Excerpt from The Virginian, 1907 We take this opportunity of thanking those who have so kindly assisted us in making this Annual a success. To Dr. Messenger, who has given us valuable assist ance in the literary department, we extend our hearty thanks. We wish to acknow ledge gratefully our appreciation of the contributions to the art department, being especially grateful to Mr. Thomas Mitchell Pierce, who presented us with our frontis piece, and to Mr. Mattoon, Mrs. J. L. Bugg, and Miss Coulling. We realize the fact that no one could have given more time and thought towards making this volume a success than Miss Lula O. Andrews. For her valu able aid in the business department, we are most grateful for her able assistance in correcting and reviewing the matter for print, and in superintending the work as a whole, we extend to her our heartiest appreciation and thanks, We thank one and all; nor let us forget the lower class girls, without whose hearty co-operation it would have been impossible to have made our Annual the financial success that it has been. A. E. E. 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.