LOUISIANA STUDIES. LITERATURE, CUSTOMS AND DIALECTS, BY ALCÉE FORTIER, Professor of the French Language and Literature in Tulane University NEW ORLEANS: F COPYRIGHT 1894. F. F. HANSELL & BRO. PRESS OF L. GRAHAM & SON, LTD. NEW ORLEANS. PREFACE. For the last ten years the author of this book has been devoting much time to the history of Louisiana, and he has published in different literary and scientific journals a number of papers on the literature, customs, dialects, folk-lore, and history of his native State. Some of these papers have been revised and are now published in this book, together with some new studies. The work done has been mostly one of original research and patient investigation, and the author hopes that his LOUISIANA STUDIES may be of use to the future historian of Louisiana, as history can not be written without taking into consideration everything concerning the literature, the speech and the inner life of the people. The author hopes also that his book will be of interest both to Louisianians, who will recognize in it many familiar names, customs and incidents, and to people outside of Louisiana, who will see a true picture, as far as the author can judge, of the inhabitants of the Pelican State. New Orleans, January 24, 1894. ALCÉE FORTIER. |