In this anthology, Robert Bush brings together selections from all the major works of Grace King's literary career -- offering the reader a panorama of New Orleans' history and culture. Bush includes portions of such works as King's Balcony Stories, her novel The Pleasant Ways of St. Medard, and her Memories of a Southern Woman of Letters, as well as historical and biographical works and a selection of her letters and journals.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IV. FLATS AND SHARPS. A Race-course has its music; at all events, we are now among the flats and sharps. Here you see, on a small scale, some of those characters who, on a more extended field, and with better training, might become famous financiers, or equally famous diplomatists. Here you may encounter some inglorious Rothschild, and witness instances of petty dexterity in...