A Journey 



in the Back Country in the 

 Year 1854 



By 



Frederick Law Olmsted 



Author of "A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States," etc. 

 (Originally issued in 1860.) 2 Volumes. 8vo. 



Readers for entertainment will be fasci- 

 nated by this vivid portrayal of the 

 picturesque ideas, customs, and manners 

 of Southerners before the Civil War. 

 Students of history will find no more re- 

 liable or more abundant record of obser- 

 vations on Southern social conditions, 

 especially rtegro slavery. 



G. P. Putnam's Sons 



New York London 



