Dudley, M. E. Tangled threads: a tale of Mormonism. 50c. Badger, R: G.
An anti-mormon poem which in nine cantos of rhymed couplets tells the direful story of the handsome Mormon Rolland, of the wives he married, and of his death which finally set them free.
Duignan, W. H. Worcestershire place names. *$2.40. Oxford.
Am. Hist. R. 11: 466. Ja. ’06. 30w.
Duke, Basil W. [Morgan’s cavalry.] $2. Neale.
Gen. Duke “who has fought under John Morgan gives some accounts of various raids in which he took part. His point of view is that of a Kentucky man who went South; and what is of most interest in the volume is the description of the straits to which the Kentucky secession regiments were driven in the last period of the war, especially after the secession of Lee and Johnston.” (Nation.)
“It is really a long time since there has come into this office a Civil-war book affording such unmixed satisfaction.”
+ + Lit. D. 33: 123. Jl. 28, ’06. 140w. Nation. 83: 78. Jl. 26, ’06. 70w.
“It contains, moreover, a vast deal of interesting and picturesque matter—in spite of the fact that Gen. Duke is not always cunning at narrative—and throws as much light on the actual state of affairs in the Western army, especially as to the weaknesses of that army, as any contribution to the subject that we now recall.”