Chapter I: Front Matter

KENTUCKY IN AMERICAN LETTERS

OTHER WORKS BY MR. TOWNSEND

_Richard Hickman Menefee._ 1907
_Kentuckians in History and Literature._ 1907
_The Life of James Francis Leonard._ 1909
_Kentucky: Mother of Governors._ 1910
_Lore of the Meadowland._ 1911

KENTUCKY IN AMERICAN LETTERS

1784-1912

BY

JOHN WILSON TOWNSEND

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY

JAMES LANE ALLEN

IN TWO VOLUMES

VOL. II

THE TORCH PRESS CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA NINETEEN THIRTEEN

_Of this edition one thousand sets have been printed, of which this is number_ 241

COPYRIGHT 1913 BY THE TORCH PRESS PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 1913

To
Mary Katherine Bullitt
and
Samuel Judson Roberts
and to their memories

CONTENTS

JAMES N. BASKETT 1
"I 'OVES 'OO BEST, 'TAUSE 'OO BEAT 'EM ALL" 2

JAMES LANE ALLEN 4
KING SOLOMON OF KENTUCKY: AN ADDRESS 9
THE LAST CHRISTMAS TREE 13

NANCY HUSTON BANKS 17
ANVIL ROCK 18
THE OLD FASHIONED FIDDLERS 19

WILLIAM B. SMITH 20
A SOUTHERN VIEW OF THE NEGRO PROBLEM 22
THE MERMAN AND THE SERAPH 24

ANDERSON C. QUISENBERRY 27
THE DEATH OF CRITTENDEN 27

ROBERT BURNS WILSON 29
LOVINGLY TO ELIZABETH, MY MOTHER 32
WHEN EVENING COMETH ON 32

DANIEL HENRY HOLMES 36
BELL HORSES 39
MY LADY'S GARDEN 40
LITTLE BLUE BETTY 42
THE OLD WOMAN UNDER THE HILL 44
MARGERY DAW 45

WILLIAM H. WOODS 47
SYCAMORES 48

ANDREW W. KELLEY 49
THE OLD SCISSORS' SOLILOQUY 50
LATE NEWS 52

YOUNG E. ALLISON 53
ON BOARD THE DERELICT 54

HESTER HIGBEE GEPPERT 57
THE GARDENER AND THE GIRL 58

HENRY C. WOOD 60
THE WEAVER 61

WILLIAM E. CONNELLEY 63
KANSAS HISTORY 65

CHARLES T. DAZEY 67
THE FAMOUS KNOT-HOLE 70

JOHN P. FRUIT 72
THE CLIMAX OF POE'S POETRY 72

HARRISON ROBERTSON 74
TWO TRIOLETS 75
STORY OF THE GATE 75

INGRAM CROCKETT 77
AUDUBON 78
THE LONGING 79
DEAREST 80

ELIZA CALVERT OBENCHAIN 81
"SWEET DAY OF REST" 82

KATE SLAUGHTER MCKINNEY 85
A LITTLE FACE 85

CHARLES J. O'MALLEY 86
ENCELADUS 88
NOON IN KENTUCKY 90

LANGDON SMITH 91
EVOLUTION 92

WILL J. LAMPTON 98
THESE DAYS 98
OUR CASTLES IN THE AIR 99
CHAMPAGNE 100

MARY ANDERSON DE NAVARRO 101
LAZY LOUISVILLE 102

MARY R. S. ANDREWS 104
THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT 106

ELVIRA MILLER SLAUGHTER 110
THE SOUTH AND SONG 111
SUNDOWN LANE 113

JOSEPH S. COTTER 115
NEGRO LOVE SONG 115

ETHELBERT D. WARFIELD 116
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS 117

EVELYN S. BARNETT 119
THE WILL 119

JOHN PATTERSON 123
A CLUSTER OF GRAPES 124
CHORAL ODE FROM EURIPIDES 125

WILLIAM E. BARTON 126
A WEARY WINTER 128

BENJ. H. RIDGELY 129
A KENTUCKY DIPLOMAT 131

ZOE A. NORRIS 135
THE CABARET SINGER 137
IN A MOMENT OF WEARINESS 138

LUCY CLEAVER MCELROY 139
OLD ALEC HAMILTON 140

MARY F. LEONARD 142
GOODBY 143

JOSEPH A. ALTSHELER 144
THE CALL OF THE DRUM 146

OSCAR W. UNDERWOOD 150
THE PROTECTION OF PROFITS 151

ELIZABETH ROBINS 156
A PROMISING PLAYWRIGHT 158

ELLEN CHURCHILL SEMPLE 162
MAN A PRODUCT OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE 163

