A SOUTHERN TALE,

WITH NORTHERN COMMENTS.

BY THE AUTHOR OF

“A SOUTH-SIDE VIEW OF SLAVERY.”

"I did not err, there does a sable cloud
Turn forth her silver lining on the night."

MILTON'S COMUS.

BOSTON:

TICKNOR AND FIELDS.

M DCCC LXI.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1861, by

TICKNOR AND FIELDS,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE:
STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY H. 0. HOUGHTON.