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Southern Literature From 1579-1895

by Louise Manly

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Author
Manly, Louise, 1857-1936
Title
Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader
Credits
Produced by Kevin O'Hare (who provided the book), Sam W. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net. Music transcribed by Jana Srna.
Language
English
LoC Class
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject
Southern States -- In literature
Category
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eBook-No.
27279
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27279
Release Date
November 16, 2008
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Southern Literature
  2. 2.LOUISE MANLY
  3. 3.PREFACE. — FOOTNOTE:
  4. 4.LIST OF WORKS FOR REFERENCE.
  5. 5.Table of Contents — FIRST PERIOD ... 1579-1750. — SECOND PERIOD ... 1750-1800. — THIRD PERIOD ... 1800-1850. — FOURTH PERIOD ... 1850-1895.
  6. 6.INDEX. — FOOTNOTE:
  7. 7.List of Illustrations. — Southern Literature.
  8. 8.JOHN SMITH. — WORKS. — RESCUE OF CAPTAIN SMITH BY POCAHONTAS, OR MATOAKA. — OUR RIGHT TO THOSE COUNTRIES, TRUE REASONS FOR PLANTATIONS, RARE EXAMPLES. — ASCENT OF THE JAMES RIVER, 1607.
  9. 9.WILLIAM STRACHEY. — WORKS. — A STORM OFF THE BERMUDAS. — FOOTNOTE:
  10. 10.JOHN LAWSON. — WORK. — NORTH CAROLINA IN 1700-1708. — HARVEST HOME OF THE INDIANS.
  11. 11.WILLIAM BYRD. — WORKS. — SELECTING THE SITE OF RICHMOND AND PETERSBURG, SEPT., 1733. — A VISIT TO EX-GOVERNOR SPOTSWOOD, 1732. — DISMAL SWAMP. — THE TUSCARORA INDIANS AND THEIR LEGEND OF A CHRIST.
  12. 12.HENRY LAURENS. — WORKS. — A PATRIOT IN THE TOWER.
  13. 13.GEORGE WASHINGTON. — WORKS. — An Honest Man. — How to Answer Calumny. — Conscience. — ON HIS APPOINTMENT AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. — A MILITARY DINNER-PARTY. — ADVICE TO A FAVORITE NEPHEW. — PASSAGES FROM THE FAREWELL ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, 1796.
  14. 14.PATRICK HENRY. — WORKS. — Remark on Slavery. — Not Bound by State Lines , (from the opening speech of the first Continental Congress, 1774.) — If this be treason , (Speech in House of Burgesses, 1765.) — THE FAMOUS REVOLUTION SPEECH, 1775.
  15. 15.WILLIAM HENRY DRAYTON. — GEORGE III.’s ABDICATION OF POWER IN AMERICA.
  16. 16.THOMAS JEFFERSON. — WORKS. — POLITICAL MAXIMS. — RELIGIOUS OPINIONS AT THE AGE OF TWENTY. — SCENERY AT HARPER’S FERRY AND AT THE NATURAL BRIDGE. — ON FREEDOM OF RELIGIOUS OPINION. — ON THE DISCOURSES OF CHRIST. — RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. — LETTER TO HIS DAUGHTER, MARTHA JEFFERSON. — JEFFERSON’S LAST LETTER, IN ANSWER TO AN INVITATION TO BE PRESENT AT THE CELEBRATION OF THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, IN WASHINGTON.—TO MR. WEIGHTMAN, MAYOR OF WASHINGTON.
  17. 17.DAVID RAMSAY. — WORKS. — Sermon on Tea, (1775). — BRITISH TREATY WITH THE CHEROKEES, 1755. — SERGEANT JASPER AT FORT MOULTRIE, 28th June, 1776 . — SUMPTER AND MARION.
  18. 18.JAMES MADISON. — WORKS. — OPINION OF LAFAYETTE, (IN LETTERS TO JEFFERSON). — PLEA FOR A REPUBLIC, ALTHOUGH A NEW FORM OF GOVERNMENT. — CHARACTER OF WASHINGTON. — FOOTNOTE:
  19. 19.ST. GEORGE TUCKER. — WORKS. — RESIGNATION, OR DAYS OF MY YOUTH.
