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| 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 | ||
