THE AMERICAN WAR BALLADS AND LYRICS.
Edited by George Cary Eggleston. A selection of the more noteworthy of the Ballads and Lyrics which were produced during the Colonial period, the Indian Wars, the Revolution, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the Civil War. The latter division includes the productions of poets on both sides of Mason and Dixon’s line. Two vols., fully illustrated, 16mo.
“He has gone about it in a wisely comprehensive spirit, and in his book will be found most of the actual songs that were popular during the war, as well as the poems and ballads that best deserve preservation because of their literary character.”—Philadelphia Times.
ULYSSES S. GRANT, and the Period of National Preservation and Reconstruction. 1822-1885. By William Conant Church, late Lieut.-Colonel, U.S.A., author of “Life of John Ericsson.” No. 21 in the “Heroes of the Nations Series.” Fully illustrated. Large 12mo, cloth, $1.50; half leather, gilt top
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“It is a work of high value for its completeness, for its review of the period of national preservation and reconstruction, and for its admirable handling of the great mass of momentous events with which the career of General Grant was associated.”—Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
ROBERT E. LEE, and the Southern Confederacy. 1807-1870. By Prof. Henry Alexander White, of Washington and Lee University. No. 22 in the “Heroes of the Nations Series.” Fully illustrated. Large 12mo, cloth, $1.50; half leather, gilt top
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“... He tells the story of the General’s life in admirable style. He is intensely earnest, and is interesting from first to last. He has labored long and faithfully to gather all possible information and makes judicious use of the materials accumulated. When the reader ends the volume it is with the wish that it had been much longer.”—New York Mail and Express.
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