  20. 20.JOHN MARSHALL. — WORKS. — POWER OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. — THE DUTIES OF A JUDGE. — FOOTNOTE:
  21. 21.HENRY LEE. — WORK. — CAPTURE OF FORT MOTTE BY LEE AND MARION, MAY, 1780. — THE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY.
  22. 22.MASON LOCKE WEEMS. — WORKS. — THE HATCHET STORY.
  23. 23.JOHN DRAYTON. — WORKS. — A REVOLUTIONARY OBJECT LESSON IN THE CAUSE OF PATRIOTISM, APRIL 1775. — THE BATTLE OF NOEWEE, BETWEEN THE SOUTH CAROLINIANS AND THE CHEROKEES, 1776.
  24. 24.WILLIAM WIRT. — WORKS. — THE BLIND PREACHER, (JAMES WADDELL [6] ). — MR. HENRY AGAINST JOHN HOOK. — FOOTNOTE:
  25. 25.JOHN RANDOLPH. — WORKS. — THE REVISION OF THE STATE CONSTITUTION.
  26. 26.GEORGE TUCKER. — WORKS. — JEFFERSON’S PREFERENCE FOR COUNTRY LIFE. — ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.
  27. 27.HENRY CLAY. — WORKS. — TO BE RIGHT ABOVE ALL. — NO GEOGRAPHICAL LINES IN PATRIOTISM. — MILITARY INSUBORDINATION.
  28. 28.FRANCIS SCOTT KEY. — WORKS. — THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER.
  29. 29.JOHN JAMES AUDUBON. — THE MOCKING-BIRD. — THE HUMMING-BIRD.
  30. 30.THOMAS HART BENTON. — WORKS. — THE DUEL BETWEEN RANDOLPH AND CLAY. — FOOTNOTE:
  31. 31.JOHN CALDWELL CALHOUN. — WORKS. — WAR AND PEACE. — SYSTEM OF OUR GOVERNMENT. — DEFENCE OF NULLIFICATION. — THE WISE CHOICE. — OFFICIAL PATRONAGE. — FOOTNOTE:
  32. 32.NATHANIEL BEVERLEY TUCKER. — WORKS. — THE PARTISAN LEADER, (WRITTEN IN 1836).
  33. 33.DAVID CROCKETT. — WORKS. — SPELLING AND GRAMMAR—HIS PROLOGUE. — ON A BEAR HUNT.
  34. 34.RICHARD HENRY WILDE. — WORKS. — MY LIFE IS LIKE THE SUMMER ROSE.
  35. 35.AUGUSTUS BALDWIN LONGSTREET. — WORKS. — NED BRACE AT CHURCH. — A SAGE CONVERSATION. — FOOTNOTE:
  36. 36.ROBERT YOUNG HAYNE. — WORKS. — STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND LIBERTY.
  37. 37.SAM HOUSTON. — CAUSE OF THE TEXAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE. — BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO. — HOW TO DEAL WITH THE INDIANS. — FOOTNOTE:
  38. 38.WILLIAM CAMPBELL PRESTON. — WORKS. — LITERARY SOCIETY IN COLUMBIA, 1825.
  39. 39.JOHN PENDLETON KENNEDY. — WORKS. — A COUNTRY GENTLEMAN IN VIRGINIA. — HIS WIFE. — HOW HORSE-SHOE AND ANDREW CAPTURED FIVE MEN. — FOOTNOTE:
  40. 40.HUGH SWINTON LEGARÉ. — WORKS. — COMMERCE AND WEALTH VS. WAR. — DEMOSTHENES’ COURAGE. — A DUKE’S OPINIONS OF VIRGINIA, NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA, AND GEORGIA.
  41. 41.MIRABEAU BUONAPARTE LAMAR. — WORKS. — THE DAUGHTER OF MENDOZA.
  42. 42.FRANCIS LISTER HAWKS. — WORKS. — THE FIRST INDIAN BAPTISM IN AMERICA. — VIRGINIA DARE, THE FIRST ENGLISH CHILD BORN IN AMERICA. — THE LOST COLONY OF ROANOKE.
  43. 43.GEORGE DENISON PRENTICE. — WORKS. — THE CLOSING YEAR. — PARAGRAPHS. — FOOTNOTE:
  44. 44.EDWARD COATE PINKNEY. — WORKS. — A HEALTH. — SONG. — FOOTNOTE:
  45. 45.CHARLES ÉTIENNE ARTHUR GAYARRÉ. — WORKS. — LOUISIANA IN 1750-1770. — THE TREE OF THE DEAD.
