It is  I begin to e tory of my life. I  itious ation in lifting t clings about my c. task of ing an autobiograp one. ry to classify my earliest impressions, I find t fact and fancy look alike across t link t . ts tasy. A feand out vividly from t years of my life; but quot;t.quot; Besides, many of t ts of vital importance in my early education ten in tement of great discoveries. In order, t to be tedious I sry to present in a series of sketc seem to me to be t interesting and important.

    I uscumbia, a little tohern Alabama.

    tive of Szerland, ors  teace a book on t of tion--rat is true t t ors, and no slave w had a king among his.

    My grandfat;enteredquot; large tracts of land in Alabama and finally settled told t once a year  from tuscumbia to Po purcation, and my aunt ters to s of trips.

    My Grandmoter of one of Lafayettes aides, Alexander Moore, and granddaugs E. Lee.

    My fatain in te Army, and my mote Adams, s, for many years. t, Massacts, and moved to ,  on tt, ts as Edt and Dr. Edt er to Mempennessee.

    I lived, up to time of t deprived me of my siginy ing of a large square room and a small one, in . It is a custom in to build a small ead as an annex to be used on occasion. Suc after t to live in it. It ely covered  looked like an arbour. ttle porc e  of humming-birds and bees.

    tead, tle rose-bo ;Ivy Greenquot; because trees and fences iful Engliss old-fashe paradise of my childhood.

    Even in teaco feel along tiff boxs