CONTENTS

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THE OLD SOUTH ..... .   . .. . . . ..   . 3
AUTHORSHIP IN THE SOUTH BEFORE THE WAR . 67
GLIMPSES OF LIFE IN COLONIAL VIRGINIA . . . . 113
SOCIAL LIFE IN OLD VIRGINIA BEFORE THE WAR . 171

TWO OLD COLONIAL PLACES. . . . . . . 9. . 225
THE OLD VIRGINIA LAWYER ......... . 281
THE OLD-TIME NEGRO. . . .. . . . . . .. . 301
THE WANT OF A HISTORY OF THE SOUTHERN
  PEOPLE ................. 345