OR,
THE PRIDE OF THE VILLAGE
A TALE OF KENTUCKY.
By W. Gilmore Simms
“Nor will I be secure.
In any confidence of mine own strength,
For such security is oft the mother
Of negligence, and that, the occasion
Of unremedy'd ruin.”
Microcosmus—THO. NABBES.
TO THE HON. JAMES HALL, OF CINCINNATI:
AS ONE OF THE ABLEST OF OUR LITERARY PIONEERS A GENUINE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE GREAT WEST;
WHOSE WRITINGS EQUALLY ILLUSTRATE HER HISTORY AND GENIUS:
This story of “CHARLEMONT,” and its Sequel “BEAUCHAMPE” are respectfully inscribed by
THEIR AUTHOR
CONTENTS
[ CHAPTER II. — THE TRAVELLERS. ]
[ CHAPTER III. — THE STRONG-MINDED WOMAN. ]
[ CHAPTER IV. — SIMPLICITY AND THE SERPENT. ]
[ CHAPTER V. — THE SERPENT IN THE GARDEN. ]
[ CHAPTER VI. — THE TOAD ON THE ALTAR. ]
[ CHAPTER VII. — THE GOOD YOUNG MAN IN MEDITATION. ]
[ CHAPTER VIII. — PAROCHIAL PERFORMANCES. ]
[ CHAPTER IX. — HOW THE TOAD GRINS UPON THE ALTAR. ]
[ CHAPTER X. — THE MOTHER'S GRIEFS. ]
[ CHAPTER XII. — THE MASTER AND HIS PUPILS. ]
[ CHAPTER XIII. — THE HISTORY OF A FAILURE. ]
[ CHAPTER XIV. — THE ENTHUSIAST. ]
[ CHAPTER XV. — A CATASTROPHE. ]
[ CHAPTER XVI. — SOUSING A GURNET. ]
[ CHAPTER XVII. — PHILOSOPHY OP FIGHTING. ]
[ CHAPTER XVIII. — TRAILING THE FOX. — ]
[ CHAPTER XX. — BLOWS—A CRISIS. ]
[ CHAPTER XXII. — FOOT TO FOOT. ]
[ CHAPTER XXIII. — UNEXPECTED ISSUES. ]
[ CHAPTER XXVII. — THE BIRTH OF THE AGONY. ]
[ CHAPTER XXVIII. — STRENGTH AFTER FALL. ]
[ CHAPTER XXIX. — BULL-PUPS IN TRAINING. ]
[ CHAPTER XXX. — THE FOX IN THE TRAP. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXI. — “ABSQUATULATING.” ]
[ CHAPTER XXXII. — THE REVELATION. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXIII. — STORM AND CONVULSION. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXIV. — THE FATES FIND THE DAGGER AND THE BOWL. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXV. — FOLDING THE ROBES ABOUT HER. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXVI. — SUSPENSE AND AGONY. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXVII. — SHAME AND DEATH—THE OATH. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXVIII. — THE PALL UPON THE COFFIN. ]