The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-10-14
NUMBER "a.
MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL HIsTeRY.
N Important Annsuneenest Frsu
uessfs. Lsvry and MeCardie.


nessrs. Lsvry and MeCardie.
To the School Authorities Of MIssissippj.
The undersigned announce To
he school authorities in the va.
r,ous counties; That our History
Of Mississippi for the use of schools,
public as we'll as private, will be
distributed by The publishers on
first day OF October. The book
will be published by the Uniyersi.
ty Publishing Company, of New
York. and will he gotten up in the
most elegant style. II will be the
most complete School history ever
published for Mississippi for accu-
racy of details and tulness Of in.
formation. II has several maps
sho wing The territory Of Misxissip.
pi rs originally LAID out, and of the
State Al different periods of time.
|, il proiusely illustrated, with
an engraving of the State Capitol,
a view of Jefferson College, the
State University, The Agricultural
and Mechanical College, and The
girls Industrial College al Colum.
bus.
II has the portrait of fernando
DeSolo, the discoverer of the i'm.
perial river, and n portrait of La.
Sale the earliest navigator of the
Father Of Waters from the mouth
OF the Illinois 10 the passes of the
great river into the Gulf Of Mex.
icO.
In addition 10 the foregoing,
views will be presented of Fort
Maurepas at Biloxi, Rosalie at
Nalchez, and Nogales at the Wal.
nut Hills, now the site Of Vicks.
burg, the latter being y Spanish
Fort, built after the Spaniards
wrested The country from England.
In addition 10 these illustrations,
the book will contain portraits OF
only two territorial governors,
Claiborne and Holmes; the por.
traits Of Governors Sargent and
Williams we could not obtain.
The pictures Of all the governors
Of the State with the exception of
Governors Walter Leake, Abram
M. Scott, Hiram G. Runnels,
Charles Lynch and Alexander q.
McNutt, which We we're unable TO
obtain.
The pictures of Chief: Justices
| VIM. L. Sharkey and Cotesworth
Pinckney Smlth-the portraits of
Sargent S. Prentiss, Wiley P. Har.
ris and William Yerger-also the
present Judges OF the Supreme
Court.
In addition, the portrait of Gen.
eral Thomas Hinds, one OF the he.
roes of the battle of New Orleans,
and all the General officers of the
Confederate Army from the State
Of Mississippi, commencing with
General Earl Van Dorm, that We
could obtain.
In addition the book will con.
tain a full pages portrait of Jefer.
son Davis, the best beloved citizen
the State ever possessed.
In addition 10 all these illustra.
tions will be found a portrait of the
Hon. Lucius Q. 9. Lamar, a former
Representative, Senator in Con-
gress, and Secretary OF the Interi.
or, and at present an Associate
Justice Of the Supreme Court Of
the United States.
There will be found IN the book
a picture OF The First Mississippi
Regiment in Mexico, commanded
by Col. Jefferson Davis, repelling
the Mexican iancers under the
command OF Gen. Mignon.
| In addition to the list of illustra.
tions contained in the volume, will
be found a view OF the famous
ram, Arkansas, before she made
her brilliant attack on the gun.
boats IN the Mississippi river, scat.
tering and destroying one or two
oil the Union gunboals.
i We merely ask Il comparison Of
our School History with that oil
any other School History Of Missis.
sippi ever written or published,
and will be content with the de-
cision Of the .chool authorities.
Within the cover of the History,
also in separate volume, will be
presented a treatise on 'Civll
Government" which has been pre-
pared with great care, and in which
the student will find an analysis 0i
the Federal and Stale CUnstitu-
lions, with the distribution Of DOW,
ers Of each clearly defined, and es
pecially adapted 10 the school
room.
LOWRY 4 MoCARDLE.
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