List of Illustrations.

	Page
Captain John Smith	[34]
Rescue of Captain Smith by Pocahontas	[36]
Jamestown, Va. The first permanent English settlement in America	[39]
Storm at Sea	[44]
Sir Walter Raleigh	[50]
Westover, the Home of William Byrd	[55]
Evelyn Byrd	[57]
The Chapel, University of Georgia, Athens	[62]
The Tower of London	[69]
George Washington	[72]
Washington Taking the Oath of Office	[75]
Old St. John’s Church, Richmond, Va.	[83]
Fort Moultrie, S. C. Fort Sumter in the Distance	[88]
Monticello, the Home of Jefferson	[92]
Harper’s Ferry	[96]
Jasper Replacing the Flag	[104]
William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Va.	[114]
University of Virginia	[141]
Henry Clay	[146]
Star-Spangled Banner and Seal of the United States	[152]
Scene in Louisiana	[154]
John Caldwell Calhoun and His Home	[163]
The Alamo, San Antonio, Texas	[174]
University of North Carolina	[188]
Old Plantation Home	[200]
State House, Columbia, S. C.	Oppo. [211]
Tulane University, New Orleans	[234]
Florida State Agricultural College	[244]
“Woodlands,” the Home of W. Gilmore Simms	[253]
General R. E. Lee	Oppo. [265]
Washington and Lee University	[267]
Beauvoir, the Home of Jefferson Davis	[273]
Robert Toombs	[285]
University of Alabama	[299]
University of Kentucky	[307]
Osceola	[312]
Natural Bridge, Virginia	[325]
University of Mississippi	[337]
University of Texas (Main Building), Austin	[347]
State Capitol of North Carolina	[359]
Tomb of Mary, the Mother of Washington, Fredericksburg, Va.	[380]
General T. J. Jackson (Stonewall)	Oppo. [388]
Arkansas Industrial University	[402]
Mt. Mitchell, N. C. Above the Clouds	[408]
Grady Monument, Atlanta, Ga.	[414]
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Mississippi	[420]
University of Tennessee, Knoxville	[424]
Model School, Peabody Normal College	[433]
Mississippi Industrial Institute and College for Girls	Oppo. [446]

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Southern Literature.

FIRST PERIOD ... 1579-1750.

JOHN SMITH.

1579=1631.

Captain John Smith, the first writer of Virginia, was born at Willoughby, England, and led a life of rare and extensive adventure. “Lamenting and repenting,” he says, “to have seen so many Christians slaughter one another,” in France and the Lowlands, he enlisted in the wars against the Turks. He was captured by them and held prisoner for a year, but escaped and travelled all over Europe. He finally joined the expedition to colonize Virginia, and came over with the first settlers of Jamestown in 1607. His life here is well known; he remained with the colony two years. He afterwards returned to America as Admiral of New England, but did not stay long. He spent the remainder of his life in writing accounts of himself and his travels, and of the colonies in America.