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Theodore Roosevelt’s Letters to His Children
Yesterday at dinner we were talking of how badly poor Mrs. Blank looked, and Kermit suddenly observed in an aside to Ethel, entirely unconscious that we were listening: “Oh, Effel, I’ll tell you what Mrs. Blank looks like: Like Davis’ hen dat died—you know, de one dat couldn’t hop up on de perch.” Naturally, this is purely a private anecdote.
Theodore
Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt’s Letters to His Children

Theodore Roosevelt

The letters included in this volume were written by Theodore Roosevelt to his children during a period of more than twenty years. Deep and abiding love of children, of family and home—this was the dominating passion of his life. Whenever he was separated from them—in the Spanish War, or on a hunting trip, or because they were at school—he sent his children these messages of constant thought and love, for they were never for a moment out of his mind and heart.

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Contents

  Introduction
EDITED BY JOSEPH BUCKLIN BISHOP
NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS, 1919
NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 1999

  1. IN THE SPANISH WAR
  2. YOUTHFUL BIBLE COMMENTATORS
  3. FINE NAMES FOR GUINEA PIGS
  4. A COUGAR AND LYNX HUNT
  5. DOGS THAT CLIMB TREES
  6. THE PIG NAMED MAUDE
  7. ADVICE AND NEWS
  8. ARCHIE AND QUENTIN
  9. INCIDENTS OF HOME-COMING
  10. UNCLE REMUS AND WHITE HOUSE PETS
  11. THE DOG “GEM
  12. PRESIDENTIAL NURSE FOR GUINEA PIGS
  13. THANKSGIVING IN THE WHITE HOUSE
  14. A WHITE HOUSE CHRISTMAS
  15. TOM QUARTZ AND JACK
  16. A FAR WESTERN TRIP
  17. TAME WILD CREATURES
  18. WESTERN CUSTOMS AND SCENERY
  19. TREASURES FOR THE CHILDREN
  20. MORE TREASURES
  21. A HOMESICK PRESIDENT
  22. JOSIAH’S PASSIONATE DAY
  23. LOVES AND SPORTS OF THE CHILDREN
  24. A PRESIDENT AT PLAY
  25. TTED ON A HUNTING TRIP
  26. END OF SUMMER AT OYSTER BAY
  27. VALUABLEST” KIND OF RABBITS
  28. A PREACHING LETTER
  29. PROPER PLACE FOR SPORTS
  30. CONCERNING GETTING “SMASHED
  31. THE ART OF UNCLE REMUS
  32. A RIDE AND A PILLOW FIGHT
  33. STUDY AND PLAY
  34. QUENTIN’S FIRST FALL
  35. HOMESICK FOR SAGAMORE HILL
  36. JOY OVER A FOOTBALL VICTORY
  37. VICE-MOTHER OF THE CHILDREN
  38. QUENTIN’S SIXTH BIRTHDAY
  39. A PRESIDENT’S POOR PROTECTION
  40. TED’S SPRAINED ANKLE
  41. THE SUPREME CHRISTMAS JOY
  42. A DAY WITH A JUGGLER
  43. MERITS OF MILITARY AND CIVIL LIFE
  44. ROOT AND TAFT
  45. SENATOR HANNA’S DEATH
  46. IRRITATING REMARK BY QUENTIN
  47. JAPANESE WRESTLING
  48. LOVE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE
  49. PETER RABBIT’S FUNERAL
  50. CHARMS OF VALLEY FORGE
  51. WASHINGTON’S COMPANIONS AT VALLEY FORGE
  52. ON THE EVE OF NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT
  53. BILL THE LIZARD
  54. ON THE EVE OF ELECTION
  55. BIG JIM WHITE
  56. WINTER LIFE IN THE WHITE HOUSE
  57. PLAYMATE OF THE CHILDREN
  58. A JAPANESE BOY’S LETTER
  59. OCOUNTING DAYS AND WRESTLING
  60. SPRING IN WASHINGTON
  61. A HUNTING TRIP
  62. ABERNETHY THE WOLF HUNTER
  63. PRAIRIE GIRLS
  64. BEARS, BOBCATS AND SKIP
  65. HOME AGAIN WITH SKIP
  66. SKIP IN THE WHITE HOUSE
  67. OFFICERS OF TOGO’S FLEET
  68. A PRESIDENT AS COOK
  69. QUENTIN’S QUAINT SAYINGS
  70. ADVICE REGARDING NEWSPAPER ANNOYANCES
  71. INCIDENTS OF A SOUTHERN TRIP
  72. POETS AND PRINCES
  73. NOVELS AND GAMES
  74. CHRISTMAS PRESENT TO HIS OLD NURSE
  75. DICKENS AND THACKERAY
  76. A TRIBUTE TO ARCHIE
  77. PILLOW FIGHTS WITH THE BOYS
  78. SORROWS OF SKIP
  79. AINTERESTING CIRCUS EXPERIENCE
  80. A BIG AND LONELY WHITE HOUSE
  81. A NEW PUPPY AND A NEW HORSE
  82. A QUENTIN ANECDOTE
  83. A VISIT TO WASHINGTON’S BIRTHPLACE
  84. MORE ABOUT DICKENS
  85. NPLACE LIKE SAGAMORE HILL
  86. ATTIC DELIGHTS
  87. PRESIDENTIAL RESCUE OF A KITTEN
  88. SPORTS OF QUENTIN AND ARCHIE
  89. SKIP AND ARCHIE
  90. A TURKEY HUNT AT PINE KNOT
  91. PETS ON SHIPBOARD
  92. NAMES OF THE GUNS
  93. REFLECTIONS ON THE WAY
  94. EVENTS SINCE COLUMBUS’S DISCOVERY
  95. PRIDE IN AMERICA
  96. WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAW AT PANAMA
  97. ON THE WAY TO PORTO RICO
  98. WHAT HSAW IN PORTO RICO
  99. SICKNESS OF ARCHIE
  100. AT THE JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION
  101. GENERAL KUROKI
  102. TEMPORARY ABSENCE OF SKIP
  103. DEATH OF SKIP
  104. QUENTIN’S SNAKE ADVENTURE
  105. TRIALS OF A TRAVELLING PRESIDENT
  106. CHANGES OF THREE CENTURIES
  107. PECULIARITIES OF MISSISSIPPI STEAMBOATS
  108. THE LONE CAT OF THE CAMP
  109. SHOOTING THE BEAR
  110. QUENTIN’S “EXQUISITE JEST
  111. TOM PINCH
  112. MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT
  113. GOOD READING FOR PACIFISTS
  114. QUENTIN AS A BALL-PLAYER
  115. FOUR SHEEPISH SMALL BOYS
  116. JOHN BURROUGHS AND THE FLYING SQUIRRELS
  117. BEAUTY OF WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS
  118. QUENTIN AND A BEEHIVE
  119. QUENTIN AND TURNER
  120. QUENTIN AND THE PIG
  121. A PRESIDENTIAL FALL
  122. MORE ABOUT QUENTIN
  123. TRIBUTE TO KERMIT
  124. LONGING FOR HOME
  125. THE LAST HUNT
  126. QUENTIN GROWN-UP