The Village Magazine (1925)
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Title: The Village Magazine
Editor: Vachel Lindsay.
Place of publication: Springfield, Illinois, USA.
Publisher: Jeffersons Printing Company, Springfield, Illinois, USA
Date: 1925
Price: not for sale
Size: 31.5 cm

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Vachel Lindsay, 'Table of Contents and General Elucidation', i - vii
        "         , 'In Memory of a Good Printer N. M. Naylor', viii - x
        "         , 'The Village Magazine', pp. 1 - 4
Section One: My Gang
Vachel Lindsay, 'The Bottle Volcanic', p. 6
        "         , 'Self portrait of the author', illustration, p. 7
        "         , 'Contents of an Ink Bottle', illustration, p. 8
        "         , 'The Tramp's Excuse', illustration, p. 9
        "         , 'The Wizzard Wind', pp. 10 - 11
        "         , 'Crickets on a Strike', p. 12
        "         , 'The Village Improvement Parade', pp. 13 - 19
        "         , 'Indian Summer', p. 20
        "         , 'The Humble Bumble Bee', p. 21
        "         , 'The Sorceress', p. 22
        "         , 'For a "Society" Girl', p. 23
        "         , 'The Empty Boats', p. 24
        "         , 'Hieroglyphic of the Soul of a Spider', p. 25
        "         , 'Hieroglyphic of the Soul of a Butterfly', p. 26
        "         , 'The Wedding of the Rose and the Lotus', pp. 27 - 29
        "         , 'Dancing for a Prize (to Sara Teasdale, Poet) ', pp. 30 - 31
        "         , 'The Visit to Mab', pp. 32 - 33
        "         , 'What Mr. Moon Said to Me', pp. 34 - 35
        "         , 'The Traveller', pp. 36 - 37
        "         , 'The Rose of Midnight', p. 38
        "         , 'The Moon-Worms', pp. 40 - 41
        "         , 'The Candle-Moon', pp. 42 - 43
        "         , 'The Censer-Moon', pp. 44 - 45
Section Two: The Soul of the City and The Soul of the Village
Vachel Lindsay, 'An Editorial on Conversion', p. 48
        "         , 'The Soul of the City Receives the Gift of the Holy Spirit', pp. 49 - 64
        "         , 'The Milkweed, the Sunflower and the Robin ', p. 65
        "         , 'The Taj Mahal', pp. 66 - 67
        "         , 'An Editorial for the Wise Man in the Metropolis', pp. 68 - 76
        "         , 'The Angel and the Clown', pp. 77 - 78
        "         , 'An Editorial on the Holiness of Beauty', p. 79
        "         , 'Drink for Sale', p. 80
        "         , 'Hunger and Thirst', p. 81
        "         , 'On Reading Omar Khayyam', pp. 82 - 83
        "         , 'A Little Dryad', pp. 84 - 85
        "         , 'An Editorial for the Art Student', pp. 86 - 87
        "         , 'The Cornfields', p. 88
        "         , 'The Illinois Village', pp. 89 - 92
        "         , 'Concerning the Acorns on the Cover', p. 93
        "         , 'A Song, When the May Queen was Angry and Wicked', p. 94
Section Three: Being the Irrelevant Section
Vachel Lindsay, 'Quiz, Or The Beatle's Dream', p. 96
        "         , 'The Storm Flower', pp. 98 - 99
        "         , 'The Spider and the Ghost of the Fly', p. 100
        "         , 'The Battle', p. 101
        "         , 'A Song in July', p. 102
Interregnum of About Ten Years, Say 1910 to 1920
Vachel Lindsay, 'A Page of Owls', p. 103
        "         , 'The Land Horse and The Sea Horse', p. 104
        "         , 'A Page of Dangerous Beasts', p. 105
        "         , 'Girls We All Know', p. 106
        "         , 'A Nature Study Page', p. 107
        "         , 'A Frank Contribution to Current Discussion ', p. 108
Section Four: Golden Book Section
Vachel Lindsay, 'How the Golden Book will come Flying out of the Fireplaces', p. 110
        "         , 'Concerning Windows, Opening into Infinity ', p. 111
        "         , 'Concerning A Parade of Anvils with Cyclone Wings', p. 112
        "         , 'Certain Discussions of the Days of The Golden Book', pp. 113 - 119
        "         , 'A Discussion of the International Flag', p. 120
        "         , 'Fantasy of the Golden Book', pp. 121 - 124
Section Five: Poems from "Rhymes to be Traded for Bread"
Vachel Lindsay, 'Why I Fled from Duty', p. 126
        "         , 'Machinery', p. 126
        "         , 'Love and Law', p. 126
        "         , 'The Patient Witch', p. 126
        "         , 'The Flight of the Mona Lisa', p. 127
        "         , 'Formula for a Utopia', p. 127
        "         , 'To Those That Would Mend These Times', p. 127
        "         , 'To Those That Would Help the Fallen', p. 127
