Evangeline by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth - 1905

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1905. Hardcover. Fair. Quarto. 132 pages. Color frontispiece and illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy. Red cloth illustrated hardcover with gilt stamped title on front cover and spine. Illustrated end papers. Covers are worn and faded with light soil. Corners bumped. Hinges slightly cracked. Fair condition. This particular copy was a wedding gift to Miss Elizabeth Elliott Lumpkin. The inscription on the front paste down reads: "Every Man and Woman Whose Autograph Appears in this Book is an Admirer, Friend, Lover of Elizabeth Elliott Lumpkin. x These names are arranged as a memento of the Veteran Re-Union at Rome, Georgia, September, 1904, and the Addresses at Brunswick, Oct. 31, 1904, with its accompanying Social Events. x The whole is presented to Miss Lumpkin on her marriage to Dr. Eugene Byron Glenn, Dec. 21, 1905, with the Love, Prayers, and best wishes of Harry Cassil, Jennie Cassil, and Leila Cassil." On the right front flyleaf is the written heading "Clement A, Evans Chapter, No 138 U.D.C. Brunswick, Georgia." 11 women from the chapter signed their names on the page. On the blank verso of the half title page is the written heading "Officers of Camp John B. Gordon, No. 1586 U.C.V. Brunswick, Georgia." Below the heading are 7 written names of Confederate veterans including their regiments and rank. Harry Cassil's name is written at the top of the list. Cassil was in the 1st Missouri Cavalry and was Captain Commander (of the U.C.V. Chapter). Cassil resided in Brunswick from 1899 until his death in 1908. A damp-stained loose illustration of the Confederate battlefield flag is laid inside the front cover. No other ephemera related to the wedding or the social events of the reunions exists. From the January 1906 issue of the Confederate Veteran: "In Trinity Episcopal Church, Columbia, S.C., on December 21, 1905, Miss Elizabeth Elliott Lumpkin, "The Daughter of the United Confederate Veterans", was married to Dr. Eugene Bryon Glenn of Asheville, N.C. The ceremony was performed by Bishop Capers who was a General in the Confederate Army..." The Confederate Veteran (uncustomary) dedicated a whole page of this issue to the wedding including a photograph of the wedding group. The bride's father was Colonel W. W. Lumpkin.