Epigraph
“He (Carlyle) says it is part of his creed that history is poetry, could we tell it right.”
—Emerson.
Dedication
TO THE MEMBERS OF
THE CLASS,
IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF MANY HAPPY HOURS, THIS VOLUME AND THE FOLLOWING ONES ARE AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED BY THEIR FRIEND.
The Author.
Idlewild Plantation,
San Antonio.