        "         , 'The Bush of Burning Spice', p. 128
        "         , 'The Lamp in the Window', p. 128
        "         , 'Look You, I'll Go Pray', p. 128
        "         , 'The Woman Called "Beauty" and Her Seven Dragons', p. 129
        "         , 'Dreams in the Slum', p. 129
        "         , 'The Tower Builder', p. 129
        "         , 'The Soul of a Butterfly', p. 130
        "         , 'The Perilous Road', p. 130
        "         , 'We Cannot Conquer Time', p. 131
        "         , 'Foreign Missions in Battle Array', p. 131
        "         , 'The Missionary Misgiving', p. 131
        "         , 'The Legislature', p. 131
        "         , 'The Pilgrims from Asia (In the Distant Future)', p. 132
        "         , 'Lazarus and Dives ', p. 132
Section Six: The War Bulletins July, 1909, to Christmas 1909
Vachel Lindsay, 'The War Bulletins: A Discussion', p. 134
        "         , 'A Letter and An Answer', pp. 134 - 135
War Bulletin Number One (July 19th, 1909)
Vachel Lindsay, 'Why a War Bulletin?', p. 136
        "         , 'The Golden-Faced People', pp. 136 - 139
        "         , 'Note on a War Bulletin Number Two', p. 139
War Bulletin Number Two (August 4th, 1909)
Vachel Lindsay, 'Why I Fight', p. 140
        "         , 'An Adventurer Gets Religion', pp. 140 - 143
        "         , 'Note on a War Bulletin Number Three', p. 143
War Bulletin Number Three (August 30th, 1909)
Vachel Lindsay, 'The Creed of a Beggar', p. 144
        "         , 'It May Be, Brother', pp. 144 - 145
        "         , 'A Confession', p. 145
        "         , 'Sermon for Strangers', pp. 145 - 146
        "         , 'The Flower of the Amaranth', pp. 146 - 147
        "         , 'An Exhortation', p. 147
        "         , 'The Boats of the Prophets', pp. 147 - 149
        "         , 'Note on War Bulletin Number Five', p. 149
War Bulletin Number Five (Thanksgiving Season, 1909)
Vachel Lindsay, 'A Defense of the Y. M. C. A.', p. 150
        "         , 'Give a Reception to Reps!', pp. 150 - 151
        "         , 'How the Ice Man Danced', pp. 151 - 153
        "         , 'Four Notes on the War Bulletins', p. 153
Sangamon County Peace Advocate Number One (Christmas, 1909)
Vachel Lindsay, 'Springfield Magical', p. 154
        "         , 'In the Dark Church', p. 154
        "         , 'The Shield of Lucifer', p. 154
        "         , 'Sweetheart Spring', p. 154
        "         , 'Sweetheart Summer', p. 154
        "         , 'Sweetheart Autumn', p. 154
        "         , 'Sweetheart Winter', p. 154
        "         , 'The Song of the Sturdy Snails', p. 155
        "         , 'Some Day Our Town Will Grow Old', p. 155
        "         , 'The Shield of Lucifer', illustration, p. 156
Tramp's Excuse: Extracts from War Bulletin Number Four, which was Officially known as "The Tramp's Excuse"
Vachel Lindsay, 'Preface', p. 158
        "         , 'Hymn to the Sun', p. 159
        "         , 'An August Afternoon', p. 159
        "         , 'The Faces That Pass', p. 159
        "         , 'Faith', p. 159
        "         , 'To the Maiden, Honest and Fine', p. 160
        "         , 'Revelry', p. 160
        "         , 'The Beggar's Vigil', p. 160
        "         , 'The Earth-Hunger', p. 160
        "         , 'The Beggar Monk', p. 161
        "         , 'In Heaven', p. 161
        "         , 'The Alchemist's Petition', p. 161
        "         , 'The Dream of King David in Heaven', p. 162
        "         , 'A Song for Good Knights', p. 162
        "         , 'The Cup of Paint', p. 162
        "         , 'The Soul of the Soubrette', p. 162
        "         , 'To the Sweet Singer of Israel', p. 163
        "         , 'God Send My Bosom a Song', p. 163
        "         , 'Babylon! My Babylon!', p. 163
        "         , 'The Little Yellow Bird of Weariness', p. 163
        "         , 'To Matthew Arnold', p. 164
        "         , 'The Queen of the Butterflies', p. 164
        "         , 'Parvenu', p. 164
        "         , 'Aladdin's Lamp', p. 164
        "         , 'I Heard Immanuel Singing', p. 165
        "         , 'To the Archangel Michael', p. 165
        "         , 'The Angel Frozen-Wings', p. 166
        "         , 'Outward Bound', p. 166
        "         , 'The Witch of Lake Michigan', p. 166
        "         , 'Couches of Earth and Gardens of Roses', p. 166
        "         , 'Explanation of "The Map of the Universe"', pp. 167 - 168
        "         , 'The Map of the Universe', p. 169