THE RECLUSE OF THE CONEWAGA; OR, THE LITTLE VALLEY OF THE BLUE SPRING. A Legend of Adams County.
BYW. T. B.,
A JUNIOR OF DICKINSON. "War and love have various cares; War sheds blood, and love sheds tears, War has swords, and love has darts, War breaks heads, and love breaks hearts."CARLISLE: E. CORNMAN, PRINTER.
1853.TO THE BELLES LETTRES SOCIETY,
OF DICKINSON COLLEGE,
THIS VOLUME
IS
RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED.
PREFACE.
This little volume, it is evident, was not written for the perusal of our venerable Seniors.—By no means!—Whoever heard of a Junior presuming to offer the production of his unfledged mind for the enlightenment of a Senior?—"Ea vero dimentia sit." Lest, however, some one of this honorable body should chance upon it, it might be well enough to state, that the Author endeavored to gratify the imagination more than the understanding, in its composition and style.
In depicting the several transactions, enacted at "Rogue's Harbor" and "Bloody Run," as well as the street-fight at Germantown, the excitement of mind attendant upon it, denied strict adherence to rhetorical rules; and, consequently, many defects are observable. Had we, however, in view of this fact, consulted our own inclination, this little volume would not have been introduced to public notice; but, yielding to the desire of our classmates and fellow-students, with much compunction and regret, we publish it, well-knowing that its imperfections will remain unnoticed by the wise and intelligent, and heeding little—if at all—the objections of others.
THE AUTHOR.
