Excerpt from Beginnings of Literary Culture in the Ohio Valley: Historical and Biographical Sketches Though not confined strictly to the history of begin aings, this imperfect survey of the cultural elements of early western society is concerned, in the main, with per sons and events belonging to the period closed by the Civil War. As a rule, the biographical parts of the nar rative relate to the dead; but exceptions are made in the case of many noted men and women, yet living, who achieved reputation before the year 1860. Brief mention of numerous living writers will be found, usually in foot notes, in the chapter on Early Periodical Literature, which deals with years quite recent. Doubtless there will be missed from the index names that should have appeared, but no invidious discrimina tion is intended. The contents of this volume, far from exhausting the subjects discussed, are merely suggestive. These gleanings show only specimen sheaves, not a complete harvest. The collector gathered most of his mate rial from the sources nearest at hand, not having had leisure or Opportunity to examine, With equal care, all parts of the wide field indicated by the title of the book. Whatever is wanting to complete it, this contribution to the history of early culture in the Ohio country is offered as a'report of progress. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.