Evening star., 1936-06-07
PUBLIC LIBRARY
TEXAS.

Jullt o, dIInOuSn CIle OulClal
birthday was celebrated on
= March 2. The expoSitions al
Dallas June 6-November 29) and
Fort Worth (July 1-December y will
continue through November. More
than $50 celebrations will be held
throughout the State.
The Public Library offers a short
list of books on Texas. So far, little
magazine material has appeared
Those interested in descriptions OF
the eXpositions are advised to consult
the Index to Periodicals in the refer
ence room during the course of the
celebration.
The Lone Star State.
THE BOOK OF TEXAS, by H. Y
Benedict and ]. A. Lomax 1916
G877 B433
This book is less than a scientific
and detailed treatise; on the other
hand. let us hope, it is more than a
collection of random remarks made
by superficial and facetious observers. -
THE GEOGRAPHY OF TEXAS,
physical and political, by F. W.
Simonds. 1914. G877.S
An excellent comprehensive volume
of general information on the State.
THEM WAS THE DAYS, from Ell
Paso to prohibition, by o. P.
White. 1885. G877.W58.
He takes some of the romance, but
none of the thrill, from the lives of
cattle kings and cowboys, OF gunner
and proSpectorS, Of Apache Indians
and Texas Rangers"
TEXAS. THE MARVELLOUS, THE
STATE OF SIX FLAGS, including
accounts of the Spanish settlement
and establishment of the Indian
missions, the unfortunate expedi-
tion and death of LaSalle, the ro-
nance of its early settlement and
stories of its hardy pioneers
and the general development of
this marvellous State, by N. o.
Winter. 1916. G877.W .W738t.
History.
MEXICO AND TEXAS. 1821-1835;
University of Texas research lee
lures on the causes of the Texas
revolution, by E. c. Barker. 1928.
F887 .B24
TEXAS: A CONTEST OF CIVILIZA-
TIONS, by G. P. Garrison. 1903
F877G195.
salient features of the experience
OF the people under consideration"
ALKALI TRAILS; or, social and
economic movements of the Texas
frontier, 1846-190O, by w. C.
Holden. 1890 F377H71.
zone of those contributions to local
history that are always valuable be-
cause of their importance to the his
tory social, political and economic,
of the whole country
TEXAS; A ROMANTIC STORY FOR
YOUNG PEOPLE, by ]. w. Nc
Spadden. 1927. F877M24.
"These stories may be called adven-
from a wealth of material in our
heroic past in the hope and belief that
they will bring back to us all, whether
young or old, something of the rich
heritage which clings to our native
soil"
A SOCIAL AND POLITICAL HIS
TORY OF TEXAS, by L. w. New
ton and H. P. Gambrell 1882.
F877.N48
"a small encyclopedia of Texan his
tory
THE CONQUEST OF THE SOUTH
WEST; discussion Of the
charges that the colonization of
Texas and the revolution against
Mexico were the results of a move
ment of the "slavocracy" to in
crease slave territory, or of the
activity of Andrew Jackson,
through Samuel Houston, to ac-
complish the same result, by E. R.
Shaw. 1924 F877.Sh28.
"In taking up the evidence, then.
In relation to the charge that the
"slavocracy" was behind the colonial
tion of Texas and that the govern
mental authorities instigated the re-
volt, we must, no matter what our
conclusion, conflict with writers Of
established reputation"
THE ANNEXATION OF TEXAS, by
j. H. Smith, 1911. F877Sm6.
"a solid and comprehensive history
of the annexation of Texas. based on
minute study of practically all the
sources. On most points 1t prob
ably says the final word"
TEXAS AND THE MEXICAN WAR;
Chronicle of the Southwest,
by N. W. Stephenson. 1921.
F83 .C466.v24
The account of the annexation of
Texas in the Chronicles of America"
series.
HISTORY OF SAN ANTONIO AND
OF THE EARLY DAYS IN