New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-08-26
Ctsfedevate school Books.

A gentleman who recently visited the
Southern States Of America picked up 9
humber Of books published in Dixie
during the continuance of the civil war;
these be has kindly forwarded to our office
thinking that some of Dur readers would
like to be acquainted with such curiosisies
of literature. We have notspace to notice
the whole, but sslect those of an educational
character. The. b0Oks1se roughly printed
on speekled and disc6lored paper, Tho ink
is Of faded brown color, and In somecases
the supply OF type appears to have been ex-
| hausttd before The compositor had finished
his work, 90 that apOther font had, to be
used. The contents of the volumes are
quite 10 eccentric as their exteriors. In the
First Dixie Reader" young seceesionists
were taught 70 read such sentences as
these: "f00r Jim Jones has NO me, and his
clothes are in rags. His ma died when. he
was babe, and the old cook does not know
how to fix up boys" In another Lesson, an
exemplary ,colored peri a having grown
tired OF freedom among the Yankees, returns
TO his owner, and hencefOrth wants ebry
niger to stay al home aud mind his work.
and let dem Yankees do der own work"
"The Dixie Speller'' is em6el;ished with
several antiquated engrsvings- and in this
1t ls laid down rs q maxim that 'Girlsmust
not fall in love with boys who drink drame,"
which seems to indicate the existence of
wonderful degree Of precOcity among the
youth OF Dixie. Another sentence tells us
genuine coffee ut present." And q second,
that lit is very common now to zee. ladies
dressed in hOmespun;" after which it is not
surprising to learn that I'VE look with freat
anxiety TO the completion of the war be- |
tween the North and South" FYork's !
English Grammar" from the better quality !
OF the paper and Typography. seems to have
been printed, in part at least, before the
war; and both it and the First Book. of !
pared school books. 'Johnson's Common
School Arithmetic" contains some rather
astonishing propositions. among which We
find the following: IA Confederate soldier
captured twenty-eI Yankees each dsv
for nine successive days: how many did he
capture in alp IF one Confederate
soldier can whip twenty seven Ysnkees,
nov many soldiers can whip forty-nine
der kill ninety Yankees. how many Yam
KEGS can ten Confederate soldiers
killP and others OF tho same Kind.
illustrating the extraordinary pfovesa Of
The Southern chivalry. In the ..Geoqraphi-
,al Reader for the Dixie Children" We lind
hat in the Southern Confederacy ..much
If the field: work Is done by slaves. These
Ire generally we'll used, and often have a.
- NSA RbSnoo- A1OuOy - C0clE Wl6tT0S0." IL |
to. be feared that at the time this vas
written, when q pair of boots was worth
'oaeibly 500 Confederate curreney, neither
Mistress nor slave had much pocket money.
The System Of Modern Geography" quo.
ished at Atlanta, Georgia, in 1862, contains
he statement that 1.-THE African or Black
ace is found in all parts. of Africa |
kept on the northern coast; and ia | ,
America, where they have been brou chit and ,
umanely reduced to their proper normal
onditfon of slavery" We also learn that
be best example Of a republican govern
1ent in the world is that afforded by the .
States of America, and that
under the influence of slavery, which is j
ne corner stone # her governmental fabric.
nd an indomitible spirit of self reliance in I
1e hearts Of the people, the Confederate
tates have just commenced q career of c
reatness. to be rapidly augmented BY the q
evelopment of her agricultural and min. 1
'al resources, of which the world NAV be 9
lvlous'-sn ill.proportioned fabric to be
ased on such q corner stone. Happily the il
tier feeling between the North and South b
last disappearing, but the expressions b
und in these obsolete volumes afford a q
lrious illustration of the feelings which I o
'rmeated the people of the Southern il
ates during the civil war.-London Book d
Her. :.