Martin Faber: The Story of a Criminal with "Confessions of a Murder"

Title Page, Copyright, Acknowledgments

MARTIN FABER Simms-MFaber final pages:Layout 1 4/10/08 11:50 AM Page i Simms-MFaber final pages:Layout 1 4/10/08 11:50 AM Page ii The Simms Series John Caldwell Guilds General Editor OTHER TITLES IN THIS SERIES Simms: A Literary Life “Long Years of Neglect”: The Work and Reputation of William Gilmore Simms Poetry and the Practical SELECTED FICTION OF WILLIAM GILMORE SIMMS ARKANSAS EDITION Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia The Yemassee: A Romance of Carolina Richard Hurdis: A Tale of Alabama Border Beagles: A Tale of Mississippi The Cub of the Panther: A Hunter Legend of the “Old North State” Helen Halsey: A Tale of the Borders The Wigwam and the Cabin The Forayers, or The Raid of the Dog Days The Cassique of Kiawah: A Colonial Romance Martin Faber: The Story of a Criminal EDITORIAL BOARD OF THE ARKANSAS EDITION James E. Kibler, University of Georgia James B. Meriwether, University of South Carolina (Emeritus) David Moltke-Hansen, Historical Society of Pennsylvania James L. W. West III, Pennsylvania State University Simms-MFaber final pages:Layout 1 4/10/08 11:50 AM Page iii Simms-MFaber final pages:Layout 1 4/10/08 11:50 AM Page iv Martin Faber: The Story of a Criminal with“Confessions of a Murderer” Selected Fiction of William Gilmore Simms ARKANSAS EDITION Edited with an Introduction, Historical and Textual Commentary, and Notes by John Caldwell Guilds The University of Arkansas Press Fayetteville 2005 Simms-MFaber final pages:Layout 1 4/10/08 11:50 AM Page v Copyright © 2005 by The University of Arkansas Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America 09 08 07 06 05 5 4 3 2 1 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials Z39.48-1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Simms, William Gilmore, 1806–1870. Martin Faber : the story of a criminal ; with, "Confessions of a Murderer" / edited with an introduction, historical and textual commentary, and notes by John Caldwell Guilds. p. cm. — (The Simms series) (Selected fiction of William Gilmore Simms, Arkansas edition) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 1-55728-810-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Criminals—Fiction. 2. Murderers—Fiction. 3. Revenge—Fiction. I. Guilds, John Caldwell, 1924– II. Title: Confessions of a murderer. III. Title. IV. Series. PS2848.M6 2005 813'.3—dc22 2005024765 Portions of this book have appeared, in different form, in Stories and Tales, ed. John Caldwell Guilds, volume 5 of The Writings of William Gilmore Simms: Centennial Edition (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1974); John Caldwell Guilds, Simms: A Literary Life (Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1992); and are reprinted by permission. The CEAA text is reproduced with the permission of the Committee for Scholarly Editions of the Modern Language Association of America. Simms-MFaber final pages:Layout 1 4/10/08 11:50 AM Page vi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I wish to express appreciation to Gwynda Crowley Shields for her assistance in the complicated task of formatting this book and preparing the manuscript for the press. I am also grateful to James B. Meriwether, James L. W. West III, and Kevin Collins for their careful reading of both text and commentary. Any existing errors are mine. With the publication of this volume and my retirement from the University of Arkansas, West succeeds me as the general editor of the Arkansas Edition. It would be impossible to entrust the legacy of Simms to better hands. —JCG Simms-MFaber final pages:Layout 1 4/10/08 11:50 AM Page vii Simms-MFaber final pages:Layout 1 4/10/08 11:50 AM Page viii ...