THE STORY OF THE CIVIL WAR. A Concise Account of the War in the United States of America between 1861 and 1865. By John Codman Ropes, Late Member of the Massachusetts Historical Society, The Military Historical Society of Massachusetts, Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Author of “The Army Under Pope,” “The First Napoleon,” “The Campaign of Waterloo,” etc. To be complete in four parts, with comprehensive maps and battle plans. Each part will be complete in itself and will be sold separately.
| Part I. Narrative of Events to the Opening of the Campaign of 1862. With 5 maps. 8vo | $1.50 |
| Part II. The Campaigns of 1862. With 13 maps. 8vo. | 2.50 |
“Among all the accounts of the Civil War, the narrative of Dr. Ropes is unique in that it treats the subject impartially, and from the standpoint of both North and South.... As a clear, comprehensive, and complete survey of the first two years of the war his history will certainly rank with the best.”—New York Mail and Express.
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
$1.75
“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