ANNIE FELLOWS JOHNSTON 165
THE MAGIC KETTLE 167

EVA A. MADDEN 170
THE END OF "THE I CAN SCHOOL" 170

JOHN FOX, JR. 172
THE CHRISTMAS TREE ON PIGEON 176

FANNIE C. MACAULAY 181
APPROACHING JAPAN 183

JAMES D. BRUNER 184
THE FRENCH CLASSICAL DRAMA 185

MADISON CAWEIN 187
CONCLUSION 191
INDIAN SUMMER 192
HOME 193
LOVE AND A DAY 193
IN A SHADOW GARDEN 195
UNREQUITED 196
A TWILIGHT MOTH 196

GEORGE MADDEN MARTIN 198
EMMY LOU'S VALENTINE 199

MARY ADDAMS BAYNE 202
THE COMING OF THE SCHOOLMASTER 203

ELIZABETH CHERRY WALTZ 205
PA GLADDEN AND THE WANDERING WOMAN 207

REUBENA HYDE WALWORTH 209
THE UNDERGROUND PALACE OF THE FAIRIES 210

CRITTENDEN MARRIOTT 211
THE ARRIVAL OF THE ENEMY 213

ABBIE CARTER GOODLOE 217
A COUNTESS OF THE WEST 218

GEORGE LEE BURTON 222
AFTER PRISON--HOME 223

JAMES TANDY ELLIS 228
YOUTHFUL LOVERS 229

GEORGE HORACE LORIMER 230
HIS SON'S SWEETHEART 232

SISTER IMELDA 233
A JUNE IDYL 234
HEART MEMORIES 235
A NUN'S PRAYER 235

HARRISON CONRAD 236
IN OLD TUCSON 236
A KENTUCKY SUNRISE 237
A KENTUCKY SUNSET 237

ALICE HEGAN RICE 238
THE OPPRESSED MR. OPP DECIDES 239

RICHARD H. WILSON 244
SUSAN--VENUS OF CADIZ 245

LUCY FURMAN 247
A MOUNTAIN COQUETTE 249

BERT FINCK 254
BEHIND THE SCENES 254

OLIVE TILFORD DARGAN 255
NEAR THE COTTAGE IN GREENOT WOODS 258

HARRY L. MARRINER 262
WHEN MOTHER CUTS HIS HAIR 263
SIR GUMSHOO 264

LUCIEN V. RULE 265
WHAT RIGHT HAST THOU? 265
THE NEW KNIGHTHOOD 266

EVA WILDER BRODHEAD 267
THE RIVALS 269

CORDIA GREER PETRIE 273
ANGELINE JINES THE CHOIR 274

MARIA THOMPSON DAVIESS 279
MRS. MOLLY MORALIZES 281

CALE YOUNG RICE 284
PETRARCA AND SANCIA 285

ROBERT M. MCELROY 289
GEORGE ROGERS CLARK 290

EDWIN D. SCHOONMAKER 293
THE PHILANTHROPIST 294

CREDO HARRIS 295
BOLOGNA 295

HALLIE ERMINIE RIVES 297
THE BISHOP SPEAKS 298

EDWIN CARLILE LITSEY 300
THE RACE OF THE SWIFT 301

MILTON BRONNER 303
MR. HEWLETT'S WOMEN 304

A. S. MACKENZIE 305
A KELTIC TALE 306

LAURA SPENCER PORTOR 308
THE LITTLE CHRIST 309
BUT ONE LEADS SOUTH 310

LEIGH GORDON GILTNER 311
THE JESTING GODS 311

MARGARET S. ANDERSON 318
THE PRAYER OF THE WEAK 318
NOT THIS WORLD 319
WHISTLER 320

ABBY MEGUIRE ROACH 320
UNREMEMBERING JUNE 321

IRVIN S. COBB 323
THE BELLED BUZZARD 327

ISAAC F. MARCOSSON 343
THE WAGON CIRCUS 344

GERTRUDE KING TUFTS 345
SHIPWRECKED 346

CHARLES HANSON TOWNE 350
SPRING 351
SLOW PARTING 351
OF DEATH 352

WILLIAM E. WALLING 353
RUSSIA AND AMERICA 354

THOMPSON BUCHANAN 355
THE WIFE WHO DIDN'T GIVE UP 358

WILL LEVINGTON COMFORT 363
AN ACTRESS'S HEART 364

FRANK WALLER ALLEN 366
A WOMAN ANSWERED 367

VENITA SEIBERT 368
THE ORIGIN OF BABIES 369

CHARLES NEVILLE BUCK 371
THE DOCTRINE ACCORDING TO JONESY 373

GEORGE BINGHAM 375
HOGWALLOW NEWS 377

MABEL PORTER PITTS 379
ON THE LITTLE SANDY 379

MARION FORSTER GILMORE 380
THE CRADLE SONG 381