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Southern Literature From 1579-1895

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A Confederate Exile on His Way to Mexico Sarah A. Dorsey 338

Address in Congress, 1800, on the Death of Washington Henry Lee 124

A Dream of the South Wind Paul H. Hayne 349

Advice to His Nephew George Washington 76

A Health E. C. Pinkney 232

Alamo, Fall of the 192

A Learned and Interesting Conversation Augusta E. Wilson 384

Allen, James Lane 398

Anecdotes of Alexander H. Stephens 296, 297

An Honest Man George Washington 73

Ante-bellum Civilization Henry W. Grady 416

Arber, Professor, on John Smith’s Writings 35

A Sage Conversation A. B. Longstreet 182

Ascent of Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina Christian Reid 409

Ascent of the James River, 1607 John Smith 42

Ashby John R. Thompson 318

Audubon, John James 153

Bacon, Nathaniel 330

Bagby, George William 332

Baldwin, Joseph G. 294

Barbe, Waitman 441

Battle of Noewee, 1776 John Drayton 129

Battle of San Jacinto, 1836 Sam Houston 193

Battle of the Blue Licks, Ky., 1782 400

Battle of Tohopeka, or Horse-Shoe Bend, Ala. 302

Bear Hunt David Crockett 175

Beauvoir 270, 273

Beautiful and the Poetical, The, Jas. Wood Davidson 373

Beauty is Holiness 395

Benton, Thomas Hart 158

“Be sure you are right,” David Crockett 178

Big John, on the Cherokees Bill Arp 327

Bill Arp (Charles Henry Smith) 326

Bivouac of the Dead Theodore O’Hara 308

Blind Preacher William Wirt 132

Boone, Daniel 401

British Treaty with the Cherokees, 1755 David Ramsay 105

Burning of Jamestown, 1676 St. George H. Tucker 330

Byrd, Evelyn 56

Byrd, William 54

Calhoun, John Caldwell 161

Calhoun and the Union 275

Calhoun, Death of 300

Capture of Fort Motte Henry Lee 120

Cause of the Texan War of Independence Sam Houston 190

Cawein, Madison 442

Changes Wrought by the War Z. B. Vance 360

Chanler, Mrs. Amélie Rives 431

Character of Washington James Madison 112

Cherokees, Big John on the Bill Arp 327

Clay, Henry 147

Closing Year, The George D. Prentice 228

Commerce and Wealth vs. War Hugh S. Legaré 217

Conscience George Washington 74

Cooke, Philip Pendleton 305

Cooke, John Esten 350

Corn-Shucking and Christmas Times 362

Country Gentleman in Virginia and His Wife John P. Kennedy 205

Country Gentlemen 360

Cow-Boy’s Song 339

Craddock, Charles Egbert, (Miss M. N. Murfree) 423

Crockett, David 173

Curry, Jabez Lamar Monroe 321

Dale, General Sam 302

Dandridge, Mrs. Danske 429

Daughter of Mendoza M. B. Lamar 223

Davidson, James Wood 373

Davis, Jefferson 269

Davis, Winnie 270

Davis, Mrs. Varina Jefferson 271

Davy Crockett’s Motto 178

Days of My Youth, or Resignation St. George Tucker 115

Death of Calhoun 300

Death of Lieutenant Herndon 249

Dedication Sonnet (to his Mother) Robert Burns Wilson 407

Deep-Sea Soundings M. F. Maury 247

Defence of Nullification John C. Calhoun 164

Demosthenes Hugh S. Legaré 219

DeSaussure, Judge, and Social Dining in Columbia 201

Discourses of Christ Thomas Jefferson 98

Dismal Swamp William Byrd 61

Dixie 444

Dixie and Yankee Doodle 319

Doom of Occonestoga Wm. Gilmore Simms 255

Dorsey, Mrs. Sarah Anne 336

Drayton, William Henry 87

Drayton, John 127

Dreaming in the Trenches Wm. Gordon McCabe 393

Duel Between Randolph and Clay, 1826 Thomas H. Benton 159

Duke of Saxe-Weimar in Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia, 1825 Hugh S. Legaré 221

