Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Library of Southern Literature, Vol. 12
John Banister Tabb was born March 22, 1845, on the old family homestead, The Forest (since destroyed by fire) in Amelia Coun ty, Virginia.
In his early boyhood a keen interest in literature, especially poetry, was awakened in him, the first impulse coming from a friend of the family, Colonel Frank G. Ru?in, who one morning read to him from Wordsworth and Hood. That single reading was like a revelation to him, and the impression never faded. Somewhat later, his brother, William Barksdale, (an alumnus of the University of Vir ginia) led him to Tennyson and Poe.
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