Watterson, Henry, 1840-1921 / 2008-09-20 00:00:00

EBOOK MARSE HENRY (VOL. 1) ***


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[Illustration: Henry Watterson (About 1908)]

"Marse Henry"
An Autobiography
By
Henry Watterson


Volume I

TO MY FRIEND
ALEXANDER KONTA
WITH AFFECTIONATE SALUTATION
"Mansfield,"
1919

A mound of earth a little higher graded:
Perhaps upon a stone a chiselled name:
A dab of printer's ink soon blurred and faded--
And then oblivion--that--that is fame!
--HENRY WATTERSON


Contents

Chapter the First
I Am Born and Begin to Take Notice--John Quincy Adams and Andrew
Jackson--James K. Polk and Franklin Pierce--Jack Dade and "Beau
Hickman"--Old Times in Washington
Chapter the Second
Slavery the Trouble-Maker--Break-Up of the Whig Party and Rise of the
Republican--The Key--Sickle's Tragedy--Brooks and Sumner--Life at
Washington in the Fifties
Chapter the Third
The Inauguration of Lincoln--I Quit Washington and Return to
Tennessee--A Run-a-bout with Forest--Through the Federal Lines and a
Dangerous Adventure--Good Luck at Memphis
Chapter the Fourth
I Go to London--Am Introduced to a Notable Set--Huxley, Spencer, Mill
and Tyndall--Artemus Ward Comes to Town--The Savage Club
Chapter the Fifth
Mark Twain--The Original of Colonel Mulberry Sellers--The "Earl of
Durham"--Some Noctes Ambrosianae--A Joke on Murat Halstead
Chapter the Sixth
Houston and Wigfall of Texas--Stephen A.
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