Excerpt from Gems From a Texas Quarry, or Literary Offerings by and Selections From Leading Writers and Prominent Characters of Texas: Being a Texas Contribution to the World's Industrial Exposition at New Orleans, La., 1884-5 Hile all manner of the varied material products resources and characteristics of our great State will be on exhibition at the World's Industrial Exposition in New Orleans in 1884-5, it has been considered by the undersigned that the purely intellectual feature should not be overlooked. This work, therefore, is a Texas contribution in the literary line for that important occasion, and it is offered as a specimen of the culture, tastes and sentiments of a citizenry which graces a state as it advances through its more material advantages toward intellectual achievements, moral development and social refinement. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.