Duties of a Judge John Marshall 118

Duty Robert E. Lee 266

England and America, Relations between J. L. M. Curry 322

English Katie Henry Timrod 344

Ennui 101

Establishment of the University of Virginia George Tucker 143

Fairbanks, George Rainsford 311

Fair Daughter of the Sun Robert Burns Wilson 406

Farewell Address to the American People, 1796 George Washington 77

Farewell to the Senate, 1861 Jefferson Davis 274

Farewell to the Senate, 1861 Robert Toombs 286

Father of His Country Henry Lee 124

First Indian Baptism in America Francis L. Hawks 225

“First in War, first in Peace” 124

Five Demands of the South 286

Florence Vane Philip Pendleton Cooke 305

Fort King, Florida 311

Fort Motte, Capture of Henry Lee 120

Freedom of Religious Opinion Thomas Jefferson 98

Gayarré, Charles Étienne Arthur 235

George the Third’s Abdication of Power in America William Henry Drayton 89

Gladstone’s Opinion of the United States 322

Goliad, Massacre at 192

Grady, Henry Woodfen 413

Grave of Dr. Elisha Mitchell 411

Gulf Stream M. F. Maury 246

Hampton at the Battle of Noewee, South Carolina, 1776 130

Happiness Edgar Allan Poe 281

Harland, Marion (Mrs. M. V. Terhune) 379

“Harnt” that Walks Chilhowee, The Charles Egbert Craddock 423

Harper’s Ferry, Scenery at 95

Harris, Joel Chandler 401

Harvest Home of the Indians John Lawson 53

Hatchet Story Mason L. Weems 126

Hawks, Francis Lister 224

Hayne, Robert Young 185

Hayne, Paul Hamilton 346

Hayne, William Hamilton 346

Helen, To Edgar Allan Poe 279

Henry, Patrick 82

Hermitage, General Jackson at The 271

Heroic Death of Lieutenant Herndon M. F. Maury 249

Hope, James Barron 370

Horse-Shoe Bend, Battle of 302

Houston, Sam 189

How Horse-Shoe and Andrew Captured Five Men John P. Kennedy 210

How Ruby Played George William Bagby 332

How to Answer Calumny George Washington 74

How to Deal with the Indians Sam Houston 196

Human Virtue R. E. Lee 266

Humming-Bird, The J. J. Audubon 157

Hymn for Magnolia Cemetery Henry Timrod 345

“If This Be Treason—” Patrick Henry 84

“I’ll HAUNT you,” 317

Indian Doom of Excommunication 255

Israfel Edgar Allan Poe 279

Jackson, General, at Home 271

Jamestown, Burning of, 1676 St. George H. Tucker 330

James Waddell, the Blind Preacher William Wirt 132

Jefferson, Thomas 91

Jefferson’s Last Letter, June 24, 1826 Thomas Jefferson 101

Jefferson’s Preference for Country Life George Tucker 142

Jefferson’s Religious Opinions at Twenty Thomas Jefferson 94

John Hook, Patrick Henry against William Wirt 135

Johnston, Richard Malcolm 314

Jones, Charles Colcock, Jr. 376

Jud. Brownin’s Account of Rubinstein’s Playing George William Bagby 332

Kennedy, John Pendleton 204

Key, Francis Scott 151

King, Grace 437

La Fayette, Madison’s Opinion of James Madison 110

La Grande Demoiselle Grace King 437

Lamar, Mirabeau Buonaparte 223

Land Where We Were Dreaming, The D. B. Lucas 388

Lanier, Sidney 394

Lanier, To Sidney Waitman Barbe 442

La Rabida 291

Last Letter of Jefferson, June 24, 1826 Thomas Jefferson 101

Laurens, Henry 67

Laurens, John, the “Bayard of the Revolution” 67

Laws of Government A. H. Stephens 297

Lawson, John 48

Lee, Henry 119

Lee, Robert Edward 265

Lee’s Last Order R. E. Lee 266

Lee’s Letter Accepting the Presidency of Washington College R. E. Lee 268

Legaré, Hugh Swinton 217

Letter to Martha Jefferson Thomas Jefferson 100

Le Vert, Madame Octavia Walton 288

Life Ever Seems—Sonnet Henry Timrod 344

Life of the President of the United States Jefferson Davis 272

Literary Society in Columbia in 1825 Wm. C. Preston 201

Longstreet, Augustus Baldwin 180

Lost Colony of Roanoke F. L. Hawks 226

Louisiana in 1750-’70 C. E. A. Gayarré 236

Lucas, Daniel Bedinger 387

Madam Washington at the Peace Ball Marion Harland 381

Madison, James 109

Madison, Mrs. Dolly 110

Madison’s Opinion of La Fayette James Madison 110

