JOHN FILSON 1
THE AIR AND CLIMATE OF KENTUCKY 2
QUADRUPEDS 3
BOONE'S FIRST VIEW OF KENTUCKY 4
JOHN BRADFORD 5
NOTES ON KENTUCKY. SECTION I 6
MATTHEW LYON 8
REPLY TO JOHN RANDOLPH OF ROANOKE 9
GILBERT IMLAY 11
THE FLIGHT OF A FLORID LOVER 13
ADAM RANKIN 17
ON THE EXTENT OF THE GOSPEL OFFER 18
UPON MARRIAGE BY LICENSE 18
THOMAS JOHNSON 19
EXTEMPORE GRACE 21
DANVILLE 21
KENTUCKY 21
HUDSON, WIFE-MURDERER 22
PARSON RICE 22
THE POET'S EPITAPH 22
GEORGE BECK 23
FIFTEENTH ODE OF HORACE 24
ANACREON'S FIFTY-FIFTH ODE 25
ANACREON'S FIRST ODE 26
HUMPHREY MARSHALL 26
PRIMEVAL KENTUCKY 28
STEPHEN T. BADIN 30
EPICEDIUM 31
CHARLES CALDWELL 34
GENERAL GREENE'S EARLY LIFE 35
ALLAN B. MAGRUDER 37
CITIZEN GENET AND JEFFERSON 38
HENRY CLAY 39
REPLY TO JOHN RANDOLPH 42
ADDRESS TO LA FAYETTE 43
JOHN J. AUDUBON 45
INDIAN SUMMER ON THE OHIO 48
HORACE HOLLEY 52
MR. CLAY AND COL. MEADE 53
CONSTANTINE S. RAFINESQUE 56
GEOLOGICAL ANNALS 58
MANN BUTLER 59
PIONEER VISITORS 60
ZACHARY TAYLOR 62
A LETTER TO HENRY CLAY 63
DANIEL DRAKE 65
MAYSLICK, KENTUCKY, IN 1800 67
MARY A. HOLLEY 69
TEXAS WOMEN 70
JOHN J. CRITTENDEN 71
EULOGY UPON JUSTICE MCKINLEY 73
JOHN M. HARNEY 74
ECHO AND THE LOVER 76
THE WIPPOWIL 77
SYLPHS BATHING 78
GEORGE ROBERTSON 78
ANNIVERSARY ADDRESS 80
EARLY STRUGGLES 80
LITERARY FAME 81
SHADRACH PENN 82
THE COMING OF GEORGE D. PRENTICE 83
WILLIAM O. BUTLER 84
THE BOATMAN'S HORN 86
HEW AINSLIE 87
THE BOUROCKS O' BARGENY 89
THE HAUGHS O' AULD KENTUCK 89
THE INGLE SIDE 90
THE HINT O' HAIRST 91
JAMES G. BIRNEY 91
THE NO-GOVERNMENT DOCTRINES 93
THOMAS CORWIN 95
THE MEXICAN WAR 96
HENRY B. BASCOM 98
A CLERGYMAN'S VIEW OF NIAGARA 99
JAMES T. MOREHEAD 102
JOHN FINLEY 103
LEWIS COLLINS 104
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION 105
JULIA A. TEVIS 107
THE MAY QUEEN 108
ROBERT J. BRECKINRIDGE 112
SANCTIFICATION 113
CAROLINE L. HENTZ 114
BESIDE THE LONG MOSS SPRING 115
JOHN P. DURBIN 117
IMPRESSIONS OF LONDON 118
FORTUNATUS COSBY, JR. 119
FIRESIDE FANCIES 120
THOMAS F. MARSHALL 123
TEMPERANCE: AN ADDRESS 124
JEFFERSON J. POLK 126
THE BATTLE OF THE BOARDS 127
GEORGE D. PRENTICE 129
THE CLOSING YEAR 131
ON REVISITING BROWN UNIVERSITY 133
PARAGRAPHS 135
ROBERT M. BIRD 135
NICK OF THE WOODS 137
JOHN A. MCCLUNG 139
THE WOMEN OF BRYANT'S STATION 140
JAMES O. PATTIE 142
THE SANTA FE COUNTRY 143
WILLIAM F. MARVIN 145
EPIGRAM 146
THE FIRST ROSES OF SPRING 146
SONG 147
ELISHA BARTLETT 147
JOHN BROWDIE OF "NICHOLAS NICKLEBY" 148
SAMUEL D. GROSS 150
KENTUCKY 151
THE DEATH OF HENRY CLAY 152
THOMAS H. CHIVERS 152
THE DEATH OF ALONZO 154
GEORGIA WATERS 156
JEFFERSON DAVIS 156
FROM THE FAREWELL SPEECH 158
WILLIAM D. GALLAGHER 160
THE MOTHERS OF THE WEST 162
THOMAS H. SHREVE 163
I HAVE NO WIFE 164
ORMSBY M. MITCHEL 166
ASTRONOMICAL EVIDENCES OF GOD 167
ALBERT T. BLEDSOE 169
SEVEN CRISES CAUSED THE CIVIL WAR 171
RICHARD H. MENEFEE 173
KENTUCKY: A TOAST 174
GEORGE W. CUTTER 176
THE SONG OF STEAM 177
MARY P. SHINDLER 179
THE FADED FLOWER 180
MARTIN J. SPALDING 181
