Rugby, Tennessee, being some account of the settlement founded on the Cumberland plateau by the Board of aid to land ownership, limited, a company incorporated in England, and authorised to hold and deal in land by act of the legislature of the state of Tennessee,

CONTENTS. PART I. OUR WILL WIMBLES. CHAPTER I. The Gentlefolk of England 1 CHAPTER II. The Traders of England 8 CHAPTER III. Ode Handicraftsmen 15 CHAPTER IV. To Parents and Guardians 22 PART II. A NEW HOME — FIRST IMPRESSIONS. CHAPTER I. Life in an American Liner 29 CHAPTER II. The Cumberland Mountains 36 CHAPTER III. Life in Tennessee 44 CHAPTER IV. A Forest Bide 54 CHAPTER V. The Natives 61 CHAPTER VI. Our Forester 69 CHAPTER VII. The Negro Natives 78 CHAPTER VIII. The Opening Day 85 PART III. BOARD OF AID TO LAND OWNERSHIP. THE TOWN SITE OF RUGBY. CHAPTER I. Address of the President 92 CHAPTER II. Latest Views 107 CHAPTER III. An Address — Rugby, England 120 CHAPTER IV. Colonel Eillebrew's Report 136 Glossary 161 Digitized by Google.