Project Gutenberg 2014-10-27 Public domain in the USA. 645 Mississippi Historical Society Historical Society of Mississippi Mississippi State Historical Society State Historical Society of Mississippi Society, Mississippi Historical Riley, Franklin L. (Franklin Lafayette) 1868 1929 Riley, Franklin Lafayette Rowland, Dunbar 1864 1937 Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society, Volume 02 (of 14), 1899 The historical element in recent Southern literature / C. Alphonso Smith -- Irwin Russell: first fruits of the Southern romantic movement / W. L. Weber -- William Ward, a Mississippi poet entitled to distinction / Dabney Lipscomb -- Sherwood Bonner, her life and place in the literature of the South / Alexander L. Bondurant -- 'The Daughter of the Confederacy,' her life, character and writings / Chiles Clifton Ferrell -- Sir William Dunbar, pioneer scientist of Mississippi / Franklin L. Riley -- History of taxation in Mississippi / Charles Hillman Brough -- Territorial growth of Mississippi / J. M. White -- The early slave laws of Mississippi / Alfred H. Stone -- Federal courts, judges, attorneys and marshals in Mississippi / Thomas McAdory Owen -- Running Mississippi's south line / Peter J. Hamilton -- Elizabeth Female Academy: the mother of female colleges / Chas. B. Galloway -- Early history of Jefferson College / J. K. Morrison -- The rise and fall of Negro rule in Mississippi / Dunbar Rowland -- Glimpses of the past / Helen D. Bell -- The historical opportunity of Mississippi / R. W. Jones -- Nanih Waiya, the sacred mound of the Choctaws / H. S. Halbert. Produced by Richard Tonsing, Charlene Taylor, Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society, Volume 02 (of 14), 1899" is a historical account compiled by the Mississippi Historical Society during the late 19th century. This volume focuses on various aspects of Mississippi's history, featuring essays and discussions by different authors about significant contributors to Southern literature, the experiences of the local population, and the sociopolitical developments in the region. The opening of this volume presents the organizational and administrative structure of the Mississippi Historical Society, detailing its officers and inviting members to support its mission. It then transitions into a scholarly essay by Professor C. Alphonso Smith, discussing the transition in Southern literature post-Civil War, highlighting authors like Irwin Russell who drew inspiration from contemporary Southern life rather than classical influences. Smith emphasizes the historical significance of literary works that accurately reflect the lived experiences of the South, showing how literature serves as a vital recorder of societal conditions and cultural identity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 57.2 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Mississippi -- History F296 Text Category: History - American 666832 2025-08-19T05:32:34.761973 text/html 621373 2024-10-24T11:48:57 text/html 270043 2025-08-19T05:32:48.948892 application/epub+zip 278498 2025-08-19T05:32:38.337986 application/epub+zip 278497 2025-08-19T05:32:36.544938 application/epub+zip 480040 2025-08-19T05:32:54.951835 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 432030 2025-08-19T05:32:46.184917 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 432105 2022-09-21T12:34:12.996951 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 501462 2025-08-19T05:32:32.964954 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 481336 2024-10-24T11:48:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18673 2025-08-19T05:32:55.140861 application/rdf+xml 10062 2025-08-19T05:32:36.729942 image/jpeg 1930 2025-08-19T05:32:36.638920 image/jpeg 244104 2025-08-19T05:32:34.808956 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia