LAYS OF ANCIENT VIRGINIA, AND OTHER POEMS: BY JAMES AVIS BARTLEY, OF ORANGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA. RICHMOND: J.W. RANDOLPH, PUBLISHER 1855 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1855, BY J.A. BARTLEY, In the Clerk's Office of the Eastern District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia. G.S. ALLEN & CO., PRINTERS, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. TO MY FATHER, THIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBED BY HIS SON, THE AUTHOR. PREFATORY LETTER TO THE PUBLIC. Dear Public: Dear Public: