Continuing Education Series

This Child’s Outline of Greek and Roman Mythology is included in our Continuing Education Series to provide a useful study guide for children or for anyone who may be reading Greek or Roman mythology for the first time. The outline collapses the complex group of mythological characters and interactions into a quick blow-by-blow of the main characters and interactions found in the myths. Written in a fairly simple and comprehensive way, the piece can serve to give a helping hand to young readers and/or those who have absolutely no familiarity with the basic characters and stories of Greek or Roman mythology.

This compilation of the letters of Cordelia Lewis Scales originally was transcribed and annotated in the 1950’s by Dr. Benjamin Gray Lumpkin and Martha Neville Lumpkin. The genealogical interest the pair took in their ancestors centered on family research into the life of Dabney Minor Scales, who served as a second lieutenant on the Shenandoah, the most important and famous ship of the Confederate Navy. Now available in an electronic edition for the first time, this collection of letters written by Cordelia Lewis Scales, who lived eight miles north of Holly Springs. Mississippi, depicts the life and general morale of the civilian population during the War between the States. Four of these letters were included in Percy L. Rainwater (ed.), "The Civil War Letters of Cordelia Scales," in Journal of Mississippi History, 1 (July, 1939), 169–181, which produced seven letters covering the period from May 19, 1861, to February 18, 1866. The collection includes a variety of letters also penned by Dabney Scales and other members of Cordelia's immediate family. The research notes that annotate the letters from Cordelia are both anecdotal and academic. Many insights are provided by these notes and comments shed important light on life in Holly Springs before, during and after the War between the States. Mentions of famous politicians and military leaders add color to the emotions and experiences of Cordelia and other family members who penned letters in this collections. Photographs of Dabney Minor Scales and Cordelia Lewis Scales are included in the electronic version. Also included are photographs of original sketches drawn by Dabney Minor Scales, which he inserted into his letters regarding his naval service on the Shenandoah and the Arkansas. Material on the lives and treatment of slaves and former slaves during these periods is also provided. With an ever growing interest in the War Between the States, online documents such as this lend support to the fact that this War of Northern Aggression left an ongoing imprint on Southern culture. Re-enactors, whether mildly interested or hardcore, whether from North or South, whether academics or rebel progeny, will all find excellent material in this collection of letters that was carefully annotated with historical background material so lovingly by Ben and Martha Lumpkin.

This Child’s Outline of the Sovereigns of England, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom is included in our Continuing Education Series to provide a useful study guide for children or for anyone who may be reading British royal history for the first time. This list was prepared in a fairly simple and comprehensive way so that it would serve the purpose of young readers and/or those who have absolutely no familiarity with the basic lines of British succession. If downloaded as a .doc or .txt file, it can be easily printed out as a class handout or uploaded to a separate file so notes can be added by the student.

This particular short essay on Vision of a New Society in Plato and Aristotle is part of our Continuing Education Series, which hopes to provide readers with thoughtful consideration of various books, essays, and ideas. In some cases, the manuscripts presented in this Continuing Education series are merely papers or essays written by undergraduate and graduate students assigned certain subjects. In other cases, these pieces are written as non-scholarly musings by people fascinated by certain subjects. This paper is interesting not only for its content, but also for the fact that the author actually included comments on the paper made by the professor teaching the class, indicating the paper to be “An excellent essay. You show convincingly the subtle differences between Plato and Aristotle. You also demonstrate an insight into the larger issues that divide the two thinkers.”

This particular short essay on P.A. Stolypin's Agrarian Reforms is part of our Continuing Education Series, which hopes to provide readers with thoughtful consideration of various books, stories, historical events and essays. In some cases, the manuscripts presented in this Continuing Education series are merely papers or essays written by undergraduate and graduate students assigned certain subjects. In other cases, these pieces are written as non-scholarly musings by people fascinated by certain subjects. Whether trying to determine if an actual book or author is worth your time reading, trying to compare your own thoughts on the subject with others, or simply trying to engage your mind in consideration of certain topics, we believe these pieces will offer useful insights.

This particular essay on the influences of the Tao on Chinese music, painting, and poetry is part of our Continuing Education Series, which hopes to provide readers with thoughtful consideration of various books, stories, historical events and ideas. In some cases, the manuscripts presented in this Continuing Education series are merely papers or essays written by undergraduate and graduate students assigned certain subjects. In other cases, these pieces are written as non-scholarly musings by people fascinated by certain subjects. Whether trying to determine if an actual book or author is worth your time reading, trying to compare your own thoughts on the subject with others, or simply trying to engage your mind in consideration of certain topics, we believe these pieces will offer useful insights.

This particular short analysis and criticism, which is part of our Continuing Education Series, hopes to provide readers with one student’s interpretation of Hemingway's clear and consistent movement throughout his writings toward creating an immediate, non-dualistic main character. This paper is interesting not only for its content, but also for the fact that the author includes extensive comments on the paper made by the professor teaching the class for which the paper was written. While the professor found the analysis sharply focused and carefully crafted, his/her point of view on the topic assigned differs significantly from the student's approach to Hemingway's literary corpus.