“The Presidents of Texas,” by C. Montgomery, is the title of an article that appeared in the Democratic Review of March, 1845 (xvi, 282-291). The writer briefly sketches the administrations of Burnet, Houston and Lamar. President Jones had been in office but a short time when this publication appeared.

“Texas and her Presidents; with a glance at her Climate and Agricultural capacities. By Corinne Montgomery. New York: E. Winchester. 1845.

“The book is insufferably dull, and can only be tolerated in the anxiety which exists for information connected with the southern El Dorado of Texas.”

The above title and the criticism appeared in the first number of De Bow's Review, January, 1846 (I, 95). The writer has seen no copy of this book. Is the biographical portion of “Texas and her Presidents” identical with “The Presidents of Texas?”

The dedication to Verse Memorials by Mirabeau B. Lamar (1857) is, “To Mrs. William L. Cazneau—so favorably known to the public by her pen, as `Cora Montgomery,' and now the wife of one of my best and long-cherished friends—I beg leave to dedicate this little volume. Her name, like that of her husband, is identified with the history of Texas. Both have given their highest efforts and the best years of their lives to the support of her interests.”

W.

How to cite:
"Democratic Review", Volume 018, Number 1, Southwestern Historical Quarterly Online, Page 114 - 115. http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/publications/journals/shq/online/v018/n1/review_31.html
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