A BISHOP'S ARRIVAL 182
JOHN W. AUDUBON 185
LOS ANGELES 186
TULARE VALLEY 186
CHRISTMAS IN 'FRISCO 187
ADRIEN E. ROUQUETTE 187
SOUVENIR DE KENTUCKY 189
EMILY V. MASON 191
THE DEATH OF LEE 192
EDMUND FLAGG 194
THE ANCIENT MOUNDS OF THE WEST 195
CATHERINE A. WARFIELD 197
CAMILLA BOUVERIE'S DIARY 198
A PLEDGE TO LEE 199
J. ROSS BROWNE 200
LAPDOGS IN GERMANY 201
ROBERT MORRIS 205
THE LEVEL AND THE SQUARE 206
AMELIA B. WELBY 207
THE RAINBOW 209
ON THE DEATH OF A SISTER POET 210
CHARLES W. WEBBER 211
TROUTING ON JESSUP'S RIVER 212
LEWIS J. FRAZEE 216
HAVRE 217
THEODORE O'HARA 218
THE BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD 220
THE OLD PIONEER 223
SECOND LOVE 225
A ROLLICKING RHYME 225
THE FAME OF WILLIAM T. BARRY 226
SARAH T. BOLTON 228
PADDLE YOUR OWN CANOE 229
JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE 231
HENRY CLAY 232
JAMES WEIR, SR. 234
SIMON KENTON 235
MARY E. W. BETTS 237
A KENTUCKIAN KNEELS TO NONE BUT GOD 238
REUBEN T. DURRETT 239
LA SALLE: DISCOVERER OF LOUISVILLE 241
RICHARD H. COLLINS 244
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION 245
ANNIE C. KETCHUM 247
APRIL TWENTY-SIXTH 248
FRANCIS H. UNDERWOOD 250
ALOYSIUS AND MR. FENTON 252
AN AMAZING PROPHECY 254
STEPHEN C. FOSTER 255
MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME, GOOD-NIGHT 256
ZACHARIAH F. SMITH 258
EARLY KENTUCKY DOCTORS 259
JOHN A. BROADUS 261
OXFORD UNIVERSITY 263
MARY J. HOLMES 265
THE SCHOOLMASTER 266
ROSA V. JEFFREY 269
A GLOVE 270
A MEMORY 271
SALLIE R. FORD 272
OUR MINISTER MARRIES 273
JOHN E. HATCHER 276
NEWSPAPER PARAGRAPHS 277
WILLIAM C. WATTS 279
A WEDDING AND A DANCE 280
J. PROCTOR KNOTT 282
FROM THE DULUTH SPEECH 283
GEORGE G. VEST 285
JEFFERSON'S PASSPORTS TO IMMORTALITY 286
EULOGY OF THE DOG 286
WILLIAM P. JOHNSTON 288
BATTLE OF SHILOH--SUNDAY MORNING 289
WILL WALLACE HARNEY 291
THE STAB 292
J. STODDARD JOHNSTON 292
"CAPTAIN MOLL" 293
JULIA S. DINSMORE 295
LOVE AMONG THE ROSES 295
HENRY T. STANTON 297
THE MONEYLESS MAN 299
"A MENSÁ ET THORO" 300
A SPECIAL PLEA 301
SWEETHEART 301
SARAH M. PIATT 303
IN CLONMEL PARISH CHURCHYARD 304
A WORD WITH A SKYLARK 305
THE GIFT OF TEARS 306
BOYD WINCHESTER 307
LAKE GENEVA 308
THOMAS GREEN 310
THE CONSPIRATORS 312
FORCEYTHE WILLSON 313
THE OLD SERGEANT 314
W. C. P. BRECKINRIDGE 319
IS NOT THIS THE CARPENTER'S SON 321
BASIL W. DUKE 323
MORGAN, THE MAN 324
HENRY WATTERSON 325
OLD LONDON TOWN 327
GILDEROY W. GRIFFIN 331
THE GYPSIES 332
JOHN L. SPALDING 334
AN IVORY PAPER-KNIFE 335
NATHANIEL S. SHALER 336
THE ORPHAN BRIGADE 337
TOM MARSHALL 339
LINCOLN IN KENTUCKY 341
WILLIAM L. VISSCHER 342
PROEM 343
BENNETT H. YOUNG 344
PREHISTORIC WEAPONS 345
JAMES H. MULLIGAN 348
IN KENTUCKY 350
OVER THE HILL TO HUSTONVILLE 351
NELLY M. MCAFFEE 353
FINALE 353
MARY F. CHILDS 356
DE NAMIN' OB DE TWINS 357
WILLIAM T. PRICE 359
THE OFFENBACH AND GILBERT OPERAS 361
GEORGE M. DAVIE 363
"FRATER, AVE ATQUE VALE" 363
HADRIAN, DYING, TO HIS SOUL 364
JOHN URI LLOYD 364
"LET'S HAVE THE MERCY TEXT" 366