THE

SOUTH:

A TOUR OF ITS BATTLE-FIELDS AND RUINED CITIES,

A JOURNEY THROUGH THE DESOLATED STATES, AND TALKS WITH THE PEOPLE :

BEING A DESCRIPTION OF THE

PRESENT STATE OF THE COUNTRY-ITS AGRICULTURE-RAILROADS-BUSINESS AND
FINANCES-GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF CONFEDERATE MISRULE, AND OF THE
SUFFERINGS, NECESSITIES AND MISTAKES, POLITICAL VIEWS,

SOCIAL CONDITION AND PROSPECTS, OF THE ARISTOCRACY,
MIDDLE CLASS, POOR WHITES AND

NEGROES.

INCLUDING VISITS TO PATRIOT GRAVES AND REBEL PRISONS-AND EMBRACING SPECIAL NOTES ON THE FREE LABOR SYSTEM-EDUCATION AND MORAL ELEVATION OF THE FREEDMEN-ALSO, ON PLANS OF RECONSTRUCTION AND INDUCEMENTS TO EMIGRATION.

FROM PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS AND EXPERIENCE DURING MONTHS OF SOUTHERN TRAVEL.