His New Brother - Joseph Crosby LINCOLN

LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of His New Brother by Joseph Crosby Lincoln.This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for November 18, 2018.
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A friend has objected to the title of this book on the ground that, as many of the characters and scenes described are to be found in almost any coast village of the United States, the title might, with equal fitness, be "New Jersey Ballads," or "Long Island Ballads," or something similar.

The answer to this is, simply, the particular specimens here dealt with were individuals whom the author knew in his boyhood "down on the Cape." So, "Cape Cod Ballads" it is. - The author from the introduction.