CONTENTS

FOREWORD

I FOREBEARS AND PATRON SAINT

II LAFAYETTE REVOLUTIONARY TALES PARENTS' MARRIAGE

III A COUNTRY EXILE DEATH OF THE FIRST-BORN CHANGE OF HOME A FIRESIDE TRAGEDY "COGITO, ERGO SUM."

IV A BERSERKER RAGE A FRIGHT THE WESTERN FEVER MONTROSE A MOTHER REGAINED

V OUR POWHATAN HOME A COUNTRY FUNERAL "OLD MRS. O'HARA."

VI OLD-FASHIONED HUSBAND'S LOVE-LETTER AN ALMOST

VII MY FIRST TUTOR THE REIGN OF TERROR

VIII CALM AFTER STORM OUR HANDSOME YANKEE GOVERNESS THE NASCENT AUTHOR

IX A COLLEGE NEIGHBORHOOD THE WORLD WIDENS A BELOVED

X FAMILY LETTERS COMMENCEMENT AT HAMPDEN-SIDNEY THEN AND NOW

XI BACK IN POWHATAN OLD VIRGINIA HOUSEWIFERY A SINGING-CLASS IN THE FORTIES THE SIMPLE LIFE?

XII ELECTION DAY AND A DEMOCRATIC BARBECUE

XIII A WHIG RALLY AND MUSTER DAY

XIV RUMORS OF CHANGES A CORN-SHUCKING NEGRO TOPICAL SONG

XV THE COUNTRY GIRLS AT A CITY SCHOOL VELVET HATS AND CLAY'S DEFEAT

XVI HOME AT CHRISTMAS A CANDY-PULL AND HOG-KILLING

XVII A NOTABLE AFFAIR OF HONOR

XVIII THE MENACE OF SLAVE INSURRECTION

XIX WEDDING AND BRIDESMAID THE ROUTINE OF A LARGE FAMILY MY FIRST BEREAVEMENT

XX OUR TRUE FAMILY GHOST-STORY

XXI TWO MONUMENTAL FRIENDSHIPS

XXII THE "OLD AFRICAN CHURCH"

XXIII HOW "ALONE" CAME TO BE

XXIV THE DAWNING OF LITERARY LIFE

XXV BROUGHT FACE TO FACE WITH MY FATE

XXVI LITERARY WELL-WISHERS GEORGE D. PRENTICE MRS.

XXVII MY NORTHERN KINSPEOPLE "QUELQU'UN" AND A LIFELONG FRIENDSHIP

XXVIII MY FIRST OPERA "PETER PARLEY" RACHEL AS

XXIX ANNA CORA (MOWATT) RITCHIE EDWARD EVERETT GOVERNOR WISE A MEMORABLE DINNER-PARTY

XXX A MUSICAL CONVENTION GEORGE FRANCIS ROOT WHEN "THE

XXXI WEDDING BELLS A BRIDAL TOUR A DISCOVERED RELATIVE A NOBLE LIFE

XXXII PARSONAGE LIFE WILLIAM WIRT HENRY HISTORIC SOIL JOHN RANDOLPH THE LAST OF THE RANDOLPHS

XXXIII PLANTATION PREACHING COLORED COMMUNICANTS A "MIGHTY MAN IN PRAYER"

XXXIV MY NOVITIATE AS A PRACTICAL HOUSEWIFE MY COOK "GETS HER

XXXV THE STIRRED "NEST AMONG THE OAKS" A CRUCIAL CRISIS

XXXVI MIGRATION NORTHWARD ACCLIMATION ALBERT EDWARD, PRINCE OF WALES, IN NEW YORK POLITICAL PORTENTS

XXXVII THE PANIC OF '61 A VIRGINIA VACATION MUTTERINGS OF COMING STORM

XXXVIII THE FOURTEENTH OF APRIL, 1861, IN RICHMOND

XXXIX "THE LAST THROUGH TRAIN FOR FOUR YEARS"

XL DOMESTIC SORROWS AND NATIONAL STORM AND STRESS FRIENDS, TRIED AND TRUE

XLI FORT DELAWARE "OLD GLORY" LINCOLN'S ASSASSINATION THE RELEASED PRISONER OF WAR

XLII A CHRISTMAS REUNION A MIDNIGHT WARNING HOW A GOOD MAN CAME TO "THE HAPPIEST DAY OF HIS LIFE"

XLIII TWO BRIDALS A BIRTH AND A PASSING "MY LITTLE LOVE" "DRIFTING OUT" A NONPAREIL PARISH

XLIV TWO YEARS OVERSEAS LIFE IN ROME AND GENEVA

XLV SUNNYBANK A NEW ENGLAND PARISH "MY BOYS" TWO "STARRED" NAMES

XLVI RETURN TO MIDDLE STATES THE HOLY LAND MY FRIENDS THE MISSIONARIES TWO CONSULS IN JERUSALEM

XLVII LUCERNE GOOD SAMARITANS AND AN ENGLISHMAN A LECTURE

XLVIII THE CLOUDS RETURN AFTER THE RAIN ABROAD AGAIN HEALING AND HEALTH IDYLLIC WINTER IN FLORENCE

XLIX THE GOING-OUT OF A YOUNG LIFE PRESENT ACTIVITIES "LITERARY HEARTHSTONES" GRATEFUL REMINISCENCES

APPENDIX THE REV. EDWARD PAYSON TERHUNE, D.D.

THE STORY OF A LONG LIFE

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
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Copyright, 1910, by Harper & Brothers
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Published April, 1910

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WITH
REVERENT TENDERNESS
THIS SIMPLE STORY OF MY LONG LIFE
IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF
MY FATHER