Burr, Agnes Rush. [Russell H. Conwell], founder of the institutional church in America: the work and the man. **$1. Winston.
This is the sketch of a philanthropist still living, still doing active work for church, college, and hospital, in all of which three lines “he has blazed new paths ... has not only proven their need, demonstrated their worth, but he has shown how it is possible to accomplish such results from small beginnings, with no large gifts of money, with only the hands and hearts of willing workers.”
Burrage, Henry Sweetser. Gettysburg and Lincoln: the battle, the cemetery, and the National park. **$1.50. Putnam.
“His book is divided into three parts, the first dealing with the battle, the second detailing the circumstances connected with the inception, dedication, and completion of the cemetery and the third giving a record of the work of the park commission.” (Outlook.) “Of special interest are the chapters on Lincoln’s address, and the slightly different versions of it printed. He shows that many persons who heard the address were deeply impressed by it.... Mr. Burrage, with greater fulness than Nicolay or Hay, has gone into the circumstances in which Lincoln wrote the speech. He presents facts which are as new as they are interesting.” (Lit. D.)
“The sketch is well written and to the point.” Edwin Erle Sparks.
+ Dial. 41: 320. N. 16, ’06. 190w.
“Mr. Burrage’s monograph was worth the doing, and he has performed this task fairly well.”
+ Lit. D. 33: 555. O. 20, ’06. 100w. Nation. 83: 392. N. 8, ’06. 150w.
“A useful volume by Major Henry S. Burrage, himself a war veteran and imbued with obvious enthusiasm for his theme.”