Author of "Cricket Songs" "Barty's Star" "A Country Muse" and otherworks.
1905
DEAR JOHN DENTON,
Not long ago you reminded me that once, when you were a boy and I wasa schoolmaster, I was angry with you because you pouted all through alesson in arithmetic. Let bygones be bygones, and accept as a proof ofmy continuing friendship the dedication of this little volume, inwhich there are no other sums than those of the Telegraph.
Most sincerely yours,
NORMAN GALE.
Here's to the lad with his useful Fifteen,
Here's to the Bowler that's thrifty,
Here's to the Bat who is Lord of the Green
With his frequent and thundering Fifty!
For their courtesy in allowing him to reprint some of these songs theAuthor thanks the Editor of The Westminster Gazette, PrinceRanjitsinhji, Mr. James Bowden, the Editor of The Country, and theEditor of The Sun.