A book for girls displaying unusual insight into human nature with a quiet, sly humor, a faculty of investing every-day events with a dramatic interest, a photographic touch, and a fine moral tone. It ought to be a favorite with many girls.
WAR STORIES BY WARREN LEE GOSS.
RECOLLECTIONS OF A PRIVATE. A Story of the Army of the Potomac. By Warren Lee Goss, author of “Jed.” With over 80 illustrations by Chapin and Shelton. Royal 8vo. Cloth, $3.25; seal russia, $4.25; half morocco, $5.00.
Among the many books about the Civil War there is none which more clearly describes what took place among the rank and file of the Union Army, while on the march or on the battle-field, than the story given by Mr. Goss in this volume.
It is one of the handsomest, as well as one of the most valuable works in American war literature.—Boston Globe.
No volume of war history has given the reader more graphic descriptions of army life.... The writer speaks from knowledge and not from theory.—Chicago Inter-Ocean.
From General Rosecrans, Register of Treasury
Treasury Department, Register’s Office.
Washington, D.C., Sept. 24, 1890.
... It may seem strange, but it is true, that I have had comparatively little time to devote to war literature, but I derived much pleasure from the perusal of this book. Its raciness of style, accuracy of statement, and often pathos of the story, so much interested me that I devoted a whole evening to it. It is all the more pleasant because from my own knowledge, I believe it to be a fair representation of the spirit of that great body of patriotic men, the private soldiers of the Union Army; and I hope it may be largely read, not only by old soldiers, but also by other citizens, young and old.