Transcriber's Notes:
Two variations appear in the text when DuBois is printed in all caps. The variations, "DUBOIS" and "DU BOIS", have been left as printed.
Page numbers have been removed for blank pages in the text.
Page 38 (footnote): Changed 'Lullaby," 1889.' to '"Lullaby," 1889.'
Page 42: "erceiving" left as printed; verified in book of Dunbar's poetry cited, "Candle-Lightin' Time".
Page 92: Changed "Maiden, W. Va." to "Malden, W. Va.".
Page 98: Changed "ministrelsy" to "minstrelsy".
Page 127: Changed "The Blind Girl of Castél-Cuillé" to "The Blind Girl of Castel-Cuillé".
Page 129 (and Index): Changed "Edmund Dèdè" to "Edmund Dédé".
Page 153: Changed period to comma, after "Hayes" ("Meanwhile Roland W. Hayes, the tenor, ...").
Page 154: Changed "if" to "of" ("A list of books bearing ...").
Changed "if" to "of" ("these are only some of...").
Page 181: Changed "(Note:" to "Note:"
Page 191: Changed "(June, 1867)" to "(June, 1867)."