, 1881-08-06
,.,o<ocstic Folklore - Popular
superstitions Of All
Countries.
=, Foo1neer's Report-Poems by a
" chiId-Wood. Mag|c-Art Pub
Ijcatlons.
,,. ~ o,,nes-Bo looks R eceived-Literary,
Art. and Science Notes.
LITERATURE.
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-ur rrSrSsunA1s CAMPAIGN Or
TILE 1902.
rbo Military Historical Society Of Niassa'
a,.s 1ns ,yns formed iii january, l81b. lis
caas'h, sh,cct IL Tho Investigation Of questions
cn,eu s.,u1 IN tbu War of tho Rebellion. Papers
is.a. isa.anorts) nre prepared by conins ttces np.
W t.,oI IN investigate given questions, and
1osd before the Society; aftor which they
ea'na ar The subject OF discussion and Of crih-
w., C This Society now propose to publish
e.m, n mt nil. Of the papers that have beot,
p.,I' - ,ts meetings, md in TINT way to COLI
,s..s ~" ia Gllota nf material for the uso Of
n'pu ~. sn,mrc historian Of tho Civil Wnr. Got1.
ns,ss,s w. s History Of tho Campaign Of Chan.
p.",,nrsv,lle consisted III great measure or
cs,,os csno,s rca,l BY him before t1lls Society III
ysyv ,ss1 and ISL, And now VIC have, Issued by
AZ sor1cty, sundry pnpors relating to the
psunsuIar @ Campaign Of Gcn. Mcclellan
:. tSs1 md read Mt the earlier mect-
~ ~, ri tlle Society In 1876. As tho
III vi of n,cn,bers embraces many Of the most
iapstnonls1,c,l iE officers In tho scrvice It Is to
~, nTrst,,ued that tho radical Views Of MILL
ts,v noyc,uents taken by tho AUTHORS OF
trssc dItfereut essays wore not permitted to
n,sa - ,,nchallengcd md without discussion.
4 mi report of Tho discussions and criticisms
# members present when the pnpDrs were
.asd would bo fully as interesting as tho
n,na,s themselves. 1t Is q matter OF regret
shat such comments were not appended III
soo,e s1ape to the present volume. Another
no,nt viii occur to the reader of this work,
an, t,ut Is, tho dependence Of military Nc,l
unon Law writer's for tho facts md statistics
wnprcol, they base their opinions of purely
military operations and movements. LII
,ns ,ns Pap'iI pa In,,,cate % that their writer's
ms e..so,,t ] NJ nnv of ti,o euraco,nents they
critlc.se. Their articles consist largely OF
Quotations from reports md documents, md
n,ore Than to any other source are they In
ash,sd tn tn william Swinton's history of.tho
arguments and dttinctlc opshlohs' LII 1Mct.
wLolu pages from Mr.. Sw1nt0n arc embodied
i" "u,n snn,s AK of Tie ESSAYS rho Indebtedness Is
t4,nsIv ~ syv octnawleec,, Nc and te tr,ltllfulness
and accuracy OF tlle descriptions farnfsnea oy
,.Is ,s.eSnowIttisetI sSsiesgyslI'sii s'ti p ppraised.
"'Tha Penins,Iar, Can,palgn Of Gen: Nc
esa s1s sq s f!aass or ts sS Eapsaa ppaEs Of es 1
md the alleged Interference Of tho G0vern-
neut With item" written BY John O. Ropes,
Esd; "The Siege Of Yorktown. by breyct
nrlE,1irt. Jnhu U. lNltfey, y. .. A.;
"Iho pcrlod which Elapsed, Betweeli
tho Fall Of Yorktown aud tho begin
ning, Of the Sryen .D@ys' Battles,n by
Iravet Ursg. g.-Gen. +. w. Talfrey, U. .. ";
"The Spyet pays' Battles" and ",rho Battle
Of Malvern HILL" by the sanie officer; and
"CommeDts On the petlinsulAr Campaign,'"
by }srcyet I}r!g.- Gen. q. A. Whittier, u. y. Y.
Tilis Is pretty warm weather for even yot-
etans 10 fight nver their old battles in. but
w0 alb mistaken II tic friends OF Mcclellan
permit tlu practical condemnation Of Ills
military career by some Of these wrlters to
pass without an answer. Popular opinion
as To tits mcEits Of nn officer Is ono thing and
trial and verdict BY military men another.
Tbs former Is 6ascil oil results and tie latter
0nmethos. Mr.. Ropes paper Is the report
Sta,eonMit,ee, ,S M corsistg Of ths MfIt9r Zen: @
Society, to Investigate a1ld report on the
questions submitted to them. The COMMITTEES
las no hes|tatioh in expressing
its oplnlou, anu does not nt-
tempt to CONCEAL lis real Judgment ny
any useless amount of verbtags. !" Your
Committee regard it, them" says Mr., Ropes,
dc Spokesman. las established beyond uiies.
toa ttlat (;p,l, NcClc|iuii dill not DroDose TO
comply With tic reul,Iru,neIlts Of the TrcsI-
dent; and they cailf;ot rognrtl tie detentfOn
ott;eil. AicI)nwelPs corps Ut Washington rs