Transcriber's Notes
Original variations in spelling, hyphenation, and punctuation have been retained except for the following three changes:
Page [29]: A comma was added after banks for consistency.
(From the Gulf and the Lakes to the Oceans' banks,—)
Page [62]: Caucasin was changed to Caucasian
(statements which place them with the Caucasian race;)
Page [65]: Pharaoahs changed to Pharaohs.
(Once in great splendor did thy Pharaohs rule)
Page [22]: In the line: "There are homes are our natal, and nothing is fatal," the first "are" may be a typo for "our." Left unchanged.