Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-09-03

Conduct and Rcsults.-Dy Hon. a. II. STEPHENS.
Three years ago the announcement by
the National Publishing Company, Of St,
Louis, Mo-, of the speedy publication o!
this great work, created profound scnsa-
lion throughout the rotnlry. The press OF
both sections hailed the appearance of the
book with delight, for II was admitted by
all that the task of transmitting toposteri-
~ the Southern version of the history Of
orr great civil war could not have been
confined 70 an ADLER pen than that Of Mr..
STEPHEN, the greatest living statesman o +
the South. Ths colleague and friend OF
Clay, Calhoun and Webster, lie is con-
Meeting link between the present and the
glorious past, and MS Vice-President of the
late Southern Confcdcrncy, he is peculiar
ly fitted for the task, by his opportunities
of knowing the most secret details OF the
history of the War Above all, his high
character as a man, which has always won
him the respect Of his political enemies,
enables us to rely Upon his statements with
IN absolute certainty. In the first volume
of his Work, Mr.. sfRrnESs confined lin
self exclusively to the causes of the War,
rescrving the narrative Of the actual struS-
gle for the second and concluding volume.
The success of the former volume was cx
traordinary, reaching sale Of over co.
900 copies.
II then that portion of the work which Of
necessity was the dryest-if any part OF
this magnificent production can be called
dry-has met with such wonderful and
randi sale, what are we not warranted in
predicting for the second, in which the
thrilling story Of the most terrible anu de-
structiye war of wodcrn times, is told with
all the facinatiou of romance and all the
sublimity of truth. Mr.. STErHESs sights
no feature of the War, and his work re-
veals q particularly interesting and fasci-
mating portion of its history, which has
never been made public until now. lie
goes 10 the bottom Of the secession move
ment, and gives the confidential history OF
Tho Convention which formed the Confed-
erncy. The yexcd question Of the non-ex-
change of prisoners of war has much ne"
light shed upon it, and this alone ought TO
command the book to every one who saw
inside Of Northern or Southern prison.
What will strike the practiced reader
most favorably, however, is the fact that
Mr.. Stephens narrative is free from bit
terness and sectional feeling. lie writes
with that calm dignity which is always
the historians most effective weapon,
weighing facts according to their merits,
and arriving at conclusions with clear
ness Of Judgment which is, 10 saythe least,
re- charitable in one who was himself so i'm
portant an actor in the events narrated.
II Is this fact which will make his book so
welcome to those who are seeking subetan-
tiai information upon the subjects treated
or and who prefer clear and straighi-for-
ward statements Of Ehdf ras done, TO fine
theories As 10 ukat might hare been accom-
pIisbed. Having been compelled by i'll
health. since the war, TO remain almost en-
iireiy in the privacy Of his home, and to
lake no part in the questions Of the day.
Mr.. Stephens has been enabled 70 look back
over his long and honorable career with
The cslmness Of one whose record is CON-
pleted. and TO produce, ss his most valua-
b. service 10 the country, the magnificent
history which lies before Us. The book Is
,ola by subscription only, and agents are
raufed in every county