Part 3

The Land We Love, 1865-1869.

Southern Review, and Eclectic Review, Baltimore.

Southland Writers, by Ida Raymond (Mrs. Tardy).

Women of the South in Literature, by Mary Forrest.

Fortier: Louisiana Studies, F. F. Hansell, New Orleans.

Ogden: Literature of the Virginias, Independent Publishing Company, Morgantown, West Virginia.

C. W. Coleman, Jr.: Recent Movement in the Literature of the South, Harper's Monthly, 1886, No. 74, p. 837.

T. N. Page: Authorship in the South before the War, Lippincott's Magazine, 1889, No. 44, p. 105.

Professor C. W. Kent, University of Virginia: Outlook for Literature in the South.

People's Cyclopedia (1894).

TABLE OF CONTENTS

In Chronological Order.

FIRST PERIOD ... 1579-1750.

PAGE JOHN SMITH, 1579-1631 33 Rescue of Captain Smith by Pocahontas 35 Our Right to Those Countries 38 Ascent of the River James, 1607 42

WILLIAM STRACHEY, in America 1609-12 45 A Storm Off the Bermudas 45

JOHN LAWSON, in America 1700-08 48 North Carolina in 1700-08 49 Harvest Home of the Indians 53

WILLIAM BYRD, 1674-1744 54 Selecting the Site of Richmond and Petersburg, 1733 58 A Visit to Ex-Governor Spotswood, 1732 58 Dismal Swamp, 1728 61 The Tuscarora Indians and Their Legend of a Christ, 1729 65

SECOND PERIOD ... 1750-1800.

HENRY LAURENS, 1724-1792 67 A Patriot in the Tower 68

GEORGE WASHINGTON, 1732-1799 71 An Honest Man 73 How to Answer Calumny 74 Conscience 74 On his Appointment as Commander-in-Chief, 1775 74 A Military Dinner-Party 76 Advice to a Favorite Nephew 76 Farewell Address to the People of the United States, 1796 77 Union and Liberty 77 Party Spirit 79 Religion and Morality 81

PATRICK HENRY, 1736-1799 82 Remark on Slavery, 1788 84 Not Bound by State Lines 84 If This Be Treason, 1765 84 The Famous Revolution Speech, 1775 84

WILLIAM HENRY DRAYTON, 1742-1779 87 George III.'s Abdication of Power in America 89

THOMAS JEFFERSON, 1743-1826 91 Political Maxims 94 Religious Opinions at the Age of Twenty 94 Scenery at Harper's Ferry, and at the Natural Bridge 95 On Freedom of Religious Opinion 98 On the Discourses of Christ 98 Religious Freedom (the Act of 1786) 98 Letter to his Daughter 100 Jefferson's Last Letter, 1826 101

DAVID RAMSAY, 1749-1815 103 British Treaty with the Cherokees, 1755 105 Sergeant Jasper at Fort Moultrie, 28 June, 1776 106 Sumpter and Marion 107

JAMES MADISON, 1751-1836 109 Opinion of Lafayette 110 Plea for a Republic 111 Character of Washington 112

ST. GEORGE TUCKER, 1752-1828 113 Resignation, or Days of My Youth 115

JOHN MARSHALL, 1755-1835 116 Power of the Supreme Court 117 The Duties of a Judge 118

HENRY LEE, 1756-1818 119 Capture of Fort Motte by Lee and Marion, 1780 120 The Father of His Country 124