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La Colonie, Jean Martin de. Chronicles of an old campaigner, M. De La Colonie, 1692-1717; from the French of Walter C. Horsley. [*]$4. Dutton.
“These memoirs of the war of the Spanish succession have been unknown to English readers, and in this adequate translation have real historic value. Curious sidelights on military customs and methods of war two hundred years ago are included. The ‘old campaigner’ had a bluff, rugged, and not uninteresting personality. There are portraits and other illustrations.”—Outlook.
“The book is preëminently for military men, being devoted to the details of battles and sieges, of marches and counter-marches. Other readers will find it tiresomely prolix. Both translator and printer appear to have done their work well. Portraits, plans of battles and a copious index are duly provided.”
| + + | Dial. 38: 158. Mr. 1, ‘05. 290w. |
“It cannot be said that the book is a substantial addition to historical knowledge, but it is pleasant reading and is beautifully illustrated with portraits and plans.” I. S. Leadam.
| + | Eng. Hist. R. 20: 808. O. ‘05. 1610w. |
“This book contains little information regarding politics or society, but certainly deserves to be known by all who care to study warfare as an art.”
| + + | Nation. 80: 461. Je. 8. ‘05. 410w. |
“The translation of the memoirs by Mr. Horsley has its special merit, as it gives an excellent idea of the methods of warfare at the close of the seventeenth and the beginning of the eighteenth centuries. The translation is remarkably well done, and the notes at the foot of the pages of great value.”