The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1892-10-01
MIssIssIppI SCHOOL HIsroRY.
An Important Announcement From
Messrs. Lowry and MccardIe

MeSsrS. l0Wrf anu McGaruie
To the School Authorities Of Mississippi:
The undersigned announces to
the school authorities ia the vari-
ons counties; That our History
of Mississippi, for the use of
schaos, pubiic as well AS private,
will be distributed by the publish
ers on the first day of Ostober.
The book will be published by the
University Publishing C1mpa y,
of New York, aud will he go ten
mp in the most elegant style. l.
will be the most complete S;hoOl
History ever published for Missls-
sippi, for accuracy of details aud
fulmass of information.
II has several maps showing the
Territory Of Mississippi as origin-
ally laid out and of the State at
various periods of time.
1t is profusely 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 at Colum-
bus.
1t has the portrait of fernando
DeSoto, the disco erer of the inn
perial river, and portrait of La
Sale the earliest navigator of the
Father Of Waters from the mouth
Of the Illinois to the passes of the
grt at river into the Gulf of MvXlc).
In a l,lition to the foregoing,
views will be presented of Forts
Manrepas al Biloxi, Rosalie at
Natchez, and n gales at the Wal
nut Hills, now the site OF Vicks-
burg, the latter being Spanish
Fort, built after the Spaniards
wreste the country from Il gland.
In addition TO these illustrations,
the book will contain portraits If
only two territorial Cover Crs,
Claiborne and Holmes; the por-
traits Of Governors Sargent and
Williams we could not obtain. The
pictures Of all the governors of lh4
State, with the exception of Gov
ernors Walter Leale, Abram M
Scott, Hiram Il. Runnpls, Oh lle,
Lynch aud Alexander g. McNutt,
which we we unable to obt in.
The pictures of Chief Justice
VIM j.. Sharkey AMI Cotesworth
Pinckney Smith-tne portraits oi
Sargent S. Prntiss, Wiley p.
Harris and William Yerger-als,
pres MT Judges OF the Supreme
Courts.
In addition, the portrait of Gen
eral Thomas Hind I, one of the
heroes of the batlle ol
New Orleans, aud all the Gen
eral Officers Of the Confederate
Army from the State of Missis
sippi, commencing with Genera
Earl VanDJrn, that we could Oh
tain.
In addition the hopk will contain
a full page portrait of Jefferson
Davis, the best beloved citizen the
State ever possessed.
In addition TO all these illuStra
tions Will be found a portrait .
the Hor. Lucius @. G. l. mar, ;
former Representative, Seaalor i
Congress, and S cretary of th'
interior, ami al present an AsSo
clate Justice of III Supreme Cur
OF the United States.
There will be found in the bOUl
picture Of the FIRST Mississippi
Regiment in Mexico, commanded
by Col. Jeffers III Davis, expellinl
the Mexiean Lancers under til
command OF Gen. Mignon.
We merely ask a comparison o
our School History with that q
any other School History OF Mis-
sissippi ever written or publishes
aud will be centent with the decis
ion of the school authorities.
We had nearly forgotten to me-
ton the treatise OH civil govern
ment, which in obedience to tli
requirements of the last Legislr
ture, is iucluded in the vUlum
under consideration.
ROBERT LOWRY,
WIN. II. MCCARDLl