Many of the sketches contained in "Some Folks" were written by me during the past five years, and some of them published by Mr. Leslie in his _Illustrated Newspaper_ and his _Chimney Corner_, from which journals they have been collected by friends who believe that in these stories is displayed better workmanship than I have since done. For myself, I can claim for them only an unusual degree of that unliterary and unpopular quality called truthfulness. Although at present mildly tolerated in the East, I was "brought up" in the West, and have written largely from recollection of "some folks" I have known, veritable men and women, scenes and incidents, and otherwise through the memories of West…
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