Produced by Chuck Greif, Larry B. Harrison, Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) THE GREAT VALLEY [Illustration: colophon] THE MACMILLAN COMPANY NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO · DALLAS ATLANTA · SAN FRANCISCO MACMILLAN & CO., LIMITED LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA MELBOURNE THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD. TORONTO THE GREAT VALLEY _By_ EDGAR LEE MASTERS AUTHOR OF “SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY”, “SONGS AND SATIRES,” ETC. New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1916 _All rights reserved_ COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. Set up and electrotyped. Published November, 1916. Reprinted November, 1916. Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.--Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A. TO THE MEMORY OF SQUIRE DAVIS AND LUCINDA MASTERS WHO, CLOSE TO NATURE, ONE IN DEEP RELIGIOUS FAITH, THE OTHER IN PANTHEISTIC RAPTURE AND HEROISM, LIVED NEARLY A HUNDRED YEARS IN THIS LAND OF ILLINOIS I INSCRIBE THE GREAT VALLEY IN ADMIRATION OF THEIR GREAT STRENGTH, MASTERY OF LIFE, HOPEFULNESS, CLEAR AND BEAUTIFUL DEMOCRACY EDGAR LEE MASTERS CONTENTS PAGE FORT DEARBORN 1 CAPT. JOHN WHISTLER 5 EMILY BROSSEAU: IN CHURCH 12 THE OUIJA BOARD 19 HANGING THE PICTURE 21 LINCOLN AND DOUGLAS DEBATES 26 AUTOCHTHON 33 GRANT AND LOGAN AND OUR TEARS 43 THE MUNICIPAL PIER 49 GOBINEAU TO TREE 53 OLD PIERY 60