Ben King's Southland Melodies. (Benjamin Franklin King, 1857-1894).  Illustrated with photographs by Essie Collins Matthews & Leigh Richmond Miner.  Copyright, 1911, Chicago, Forbes & Company.  Illustrated with vintage black & white photographs, floral-decorated borders printed in sepia on pages.  This book is a collection of poems about African-Americans, told in Negro dialect.   Brown patterned endpapers, dark green & pale yellow floral design.  128 pages plus two pages of publisher's ads printed in back of book for other titles by King.  Measures approx. 8-7/8" x 6-3/8".  Pages are clean and overall very good condition.   All sales final, no returns.