Daily national Republican., 1863-05-12

and an Account Of its Progress down to the
death Of Lord Raglan. By ALEX: w WitIIAsm LIN
Harper Bfos., Publishers, Franklin square
1868.
It was announced, soon after the termination
OF the war in the Crimea, that Mr., Alexander
William Kinglake, author Of "Eothen, y intend
ed to write a history Of that great struggle
The first portion, bringing the narrative down
to the Battle Of Alma, has lately appeared In
London, where It has caused unusual excite
ment; aud its republication by Harper & Bros,
New York s likely TO be at least a. popular here.
The battle of the Alma took place in Septem-
Der, 1854. Tho capture Of Balaklava, the con-
test Of Inkermann, and the siege Of Sebastopol
were events in which Lord Raglan, the British
commander, participated; but he died In June,
1855, three months before the fall of Sebasto-
pol In 1856, his widow placed in Mr.. King
lake's hands all the papers connected with the
war which Lord Raglan had with him when he
died "a mass which included even the smallest
scrap of writing that he received from the time
Of taking his command.
From other English sources information also
poured in; from each French commander whom
Ional generals who commanded in the Crimea
under Prince Mentschikof; but no information
from the French War Department. lie also
accompanied the English army when 1t landed
on the coast Of the Crimea in 1854, and was
present with Lord Raglan at the battle Of Alma,
during the flank march and seizure Of Balak-
lava, and during tho first bombardment Of Sc
bastopol. His materials for q history Of " The
Invasion of the Crimea; Its Origin, and an Aa-
count Of its Progress down to the Death of Lord
Raglan" were, therefore, great and reliable.
He has produced work full Of truths, yet en-
tertaining and exciting as a romance by some
great master OF fiction. His style is bold and
free, without being familiar.
All through, his antipathy to Louis Napoleon
is obvious. The account Of the coup d. etgt Of
December, 1851, is one of the most scathing
compositions ever printed. 1t is said that Ma
poleon read II with unmoved aspect, merely
saying, as he laid the book down, "C'est igno-
BILE" The work, however, has been prohibited
in France, and an English magazine which
gave an early review Of it, with extracts from
the anti-French portion, has also been cxclud-
ed. Mr.. Alexander William Kinglake has fire.
quently been mistaken for his cousin John
Alexander Kinglake (evcn in Didots "Nouvellc
/. Geographic Generale''). This is a mistake.
We learn from ChiId'S Literary Gazette, that
Alexander William Kinglake was horn al
70 Taunton, in the county of Somerset, England
in 1900; he passed from Eton College to Cam
+ bridge, where he graduated, and then entered
= himself at Lincoln's Inn, pursuing his lega
l., studies under the direction of Mr. Bethel, now
:, Lord wcstbury and Chancellor Of England. In
l. 1887 he was called to the bar, and practised il
n tho Chancery courts. His cousin, who is {
n barrister of elder standing, is sergeant-at-law
n Soon after leaving the university, Mr.. A. W
Kinglake travelled in the East, where he wrotc
? to his friends the charming letters which form
= the volume called Eothen (which signife
:, ''rrom the early dawn" from the East" l
is said that after revising these letters he fount
} the usual difficulty of an unknown writer il
/, getting publisher who would undertake tn
+ risk However, Mr.. John Olivier, au intclll
d gent publisher in Pail Mall, undertook to prin
ol the book, receiving a guarantee against LOST
:, Its success was sudden and striking. So fires
a and vivid a book OF Travels had not appeare
ID for long time. 1t went through many ed
= u tlons in England, was republished in the Tn
IF ted States, and was translated into several Fl
N ropean languages.
+! With the exception Of few articles in tn
tv Quarterly ReUisw, Mr.. Kinglakc had not pul
en- llshcd anything in the twenty years between Il
We appearance Of "Eothen" and this present Iii
II. tory of the "Invasion Of the Crimea,' which
p commenced in 1856, quitting the practice
lSs law altogether. In 1857 and 1859 he was clectC
nd to Parliament. In the canvass he was vicwo
at as an advanced Liberal declining to 20 to Pa
in lament pledged to Lord PalmerstOn or al
+! other master. Kinglake is man of wealt
We and is unmarried.
IL. For sale hy Philn 4 Solomon.