Patroclus and Penelope: A Chat in the Saddle
By the same Author.
THE CAMPAIGN OF CHANCELLORSVILLE.
It is not easy to say which part of this book is best, for it is all good.— The Nation.
We do not hesitate to pronounce it one of the ablest, fairest, and most valuable books that we have seen.— Southern Historical Papers.
A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF OUR CIVIL WAR
Is all that could be desired: gives perhaps a clearer, more vivid view, a more accurate outline than any other available record.— London Saturday Review.
The material of the work well serves to consolidate and orient the knowledge of what was done in the Great Rebellion and of those who did it.— Journal Military Service Institution.
We do not hesitate to commend the book most warmly as the work of an able, painstaking soldier, who has honestly endeavored to ascertain and frankly to tell the truth about the war.— Southern Historical Papers.
The book is written in a spirit of impartiality and of just discrimination concerning the merits and defects of the generals who led the armies of the North and South.— Army and Navy Journal.
Plate I. PATROCLUS.
To THE COUNTRY CLUB OF BOSTON, WHICH HAS FOSTERED A TRUE APPRECIATION OF GOOD HORSEMANSHIP IN OUR CITY OF BEAUTIFUL ENVIRONMENTS, AND WHOSE GENEROUS AND ABLE ADMINISTRATION HAS AFFORDED THE LOVERS OF THE SADDLE SO MANY OCCASIONS OF RARE ENTERTAINMENT, These Pages are Inscribed BY A MEMBER.
Since—as it has been our fortune to be long engaged about horses—we consider that we have acquired some knowledge of horsemanship, we desire also to intimate to the younger part of our friends how we think that they may bestow their attention on horses to the best advantage.