Personal Recollections

BY

COLONEL JOHN A. JOYCE

Author of "Checkered Life," "Peculiar Poems," "ZigZag," "Jewels of Memory," "Complete Poems," "Oliver Goldsmith," "Edgar Allan Poe," "Brickbats and Bouquets," "Beautiful Washington," "Songs," etc.

Nations unborn, adown the tides of time
Shall keep thy name and fame and thought sublime,
And o'er the rolling world from age to age
Thy characters shall thrill the mimic stage!

-JOYCE

DEDICATION.

I dedicate this book to the reader who has energy enough to borrow it, bullion enough to buy it, and brains enough to understand its philosophy, with the fervent hope that posterity may reap, thresh and consume the golden grain of my literary harvest. J. A. J.