"Augré de nos desirs, bien plus qu'augré des vents"
—Crebillon's Electre
As we will, not as the winds will
NEW YORK and WASHINGTON
THE NEALE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1905
COPYRIGHT, 1905
BY
BENJAMIN BLAKE MINOR, LL. D.
DEDICATION
THE FOLLOWING WORK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED TO THE AUTHOR'S KINDRED AND DESCENDANTS, AND TO THOSE OF THE CONTRIBUTORS TO THE SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER, IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Edgar Allan Poe. Second Editor. From the beautiful minature owned by Mr. Robert Lee Taylor, who so generously granted to this work the great privilege of being the first to use it
Benjamin Blake Minor. Fourth Editor. From an old portrait painted in Richmond (about 1845) whilst he was editing the Messenger, by Mr. Thomas C. Ruckle, of Baltimore, Md
La Visionnaire. Mrs. Virginia Otey Minor. From an oil portrait painted in Columbia, Tenn., some time after her marriage, by a Mr. Hart, of Philadelphia
John R. Thompson. Fifth Editor. Kindly given by Mr. Charles Marshall Graves, though he expects to make public use of it himself. Such friendly liberality evokes the warmest appreciation
John W. Fergusson. Kindly furnished, on request, by his children. Macfarlane & Fergusson were with the Messenger from its beginning; printed it, published it and finally owned both the Magazine and its printing establishment