“The book itself is short, embracing but three hundred and fifty pages of not very compact print. The main topics treated are the author’s early life in Texas, his part in Congress during three or four years prior to 1861, the organization of the Confederacy at Montgomery, the civil war, as viewed by an active and efficient cabinet officer in Richmond, and the problems of reconstruction. The most interesting portion of the book is the plain, unvarnished story of Reagan’s hardships and early struggles.”—Am. Hist. R.
“The editing of the work has been very well done.” William E. Dodd.
| + | Am. Hist. R. 12: 679. Ap. ’07. 700w. | |
| Ind. 62: 1166. My. 3, ’07. 100w. |
“Are partly dull and partly interesting. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that Mr. Reagan’s recollections of the early days of Texan independence is not particularly lively. As postmaster general of the Confederacy, however, Mr. Reagan stands on firmer ground, and has written pages that are not without future historical value.”
| + − | Nation. 84: 81. Ja. 24, ’07. 140w. | |
| Spec. 99: 397. S. 21, ’07. 430w. |
Reed, Helen Leah. [Napoleon’s young neighbor.] †$1.50. Little.
7–34325.
A side-light story based upon the “Recollections of Napoleon at St. Helena” by Mrs. Abell. It tells of Napoleon’s friendship for a little girl, Betsy Balcombe, at whose house, “The Briars,” he spent the first ten weeks of his banishment.