FOI^HAMS "PERSONAL NARRATIVE 



and he never omits the opportunity to make frank and 

 pointed comment on society, manners, and morals, as well 

 as careful observations of the face of the country and of 

 industrial conditions. The style is quite unaffected and 

 has much natural charm and sprightliness; and the fact 

 that he wrote anonymously made him much more free in 

 his comments on contemporary society than would other- 

 wise have been possible. 



LOCAL AND These journeys also gave him unexampled 

 PIONEER. opportunities for contact with the pioneers 



HISTORY Q^ ^j^g Middle West, and his journal is con- 



sequently rich in personalia of early settlers, remarks on 

 contemporary history and politics, state of trade, agricul- 

 ture, prices, and information on local history not obtain- 

 able elsewhere. He also visited the larger cities and gives 

 very interesting accounts of Pittsburg and Cincinnati, ac- 

 companied by original sketches and plans. In Kentucky 

 he had the opportunity to study slavery; and although at 

 first prejudiced against this institution he finally reached 

 the conclusion that the slave states offered better chances 

 of successful settlement than the free states. 

 VALUE FOR '^^^ publication of Fordham's Narrative 

 READERS AND with introduction, extensive annotations, 

 STUDENTS ^^^ index by Professor Frederic A. Ogg, one 

 of the best authorities on the history of the Mississippi 

 Valley, will make accessible to historical students much 

 new and important material, besides giving the general 

 reader a book of vital and absorbing interest. 



Printed direct from type on Dickinson's deckle-edged 

 paper, and illustrated with original sketches and plans, in 

 one volume, 8vo, about 1 80 pages, cloth, uncut. 



Price I3.00 net. 



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