The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-04-20
"A BOOK.

MISSISSIPPI Historical society, a copy
Of Vol III of The proceedings Of the
Society.
I To say that we are we'll pleased with
the contents and general get up OF
The volume bot expresses family our
feelings in reference 10 this work. 1t
is II strong, valuable collection OF pa
pers on The history of our State, and is
of inestimable value as a contribution
% the historical literature of the same.
We do not know whether the book is
Tor sale or not. but this much we do
know: II it Is not. a great mistake has
heen made, for it should oe widely dis
tributed among the reading aud think
ing portion Of our population. There
is nothing that stirs people to greater
eff Prt than the record Of noble deeds;
nothing that 'ncites the young to press
forward to distinction, like the story of
the brave days of DID," and in this
volume we find such stories, written by
those who have made themselves mas
ters OF our glorious past, and who un.
derstand the art of writing it down in
an entertaining and instructive man.
ner. II would take TOO much time and
space to mention all the articles, so we
can give ouiy a brief mention of the
leading papers.
We have already had occasion to
mention the Mating of a State" read
before the Society in February, 1900,
and which excited very favorable COM
ment at the time. The article by that
pioneer Mississippian, Mr.. Levin Lake,
has also been quoted from in our col
umns, and mentioned as a very instruc-
tive article. The Siege of Vicks-
burg by Gen, Stephen d. Lee, is a
valuable and timely paper of one OF the
most thrilling ents of the Civil War.
THE Black-and-Tan Convention" by
Col. j. L. Power, refers to a time when
Mississippi was in the throes of carpet
bag rule, and as Col. Power wa a wit
ness OF the proceedings of that motley
assemblage, it becomes all the more
readable. Mrs. Josie Frazee Capple-
man writes entertainingly of the I'm
portanc- of the Local History of the
Civil War. Prof. a. L. Bondurant
gives "a monologue on William c. Falk-
ner. novelist; and Prof. Dabney Lips
comb doe the same for James ID. Lynch, |
poet-laureate of the Worlds Column
bian Exposition. The Location of the
boundaries of Mississippi, by Franklin
L. Riley, Ph.D., is a valuable contribu-
ton, as is also the history of the ZAP
.plication of Science TO Industry in Mis-
sissippi." by Prof. A. NJ. Muckenfuss,
OF Millsaps College. Some valuable
papers on the Customs and Ceremonies
of the Choctaw Indians, The History of
Banking in Mississippi, by Charles H.
Brough, and a few other papers of
great interest make up what we con-
slider one Of the finest collections of
historical papers that has ever fallen
under our observation.
AS we understand it, Prof. +. L.
of the University, is the COM
piler OF these documents, and we wish
compliment him especially on the
manner in which his work was done.
10 each sketch Is a biographi-
notice of the author, which makes
the article more interesting than it
would otherwise have been. AS we re-
marked in the beginning of this article,
the book should be put on sale for the
benefit of students and others interes-
ted iu the development of our States
history.