  46. 46.MATTHEW FONTAINE MAURY. — WORKS. — THE GULF STREAM. — DEEP-SEA SOUNDINGS. — HEROIC DEATH OF LIEUTENANT HERNDON. — FOOTNOTES:
  47. 47.WILLIAM GILMORE SIMMS. — WORKS. — SONNET.—THE POET’S VISION. — THE DOOM OF OCCONESTOGA. — MARION. “ The Swamp Fox. ”
  48. 48.ROBERT EDWARD LEE. — WORKS. — TO HIS SON. — At THE SURRENDER. — GENERAL LEE’S LAST ORDER. — LETTER ACCEPTING THE PRESIDENCY OF WASHINGTON COLLEGE.
  49. 49.JEFFERSON DAVIS. — WORKS. — TRIP TO KENTUCKY AT SEVEN YEARS OF AGE, AND VISIT TO GENERAL JACKSON. — LIFE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. — FAREWELL TO THE SENATE, 1861, ON THE OCCASION OF THE SECESSION OF MISSISSIPPI FROM THE UNION. — FOOTNOTE:
  50. 50.EDGAR ALLAN POE. — WORKS. — TO HELEN. — ISRAFEL. — HAPPINESS. — THE RAVEN.
  51. 51.ROBERT TOOMBS. — WORKS. — FAREWELL TO THE SENATE, 1861. — FOOTNOTES:
  52. 52.OCTAVIA WALTON LE VERT. — WORKS. — TO CADIZ FROM HAVANNA, 1855.
  53. 53.LOUISA SUSANNAH M’CORD. — WORKS. — WOMAN’S DUTY.
  54. 54.JOSEPH G. BALDWIN. — WORKS. — VIRGINIANS IN A NEW COUNTRY.
  55. 55.ALEXANDER HAMILTON STEPHENS. — WORKS. — LAWS OF GOVERNMENT. — SKETCH IN THE SENATE, FEB. 5, 1850. — TRUE COURAGE. — FOOTNOTES:
  56. 56.ALEXANDER BEAUFORT MEEK. — WORKS. — RED EAGLE, OR WEATHERFORD.
  57. 57.PHILIP PENDLETON COOKE. — WORKS. — FLORENCE VANE.
  58. 58.THEODORE O’HARA. — WORKS. — THE BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD.
  59. 59.GEORGE RAINSFORD FAIRBANKS. — WORKS. — OSCEOLA, LEADER OF THE SEMINOLES. — FOOTNOTE:
  60. 60.RICHARD MALCOLM JOHNSTON. — WORKS. — MR. HEZEKIAH ELLINGTON’S RECOVERY. — FOOTNOTE:
  61. 61.JOHN REUBEN THOMPSON. — ASHBY. — MUSIC IN CAMP.
  62. 62.JABEZ LAMAR MONROE CURRY. — WORKS. — RELATIONS BETWEEN ENGLAND AND AMERICA. — FOOTNOTE:
  63. 63.MARGARET JUNKIN PRESTON. — WORKS. — THE SHADE OF THE TREES. — FOOTNOTE:
  64. 64.CHARLES HENRY SMITH. — WORKS. — BIG JOHN, ON THE CHEROKEES. — FOOTNOTE:
  65. 65.ST. GEORGE H. TUCKER. — WORKS. — BURNING OF JAMESTOWN IN 1676.
  66. 66.GEORGE WILLIAM BAGBY. — JUD. BROWNIN’S ACCOUNT OF RUBINSTEIN’S PLAYING.
  67. 67.SARAH ANNE DORSEY. — WORKS. — A CONFEDERATE EXILE ON HIS WAY TO MEXICO, 1866. — FOOTNOTE:
  68. 68.HENRY TIMROD. — WORKS. — SONNET. — ENGLISH KATIE. — HYMN SUNG AT THE CONSECRATION OF MAGNOLIA CEMETERY, CHARLESTON, S. C. — FOOTNOTE:
  69. 69.PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE. — WORKS. — THE MOCKING-BIRD. ( At Night. ) — SONNET.—OCTOBER. — A DREAM OF THE SOUTH WIND. — FOOTNOTE:
  70. 70.JOHN ESTEN COOKE. — WORKS. — THE RACES IN VIRGINIA, 1765. — FOOTNOTE:
  71. 71.ZEBULON BAIRD VANCE. — WORKS. — CHANGES WROUGHT BY THE WAR. — FOOTNOTE:
  72. 72.ALBERT PIKE. — WORKS. — TO THE MOCKING-BIRD.