Magnolia Cemetery, Hymn for Dedication Henry Timrod 345

Major Jones’s Christmas Present W. T. Thompson 368

Marion Harland, (Mrs. M. V. Terhune) 379

Marion, Sumpter and David Ramsay 107

Marion, the “Swamp-Fox” Wm. Gilmore Simms 262

Marquis de Vaudreuil, the “Great Marquis” 237

Marse Chan’s Last Battle Thomas Nelson Page 421

“Marseillaise of the Confederacy” 389

Marshall, John 116

Maryland, My Maryland 390

Mary Washington When a Girl Marion Harland 381

Mary Washington’s Monument Marion Harland 379

Master and Slave 413

Maury, Matthew Fontaine 243

Maxims of Jefferson 94

McCabe, William Gordon 393

M’Cord, Mrs. Louisa Susannah 291

M’Cord, D. J. 201, 291

Meek, Alexander Beaufort 301

Military Dinner Party George Washington 76

Military Insubordination Henry Clay 148

“Millions for Defence” 116

Mitchell’s Grave, Mt. Mitchell, N. C. 411

Mocking-Bird, The J. J. Audubon 155

Mocking-Bird (At Night) Paul H. Hayne 348

Mocking-Bird, To The Albert Pike 365

Mocking-Bird and Nightingale Compared 100

Mr. Hezekiah Ellington’s Recovery R. M. Johnston 315

Murfree, Mary Noailles, (Charles Egbert Craddock) 423

Music in Camp John R. Thompson 319

My Life Is Like the Summer Rose R. H. Wilde 179

My Maryland James R. Randall 390

Naming of Tallahassee, The 288

Natural Bridge of Virginia 97

Ned Brace at Church A. B. Longstreet 180

No Geographical Lines in Patriotism Henry Clay 148

North Carolina in 1700-1708 John Lawson 49

Not Bound by State Lines Patrick Henry 84

Nullification, Defence of John C. Calhoun 164

Object-Lesson in the Cause of Patriotism John Drayton 128

Occonestoga, Doom of Wm. Gilmore Simms 255

October—A Sonnet Paul H. Hayne 349

Official Patronage John C. Calhoun 167

O’Hara, Theodore 308

Old Church at Jamestown 39, 331

On a Bear Hunt David Crockett 175

Osceola, Leader of the Seminoles George R. Fairbanks 311, 312

Our Right to Those Countries John Smith 38

Page, John, Letter to 94

Page, Thomas Nelson 419

Paragraphs George D. Prentice 231

Partisan Leader N. Beverley Tucker 168

Party Spirit George Washington 79

Patrick Henry against John Hook William Wirt 135

Patrick Henry’s Famous Revolution Speech Patrick Henry 84

Patriot in the Tower Henry Laurens 68

Payne, John Howard, among the Cherokees 327

Pike, Albert 365

Pinkney, Edward Coate 231

Plea for a Republic James Madison 111

Pocahontas,—Rescue of John Smith John Smith 35

Poe, Edgar Allan 276

Poet’s Vision.—A Sonnet William Gilmore Simms 255

Political Patronage John C. Calhoun 167

Power of the Supreme Court John Marshall 117

Powhatan 35

Preference for Country Life George Tucker 142

Prentice, George Denison 228

Preston, Mrs. Margaret Junkin 324

Preston, William Campbell 199

Prologue to Arms and the Man James Barren Hope 371

Prologue to Autobiography David Crockett 173

Races in Virginia, 1765 John Esten Cooke 351

Ramsay, David 103

Randall, James Ryder 389

Randolph, John, of Roanoke 137

Raven, The Edgar Allan Poe 281

Red Eagle, or Weatherford A. B. Meek 302

Red Eagle and General Jackson 304

Reid, Christian, (Frances C. Fisher, Mrs. Tiernan) 407

Relations Between England and America J. L. M. Curry 322

Religion and Morality George Washington 81

Religious Freedom Thomas Jefferson 98

“Remember the Alamo!” 195

Rescue of Captain Smith by Pocahontas John Smith 35

Resignation: or, Days of My Youth St. George Tucker 115

Revision of the State Constitution John Randolph 138

Revolutionary Object-Lesson John Drayton 128

Revolution Speech, 1775 Patrick Henry 84

Rives, Amélie (Mrs. Chanler) 431

“Rope of sand” 186

Rubinstein’s Playing George William Bagby 332

Ryan, Abram Joseph, (Father Ryan) 392

Sage Conversation, A A. B. Longstreet 182

Salzburger Settlement in Georgia, 1734 C. C. Jones, Jr. 376

Sang-Digger,[2] The Amélie Rives 432

Savannah in 1735 378

Scenery at Harper’s Ferry and at the Natural Bridge Thomas Jefferson 95

