Includes index.

Reprint of the 1905 ed. published by J. Pott, New York.

"A bibliography of Emma Bell Miles": pages xxxiv-xxxv.

The log church school: describing a typical school in the mountains, and a few of the children attending -- Cabin homes: showing the daily life, the primitive habits and customs of the mountaineers -- Grandmother and sons: sketch of an old coule and of a young one. A study of relations between man and woman, showing incidentally the preculiar respect accorded to old women -- Neighbors: A study of relations between man and man. Simplicity of social laws; absence of class distinction. Feuds due to the clan spirit -- The savage strain: Their peculiarities partly accounted for by the long association with the Cherokee. Story of a lost mine, illustrating some singular characteristics -- Supernatural: ghost tales, witch tales, signs and omens-and the moon! -- The old-time religion: Character sketch of a mountain preacher and his work. Description of foot-washing, baptizing and kindred ceremonies. Then the deeper side-the principles underlying the mountaineer's beliefs and habits of thought -- Some real American music: Folk-song; religious music: the fiddle, the banjo, and the dance. Influence of old ballads on native composition -- The literature of a wolf-race: The vernacular a true dialect. Native rhymes, tales, hymns, and proverbs. The mountaineer's Mother Goose. Tendencies and possible development of this literature -- Conclusion: Influence of contact with civilization on the mountaineers. What ought to be done about it:-some practical suggestions for the development of this people:-how to help them in the right way.