Transcriber’s Note: This version of the text cannot represent certain typographical effects. Italics are delimited with the ‘_’ character as _italic_. Bold and other fonts are delimited with '='. Illustrations and maps are indicated as [Illustration: caption], and have been positioned to fall between paragraphs. Minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcriber’s note at the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any textual issues encountered during its preparation. [Illustration: THE MISSISSIPPI FROM Memphis TO New Orleans ] [Illustration: FROM CHATTANOOGA TO ATLANTA ] =By Mary Johnston= ------- =THE LONG ROLL.= The first of two books dealing with the war between the States. With Illustrations in color by N.C. WYETH. =CEASE FIRING.= The second of two books dealing with the war between the States. With Illustrations in color by N.C. WYETH. =LEWIS RAND.= With Illustrations in color by F.C. YOHN. =AUDREY.= With Illustrations in color by F.C. YOHN. =PRISONERS OF HOPE.= With Frontispiece. =TO HAVE AND TO HOLD.= With 8 Illustrations by HOWARD PYLE, E.B. THOMPSON, A.W. BETTS, and EMLEN MCCONNELL. ------- =THE GODDESS OF REASON.= _A Drama._ HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON AND NEW YORK ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CEASE FIRING ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration: THE ROAD TO VIDALIA] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CEASE FIRING BY MARY JOHNSTON WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY N.C. WYETH [Illustration] HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON AND NEW YORK :: THE RIVERSIDE PRESS CAMBRIDGE 1912 COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY MARY JOHNSTON ALL RIGHTS RESERVED _Published November 1912_ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ =To the Memory of= JOHN WILLIAM JOHNSTON MAJOR OF ARTILLERY, C.S.A. AND OF JOSEPH EGGLESTON JOHNSTON GENERAL, C.S.A. CONTENTS I. THE ROAD TO VIDALIA 1 II. CAPE JESSAMINE 11 III. VICKSBURG 24