by the treaty of Paris, and gave it up to the general government. The South, standing by its patriotic record, and tendering all its resources to the government, cordially bids our reunited country God-speed.
BOOKS OF REFERENCE.
I have freely consulted and used facts and data collated in the following books, pamphlets, etc.:
Noted Men of the Solid South; or, Reconstruction and its Results.—Hilary A. Herbert.
Mayes' Life of L. Q. C. Lamar.
Avery's History of Georgia.
The Last Quarter Century of the United States.—Andrews.
Woodrow Wilson's Works. Facts About the South.—R. H. Edmunds (1894 and 1895).
The Industrial Condition of the South before 1860. "The Chautauquan," February, 1896.—R. H. Edmunds.
The Industrial Condition of the South after 1860. "The Chautauquan," March, 1896.—R. H. Edmunds.
Proceedings of the Trustees, Peabody Educational Fund, Thirty-fifth Meeting.—Dr. J. L. M. Curry.
The South's Redemption From Poverty to Prosperity.—R. H. Edmunds, 1892.
Unparalleled Industrial Progress.—R. H. Edmunds, 1892. "The Tradesman," Chattanooga, 1896, 1897.
The United States Census, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1890.
What the South is Doing for Education, and What Education is Doing for the South.-Dr. W. T. Harris.
Address of J. R. Preston, State Superintendent Education, Mississippi.
Data furnished by Gen. Clement A. Evans—"Education," January, 1896.
Some Present Aspects of Education in the South. Rev. A. D. Mayo. "Progress," Nos. 11 and 12.
