The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-08-08
RARE OLD BOOK.
Rice's Confederate States Geography
To be Sold for IL Benefit.

Oscar Andrecn, of this city, travelling
for the st. Louis Paper Company, has pre-
sented To the Lexington auxiliary OF the
Daughters oi the C~onfcderacy, through
the INTELLIGENCER, a copy of one OF the
rarest and most interesting books of mod
ern times. II is the Confederate States
geography, compiled by John II. Rice,
and printed at Atlanta, Ga, in 1862. Fol
lowing is IL copy of the title page:
"a New Descriptive Geography. ASys-
tenn of Modern Geography, Compiled from
Various Sources, and adapted to the Pres
cnt Condition of the World, expressly for
the use uf School and Academies in the
Confederate States oi America; in which
the Political and Physical Condition of
the States comprising the Confederate
States of America are fully treated of, and
their Progress in Commerce, Education,
Agriculture, Mechanic Arts and Internal
improvements Prominently Set Forth.
BY John II. Rice, 1862. Atlanta, Ga,
Franklin Printing House, Wood, Hamlet
ter, Rice Il Co, 1867"
On the second page following the in
NV 1--WE, "hi'f ~ "'ittt INV t"' titiS
ON the outside cover, is the following:
"Entered According to act of Congress,
in the year 1861, by John II. Rice, in the
Clerks Office of the Confederate States
district court for the Northern district oi
Georgia."
In the preface to the work the compiler
says:
ain that part Of the work relating to the
Confederate States, the compiler has en-
larged upon the plan, dividing the De
scriptive Geography into five topics, to-
wit:
81. Position and Extent. 2. Natural
Features. 3. Products. 4. Population. g.
Chief Cities. 6. Manufactures. Z. Com
merce. s. Education. 9. Internal I'm
prOvements.
"Each of these topics is treated of CON
cisely and fully for a work OF this descrip-
ton, and this is the only work in exist
ence that approXimates doing justice to
the country now composing the Confcde-
rate States OF America; its actual condi-
ton and resources having been studiously
concealed by every yankee work, the only
biographies in use in our schools"
The geography begins with the usuaI
questions and answers about the eartl
and its formation, the government OF the
different countries-about as is usually
found in school Biographies. Here are Il
few sample questions:
"What is said of the black race?
"The African, or Black race, is found il
all parts OF Africa, except on the northern
coast; and in America, where they have
been brought and humanity reduced t.
their proper normal condition of Slavery
"What is the best example of II repub'
lican government in the world?
"The Confederate States OF America"
"Slavery is expressly recognized in tn,
Constitution, as it is in the Word of God
and practiced in all the States, and uni
versally approved of by the people,"
The book consists of 92 pages, eacl
9x11h inches, IN good book paper, ant
tolerably well printed. 1t is bound il
boards, with ~tan-colored leather back ,ant
is in good condition. Mr.. Andreen tool
it with him on II recent trip to Europe
and in London was offered ESQ for it. ii
has refused good prices for the work her
at home, preferring to present it to tn
Daughters of the C~onfederacy, where i
may be sold at auction for the benefit o
the Confederate Home ut Higginsville
The ladies will receive bids until Septem
Der LIST.