The Albemarle section has produced many gifted men men of brains, of literary talent, and of genius-great men-some who once shone, some who still shine, like brilliant stars in the firmament of the Old North State. In making this compilation I have followed no established method, but have been led by my own fancy.įor a number of years I have been collecting, as opportunity offered, now a poem, now a lecture, now an oration, and I am proud to feel that this book, which is to be my legacy to coming generations, contains some of the finest literature to be found in North Carolina. In the case of those writers whose works have never before been published, or, if published at all, not in book form, lengthy selections have been given when the work has justified it as my desire has been to preserve as much valuable literature as possible for the State. Some Albemarle writers have necessarily been omitted, because of my inability to obtain data for biographical sketches, or literary material from which to make selections, or because the character of their work has not come within the scope of such a book. In the case of those authors who have published books only brief extracts from their works, presenting their best styles, have been given. The primary purpose of this book has been to save from oblivion and preserve in attractive form the unpublished literature of the Albemarle section.
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