, various jobs, personal appearance, and what makes his poetry special
Letter, 1908, Indiana to Edmund Eitel, Boston, Massachusetts
No full textLetter tells of his recent health problems. He is glad to hear that his nephew is doing well in school and enclosed an article from a newspaper
Man Who Found Pleasures
No full text<br><br>A man who found a pleasures in<br> the sternest duties—who truly<br> loved his fellow and was<br> happy in his happiness, where<br> life was a continual good<br> deed<br
Letter, 1888, Indianapolis, Indiana to Mr. Gilder
No full textRiley requests assistance naming a poem, and teases Mr. Gilder about never sending a cast of The Keats masque and a picture of himself as promised.Indianapolis, May 12,<br>–1888–<br><br>Dear Mr. Gilder—can’t you, someway, help me out with the enclosed? I can’t, to save me, find the name of it. It’ll make a “great” reading—and how will it print —or illustrate–both? Someways I shudder for it—someways bet on it big, Anyway, you must tell me what’s to become of it—and I do hope it may strike You happily, and as a new thing anyhow.<br><br> Very Truly,<br> JWRiley.<br><br>Some vague and shadowy leagues back in the misty past you said you’d send me a clear white caste of The Keats masque—And eke a picture of yourself. Where are they? Mr. Johnson likewise engaged to do as much. No wonder your contributors are such liars. But all love to you the same and “on both your houses!”<br><br>Let me hear promptly as possible regarding poem If our dear and quaint old Richard Malcomb Johnson were naming it, wouldn’t it be captioned— “The Changed Conditions of Mr. Flukeus?” But what is its name? —Two Old Friends?—A Pair of Them?—“Two of a Kind”—or what?<br> JWR<br
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