“_Tall lilies, white as angels’ wings and stately as
the maidens that walked among them_” FRONTISPIECE
_The Plantation House_ 9
“_Shining tables with slender brass-tipped legs_” 12
“_There the guns were kept_” 13
“_Bookcases filled with brown-backed, much-read books_” 15
“_The flower of all others was the rose_” 18
_Tobacco_ 20
_A Typical “Mammy”_ 23
“_The little girls in their great sun-bonnets_” 26
“_Busy over their little matters with that ceaseless
energy of boyhood_” 27
“_The test of the men’s prowess_” 29
_The Exclusive Property of the Mistress_ 33
“_His thoughts dwelt upon serious things_” 47
_An Old Virginia Sideboard_ 53
“_She was never anything but tender with the others_” 59
“_The Butler was apt to be severe, and was feared_” 63
_The Lady and the Ox-Cart_ 67
_An Old-fashioned Grist-Mill_ 73
_A Colonial Stove_ 79
_Dressing the Church_ 85
“_At last the ‘big gate’ is reached_” 91
_The Virginia Reel_ 97
_A Negro Wedding_ 101
_A Typical Negro Cabin_ 105