The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-08-17

THE WAR BETWEEN TIE STATES, ITS CACs-
! Es. CHARACTER, GoHDrCT AND Results" BY
Uoy. \. Il. SrEPuESs--Thc National Pub
fishing Company, Of Atlanta GA, have just
issued the second and one Il lin e
volume of this great work. For some
time past there has beer 4 general feeling
of APPREHENSION throughout the country
that the prccariorS condition Of Nr. Stephens
health woul prevent his completing the
work. but this apprehension is now removed
tv the fact that the book is finished and in
the hands Of Agents oI the Company for
delivery.
This is a matter Of concratula;ion TO the
entire country. This book mus: from It's
very nature, take precedence Of al South
ern histories of the war. The high position
held by Mr. Stephens in the government Of
the Coufederacy, his great abilities os the
fret statesman 'ot the South, and his ac-
knowlcdged integrity Of character, make
him perhaps the person best qualified to
tell the story Of his cause and its failure,
His position as second officer Of the Con-
federacy enabled him TO gain much inIor-
nation which Was inaccessible 10 the or
dinary historian; the secret history Of his
government is as familiar to him as an
open book; and his constant and intimate
association with the leaders Of the Sonth,
prepares him to speak with accuracy of
their motives, aud to judge their acts from
more intelligent standpoint than any
other writer.
In the first volume Of his work Nr. Ste
phens confined himself entirely to dis
cussion Of the cause: which led to the sc
cession Of the South. IN the volume now
before us, fic narrttca ;Fre -torv Of the War,
giving especial emphasis 10 thc action Of
the sorcrnmcnt Of ;.r Go;fct!cTacT, or 10
what may DC called ;rs confidential history.
His account of thr important conference at
HAMPTON Roads trtm ern President Lincoln
and the Con!edc rate Commissioners, is one
OF the mcst valuable additions to the lifera-
ture Of the Var, and Itself worth the price
Of the entire work. The re1ed question
Of the non-exchange Of Prisoners Of War
has much new light shed upon it, and the
peace lnoyeGcntsin in the South are thorough
lyexplaincd The fact that the first volume,
which was but the Introduction to the his
tory of,bs War, commanded sale of over
10000 copies, fully warrants the assertion
that this volume, which is moi mere discus
sion Of principles, but living, breathing
narrative OF the events Of the greatest struc-
sc of modern times, by one Of the most I'M
portant actors in it, will reach sale unprc-
cedented in this country. No fair.mindcd
unprciudiced person can afford to be with
out this book. 1t is the official history on
tte Southern side, and must hold in the
li'crature Of the War even a higher place
than ia accorded to Mr. Greeley's American
Conflict. 1t will occupy in our history the
pace that is given to Napoleon's Memoirs
ID the literature Of the French Empire. 1t
is like that work the last production of its
gifted author, and is entitled to all the
weight which attaches to the high character
Of great leader presenting to the world
the story Of his cause in vindcation Of it.
The book is sold by subscription only, and
agents are wanted in every county.