ZACHARY TAYLOR 62 A LETTER TO HENRY CLAY 63
DANIEL DRAKE 65 MAYSLICK, KENTUCKY, IN 1800 67
MARY A. HOLLEY 69 TEXAS WOMEN 70
JOHN J. CRITTENDEN 71 EULOGY UPON JUSTICE MCKINLEY 73
JOHN M. HARNEY 74 ECHO AND THE LOVER 76 THE WIPPOWIL 77 SYLPHS BATHING 78
GEORGE ROBERTSON 78 ANNIVERSARY ADDRESS 80 EARLY STRUGGLES 80 LITERARY FAME 81
SHADRACH PENN 82 THE COMING OF GEORGE D. PRENTICE 83
WILLIAM O. BUTLER 84 THE BOATMAN'S HORN 86
HEW AINSLIE 87 THE BOUROCKS O' BARGENY 89 THE HAUGHS O' AULD KENTUCK 89 THE INGLE SIDE 90 THE HINT O' HAIRST 91
JAMES G. BIRNEY 91 THE NO-GOVERNMENT DOCTRINES 93
THOMAS CORWIN 95 THE MEXICAN WAR 96
HENRY B. BASCOM 98 A CLERGYMAN'S VIEW OF NIAGARA 99
JAMES T. MOREHEAD 102 JOHN FINLEY 103
LEWIS COLLINS 104 PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION 105
JULIA A. TEVIS 107 THE MAY QUEEN 108
ROBERT J. BRECKINRIDGE 112 SANCTIFICATION 113
CAROLINE L. HENTZ 114 BESIDE THE LONG MOSS SPRING 115
JOHN P. DURBIN 117 IMPRESSIONS OF LONDON 118
FORTUNATUS COSBY, JR. 119 FIRESIDE FANCIES 120
THOMAS F. MARSHALL 123 TEMPERANCE: AN ADDRESS 124
JEFFERSON J. POLK 126 THE BATTLE OF THE BOARDS 127
GEORGE D. PRENTICE 129 THE CLOSING YEAR 131 ON REVISITING BROWN UNIVERSITY 133 PARAGRAPHS 135
ROBERT M. BIRD 135 NICK OF THE WOODS 137
JOHN A. MCCLUNG 139 THE WOMEN OF BRYANT'S STATION 140
JAMES O. PATTIE 142 THE SANTA FE COUNTRY 143
WILLIAM F. MARVIN 145 EPIGRAM 146 THE FIRST ROSES OF SPRING 146 SONG 147
ELISHA BARTLETT 147 JOHN BROWDIE OF "NICHOLAS NICKLEBY" 148
SAMUEL D. GROSS 150 KENTUCKY 151 THE DEATH OF HENRY CLAY 152
THOMAS H. CHIVERS 152 THE DEATH OF ALONZO 154 GEORGIA WATERS 156
JEFFERSON DAVIS 156 FROM THE FAREWELL SPEECH 158
WILLIAM D. GALLAGHER 160 THE MOTHERS OF THE WEST 162
THOMAS H. SHREVE 163 I HAVE NO WIFE 164
ORMSBY M. MITCHEL 166 ASTRONOMICAL EVIDENCES OF GOD 167
ALBERT T. BLEDSOE 169 SEVEN CRISES CAUSED THE CIVIL WAR 171
RICHARD H. MENEFEE 173 KENTUCKY: A TOAST 174
GEORGE W. CUTTER 176 THE SONG OF STEAM 177
MARY P. SHINDLER 179 THE FADED FLOWER 180
MARTIN J. SPALDING 181 A BISHOP'S ARRIVAL 182
JOHN W. AUDUBON 185 LOS ANGELES 186 TULARE VALLEY 186 CHRISTMAS IN 'FRISCO 187
ADRIEN E. ROUQUETTE 187 SOUVENIR DE KENTUCKY 189
EMILY V. MASON 191 THE DEATH OF LEE 192
EDMUND FLAGG 194 THE ANCIENT MOUNDS OF THE WEST 195
CATHERINE A. WARFIELD 197 CAMILLA BOUVERIE'S DIARY 198 A PLEDGE TO LEE 199
J. ROSS BROWNE 200 LAPDOGS IN GERMANY 201
ROBERT MORRIS 205 THE LEVEL AND THE SQUARE 206
AMELIA B. WELBY 207 THE RAINBOW 209 ON THE DEATH OF A SISTER POET 210
CHARLES W. WEBBER 211 TROUTING ON JESSUP'S RIVER 212
LEWIS J. FRAZEE 216 HAVRE 217
THEODORE O'HARA 218 THE BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD 220 THE OLD PIONEER 223 SECOND LOVE 225 A ROLLICKING RHYME 225 THE FAME OF WILLIAM T. BARRY 226
SARAH T. BOLTON 228 PADDLE YOUR OWN CANOE 229