Hen Mr. Whittier, a few years before his death, supervised the definitive Riverside edition of his Poems, he classified them under sev eral heads, among them being Poems Subjective and Reminiscent. In this group he placed Snow Bound, Memories, Ego, The Barefoot Boy, My Psalm, In school-days, Response, TO my Sister, and others which were now disclosures Of himself with the frankness of a Friend bearing testimony, now vivid recollections Of the early years of his life; for as with poets in general, Memory Often beckoned Imagination to come and sit in the cool shade of youth.

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