The Call of the Mountains and other Poems By James E. Pickering Author of "The King's Temptation," "The Cap of Care," etc. London A. C. Fifield, Clifford's Inn, E.C. 1913 PRINTED BY WILLIAM BRENDON AND SON, LTD. PLYMOUTH The Cap of Care By James E. Pickering Grey Board Series, No. 18. 1s. net "Mr. Pickering's metrical faculties are as deft and cunning as those of anyone now writing verse."—Athenæum. A. C. Fifield, 13 Clifford's Inn, E.C. Contents The Call of the Mountains The Old Manor House The Science Master Through the Centuries Winter Pain and Death Switzerland Burial at Sea The Master of the Marionettes Love's Counterfeit The Most Precious Thing Autumn To L Duty