  73. 73.WILLIAM TAPPAN THOMPSON. — WORKS. — MAJOR JONES’S CHRISTMAS PRESENT TO MARY STALLINGS. — FOOTNOTE:
  74. 74.JAMES BARRON HOPE. — WORKS. — THE VICTORY AT YORKTOWN. — PROLOGUE. — WASHINGTON AND LEE. — FOOTNOTE:
  75. 75.JAMES WOOD DAVIDSON. — WORKS. — THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE POETICAL. — FOOTNOTE:
  76. 76.CHARLES COLCOCK JONES, Jr. — WORKS. — SALZBURGER SETTLEMENT IN GEORGIA. — FOOTNOTE:
  77. 77.MARY VIRGINIA TERHUNE. — WORKS. — LETTER DESCRIBING MARY [BALL] WASHINGTON WHEN A YOUNG GIRL. — MADAM WASHINGTON AT THE PEACE BALL. — FOOTNOTE:
  78. 78.AUGUSTA EVANS WILSON. — WORKS. — A LEARNED AND INTERESTING CONVERSATION. — FOOTNOTE:
  79. 79.DANIEL BEDINGER LUCAS. — WORKS. — THE LAND WHERE WE WERE DREAMING. — FOOTNOTE:
  80. 80.JAMES RYDER RANDALL. — WORKS. — MY MARYLAND.
  81. 81.ABRAM JOSEPH RYAN. — WORKS.
  82. 82.WILLIAM GORDON McCABE. — WORKS. — DREAMING IN THE TRENCHES. [38] — FOOTNOTE:
  83. 83.SIDNEY LANIER. — WORKS. — SONG OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE. — What is Music? — THE TIDE RISING IN THE MARSHES. — FOOTNOTES:
  84. 84.JAMES LANE ALLEN. — WORKS. — SPORTS OF A KENTUCKY SCHOOL IN 1795. — FOOTNOTE:
  85. 85.JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS. — WORKS. — THE TAR-BABY. — FOOTNOTE:
  86. 86.ROBERT BURNS WILSON. — WORKS. — FAIR DAUGHTER OF THE SUN. — DEDICATION.—SONNET. — FOOTNOTE:
  87. 87.“CHRISTIAN REID.” — WORKS. — ASCENT OF MOUNT MITCHELL, BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA. — FOOTNOTE:
  88. 88.HENRY WOODFEN GRADY. — WORKS. — THE SOUTH BEFORE THE WAR. — FOOTNOTE:
  89. 89.THOMAS NELSON PAGE. — WORKS. — MARSE CHAN’S LAST BATTLE. — FOOTNOTE:
  90. 90.MARY NOAILLES MURFREE. — WORKS. — THE “HARNT” THAT WALKS CHILHOWEE. — FOOTNOTE:
  91. 91.DANSKE DANDRIDGE. — WORKS. — THE SPIRIT AND THE WOOD SPARROW. — FOOTNOTE:
  92. 92.AMÉLIE RIVES CHANLER. — WORKS. — TANIS. — FOOTNOTE:
  93. 93.GRACE KING. — WORKS. — LA GRANDE DEMOISELLE. — FOOTNOTE:
  94. 94.WAITMAN BARBE. — WORKS. — SIDNEY LANIER. — FOOTNOTE:
  95. 95.MADISON CAWEIN. — WORKS. — THE WHIPPOORWILL. — FOOTNOTE:
  96. 96.DIXIE.
  97. 97.List of Authors.
  98. 98.QUESTIONS. — General Questions. — FIRST PERIOD, 1579-1750. — SECOND PERIOD, 1750-1800. — THIRD PERIOD, 1800-1850. — FOURTH PERIOD, 1850-1895.
  99. 99.APPENDIX.
  100. 100.List of Southern Writers.
  101. 101.A Supplementary List, July, 1895.

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