E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, David Cortesi, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 28152-h.htm or 28152-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/8/1/5/28152/28152-h/28152-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/8/1/5/28152/28152-h.zip) Transcriber's note: Several minor typographical errors have been corrected in transcribing this work: contineu, secresy, bubling, reconnoissance, cotemporary, delived (should be delivered), eat (ate), Alleghany, amendmet, lage (large). Otherwise the text is original and retains some inconsistent or outdated spellings. The original contains two lengthy addenda supplied by the publisher which were not named in the Table of Contents. Entries for these have been added to the Contents for the convenience of the reader. Despite the many testimonials in this book, as of 2008, the source of the Mississippi is considered to be Lake Itasca. Following a five-month investigation in 1891 it was decided that the stream from Elk Lake (the body that Glazier would have called Lake Glazier) into Itasca is too insignificant to be deemed the river's source. Both lakes can be seen, looking much as they do in the maps in this book, by directing any online mapping service to 47 deg.11'N, 95 deg.14'W. SWORD AND PEN * * * * * POPULAR WORKS OF Captain Willard Glazier. THE SOLDIER-AUTHOR. I. Soldiers of the Saddle. II. Capture, Prison-Pen, and Escape. III. Battles for the Union. IV. Heroes of Three Wars. V. Peculiarities of American Cities. VI. Down the Great River. Captain Glazier's works are growing more and more popular every day. Their delineations of military life, constantly varying scenes, and deeply interesting stories, combine to place their writer in the front rank of American authors. SOLD ONLY BY SUBSCRIPTION. PERSONS DESIRING AGENCIES FOR ANY OF CAPTAIN GLAZIER'S BOOKS SHOULD ADDRESS THE PUBLISHERS * * * * * [Illustration: (signed) Willard Glazier] SWORD AND PEN; or, Ventures and Adventures of WILLARD GLAZIER, (The Soldier-Author,) In War and Literature: Comprising Incidents and Reminiscences of His Childhood; His Chequered Life As a Student and Teacher; and His Remarkable Career As a Soldier and Author; Embracing Also the Story of His Unprecedented Journey from Ocean to Ocean on Horseback; and an Account of His Discovery of the True Source of the Mississippi River, and Canoe Voyage Thence to the Gulf of Mexico. by JOHN ALGERNON OWENS. Illustrated. Philadelphia: P. W. Ziegler &. Company, Publishers, 720 Chestnut Street. 1890.