"James Whitcomb Riley" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... I recall the putting into shape of a "Real Conversation" with James Whitcomb Riley, the material for which had been gained in a visit to Greenfield, Riley's native town, during ...
— A Daughter of the Middle Border • Hamlin Garland
... didn't know anything about the Italian poets except the really necessary ones, such as Dante and Petrarch, and as little as possible of them. Then he asked about the American ones, and seemed interested in Walt Whitman and Eugene Field and James Whitcomb Riley, all of whom I can ...
— My Friend the Chauffeur • C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
... talking of their grandchildren. It seems so difficult to realize that one's self is old; indeed, I don't believe I ever shall." While in Indianapolis she met for the first time her distinguished compatriot, James Whitcomb Riley, who afterwards wrote to her recalling the occasion of their meeting in his own gentle, kindly way. I ...
— The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson • Nellie Van de Grift Sanchez |
