“The two stages of his extraordinary career as he describes them in great detail, with honest self-satisfaction and a good deal of quiet humour, make a story—almost a romance—which is not only entertaining but instructive.”—Westminster Gazette.
A CYCLE OF ADAMS LETTERS, 1861-1865. Edited by W. C. Ford.
With many Illustrations. 2 vols.
Letters of Charles Francis Adams, American Minister to England during the Civil War, and his two sons—Henry Adams, who acted as secretary, and Charles Francis Adams, Jr., then serving in the Northern Armies.
These two volumes of family letters form an unique series. They contain detailed description of social conditions, discussion of public questions, and wise and informed comments on the events in Great Britain and America during the war between North and South. Social, military, and diplomatic, the importance of so long a series of letters between members of a distinguished family cannot be over-estimated.
LIFE AND LETTERS OF JOHN HAY. By William Roscoe Thayer.
2 vols. 21s. net.
“Mr. Thayer’s very interesting biography.”—Lord Cromer in The Spectator.
“Mr. Thayer is to be congratulated on this biography.... He has made a most skilful and attractive book, full of good reading, dealing with great events and little, and adding to our knowledge of men and things at moments of real importance to history.”—Westminster Gazette.
“One of the most comprehensive and masterly biographies I have ever read.”—Claudius Clear in The British Weekly.