1909
CONTENTS
| [RECOLLECTIONS OF A HAPPY LIFE] | [3] |
| [REMINISCENCES] | [35] |
| [A VISION] | [49] |
| [ABRAHAM LINCOLN] | [55] |
| [THE RACE QUESTION IN AMERICA] | [61] |
| [HISTORICAL COMPOSITION] | [73] |
| [MY FAVORITE POEMS] | [77] |
| [MY FAVORITE HYMNS] | [87] |
RECOLLECTIONS OF A HAPPY LIFE
The memory of my happy, care-free childhood days on the plantation, with my little white and black companions, is often with me. Neither master nor mistress nor neighbors had time to bestow a thought upon us, for the great Civil War was raging. That great event in American history was a matter wholly outside the realm of our childish interests. Of course we heard our elders discuss the various events of the great struggle, but it meant nothing to us.