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CONTENTS
 
PART I. THE OLD SOUTH IN LITERATURE
ESSAYISTS AND DESCRIPTIVE WRITERS
WILLIAM WIRT page
The British Spy's Opinion of The Spectator 1
An Old Virginia Preacher 4
DAVID CROCKETT
The Bear Hunt 8
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
Early Settlers Along the Mississippi 14
WILLIAM ELLIOTT
A Deer Hunt 19
ROMANCERS AND STORY WRITERS
EDGAR ALLAN POE
The Fall of the House of Usher 28
JOHN PENDLETON KENNEDY
Selections from "Swallow Barn" 50
Swallow Barn, an Old Virginia Estate 50
The Master of Swallow Barn 54
The Mistress of Swallow Barn 57
Traces of the Feudal System 59
The Quarter 64
Selections from "Horseshoe Robinson" 68
Horseshoe Robinson 68
Capture of Butler and Horseshoe 72
Horseshoe captures Five Prisoners 77
The Battle of King's Mountain 90
WILLIAM GILMORE SIMMS
Selection from "The Yemassee" 105
The Attack on the Block House 105