Selecting the Site of Richmond and of Petersburg, 1733 William Byrd 58

Seminole War 313

Sergeant Jasper at Fort Moultrie, 1776 David Ramsay 106

Sergeant Jasper at Savannah, 1779 107

Sidney Lanier, To Waitman Barbe 442

Siege of Fort Moultrie David Ramsay 106

Simms, William Gilmore 252

Sketch in the Senate, February 5, 1850 A. H. Stephens 298

Slavery, Remark on Patrick Henry 84

Slave, Master and 413

Smith, Charles Henry (Bill Arp) 326

Smith, John 33

Smith, John, Writings of 35

Song of the Chattahoochee Sidney Lanier 396

Sonnet: Dedication R. B. Wilson 407

Song: We Break the Glass E. C. Pinkney 233

Sonnet: Life ever seems Henry Timrod 344

Sonnet: October Paul H. Hayne 349

Sonnet: Poet’s Vision William Gilmore Simms 255

South Before the War, The Henry W. Grady 413

Southern Literary Messenger 277, 317, 332

Southern “Mammy” and the Children 363

Speaking of Clay in the Senate, 1850, The 298

Spelling and Grammar (Prologue to Autobiography) David Crockett 173

Spirit and Wood-Sparrow, The Danske Dandridge 430

Sports of a Kentucky School in 1795 James Lane Allen 399

Spotswood, Ex-Gov., and his Home in 1732 58

Star-Spangled Banner Francis Scott Key 151

State Sovereignty and Liberty Robert Y. Hayne 185

Stephens, Alexander Hamilton 296

Stonewall Jackson’s Last Words 324

Storm Off the Bermudas Wm. Strachey 45

Strachey, William 45

Sugar-Cane: Introduction into the United States 236

Sumpter and Marion David Ramsay 107

“Swamp-Fox,” The 262

System of Our Government John C. Calhoun 164

Tanis Amélie Rives 432

Tar-Baby, The Joel Chandler Harris 403

Terhune, Mrs. Mary Virginia (Marion Harland) 379

Texas Prairie and Cow-Boy’s Song 339

The Land Where We Were Dreaming D. B. Lucas 388

The Spirit and the Wood-Sparrow Danske Dandridge 430

The South Before the War Henry W. Grady 413

Thompson, John Reuben, 317

Tide Rising in the Marshes Sidney Lanier 397

Tiernan, Mrs. Frances C. (Christian Reid) 407

Timrod, Henry 341

To Be Right Above All Henry Clay 148

To Cadiz from Havanna, 1855 Madame Le Vert 289

To Helen Edgar Allan Poe 279

Tohopeka, Battle of 302

Toombs, Robert 284

To the Mocking-Bird Albert Pike 365

Tree of the Dead C. E. A. Gayarré 240

Trip to Kentucky at Seven Years of Age Jefferson Davis 271

True Courage A. H. Stephens 301

Tucker, St. George 113

Tucker, George 140

Tucker, Nathaniel Beverley 167

Tucker, St. George H. 329

Tuscarora Indians and Their Legend of a Christ William Byrd 65

Under the Shade of the Trees Margaret J. Preston 324

Union and Liberty George Washington 77

University of Virginia, Establishment of George Tucker 143

Vance, Zebulon Baird 358

Victory at Yorktown, 1781 James Barren Hope 371

Virginia Dare F. L. Hawks 226

Virginian or American? Patrick Henry 84

Virginians in a New Country Joseph G. Baldwin 294

Visit to Ex-Governor Spotswood, 1732 William Byrd 58

Visit to the Hermitage 271

War and Peace John C. Calhoun 164

Washington, George 71

Washington and the Hatchet 126

Washington’s Advice to His Nephew George Washington 76

Washington, Character of James Madison 112

Washington’s Farewell to the American People, 1796 George Washington 77

Washington and Lee James Barren Hope 372

Washington’s Mother When a Girl 381

Washington’s Mother at the Peace Ball 381

Washington’s Speech in Congress on his Appointment as Commander-in-Chief, 1775 George Washington 74

Washington, Memorial Address in Congress, 1800, by Henry Lee 124

Weatherford, or Red Eagle 302

We Break the Glass,—Song E. C. Pinkney 233

Weems, Mason Locke 126

What is Music? Sidney Lanier 397

Whippoorwill, The Madison Cawein 443

Wilde, Richard Henry 178

Wilson, Mrs. Augusta Evans 383

Wilson, Robert Burns 405

Wirt, William 131

Wise Choice John C. Calhoun 166

Woman’s Duty Louisa S. M’Cord 292

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