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THE HOME OF AUGUSTA EVANS WILSON, ASHLAND PLACE _Frontispiece_

EDGAR ALLAN POE 20

SIDNEY LANIER 58

HOUSE WHERE TIMROD LIVED DURING HIS LAST YEARS 116

WOODLANDS, THE HOME OF WILLIAM GILMORE SIMMS 126

JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS 156

SNAP-BEAN FARM, ATLANTA, GEORGIA 166

FRANCIS SCOTT KEY 194

FATHER RYAN 204

ST. MARY'S CHURCH, MOBILE. FATHER RYAN'S LATE
RESIDENCE ADJOINING 216

DR. GEORGE W. BAGBY 236

"AVENEL" 240