AUTHOR OF "PICKETT AND HIS MEN," "JINNY," ETC.

With Portraits and Illustrations

PHILADELPHIA & LONDON

J.B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY

1912

COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY J.B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY J.B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY

PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER, 1912

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THE HOME OF AUGUSTA EVANS WILSON, ASHLAND PLACE
Now owned by Mrs. George Fearn, Jr.


Transcriber's Note: There is an inconsistency in the fifth paragraph of the Forword where the author refers to Dr. Bagley's "The Old Fashioned Gentleman," and the reference to Dr. Bagby's "The Old Virginia Gentleman" in the chapter "Bacon and Greens".