Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-08-18
"THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES, It's
CAUSES, CHARACTER, CONDUCT AND

g IHE WAR BETW ZEN ItE SAAAhH' 49,
CAUSES. CHARACTER, CONDUCT AND
RESULTS" By Hon. A. FL. Stephens.
Three years ago the announcement by
the National Publishing Company, OF
Boston, Mass, of the speedy publication
of this great work, created a profound
sensation throughout the country. The
press of both sections hailed the appear
anoe of the book with delight, for it was
admitted by all that the task of transmit
ting to posterity the Southern version OF
tina history of our great civil war could
not have been confded to an ADLER pen
than that of Mr.. Stephens, the greatest
statesman of the South. The colleague
and friend of Clay, Calhoun and Webster,
he is a connecting link between the pre-
sent and the glorious past, ana 90 Woo
President of the late Southern Confeder-
acy, he is peculiarly 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 an absolute GER
tainty. In the frat volume of his work,
Mr.. Stephens confined himself exclusively
to the causes of the war, reserving the
narrative of the actual struggle for the
second and concluding volume. The sue
cess of the former volume was extraordl'
nary, reaching a sale of over 10000 copies
If 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 wonder
full and rapid sale, what are we not war
ranted in predicting for the second, IL
which the thrilling story of the mos
terrible and destructive war of modern
times is told with all the fascination o
romance and all the sublimity of truth
Mr.. stephens sights NO feature Oh lii
War, and his work reveals PARTICULAR!
interesting and fascinating portion of it
history, which has never been made pub
; lie until now. He goes to the bottom o
secession movement, and gives the conf
Dental history of the Convention which
! formed the Confederaey. The vexed ques
+ ton of the non-exchange of prisoners o
war has much new light shed upon il
, and this alone ought to commend tn
r book to every one who saw the inside of
Northern or Southern prison.
f What will strike the practiced reade
: most favorably, however, is the fact tina
= Mr.. Stephens narrative is free from bitter
ness and sectional feeling. He write
:. with that calm dignity which is alway
n the historians most effective weapon
i weighing facts according to their merit
and arriving at conclusions with a cleal
6 ness of judgment which is, to say tn
> least, remarkable in one who was himse
. so important an actor in the events ma
/, rated. 1t is this fact which will make b
p book so welcome to those who are seekin
e substantial information upon the subjec
treated of, and who prefer clear an
e straightforward statements of what WI
/ done, to fine theories as to what migl
! have been accomplished. Having bee
3, compelled by i'll heath, since the war,
d remain almost entirely in the privacy
y his home, and to take no part in the que
d tions of the day, Mr.. Stephens has bee
i enabled to look back over his long ar
l. honorable career with the calmness of OF
= whose record is completed, and to pr
n duce, as his most valuable service to Il
d country, the magnificent history whi'
in lies before us. The book is sold by su
= soription only, and agents are wanted
- every country.