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“It is a stirring story, told with the simple directness of a sailor. Its reading carries the conviction of its truthfulness. The Admiral could not have hoped to accomplish more.”—Chicago Evening Post.
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“The Admiral tells the story well. His is a manly and straightforward style. He leaves nothing to doubt, nothing open to controversy.”—Baltimore Sun.
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BIOGRAPHY AND HISTORY.
The Journal of Latrobe.
Being the Notes and Sketches of an Architect, Naturalist, and Traveller in the United States from 1796 to 1820 By Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Architect of the Capitol at Washington. Copiously illustrated with reproductions from the original drawings by the author. 8vo. Ornamental cloth, $3.50 net.
These are the memoirs of a personal friend of the first President of the United States. He was a man of refinement and great intellectual attainments, a soldier, civil engineer, philosopher, artist, humorist, poet, and naturalist. The book is bright with story and anecdote, criticism and comment.