The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-10-29

ers the rising generation OF readers can get in no
other single history so lust aud comprehensive view
as Is given by Swnton, Later writers have stryen TO
cxalt one another Of the incompetent commanders
of what our author calls the grand army but
Swinton perceived and made clear, what must he the
ultimate verdlct-tbat the Army of the Potomac,
whether defeated deprived Of the fruits OF its
tories always beaten by It's own generals and not
by the superior valor OF It's adyersaries. Tho
text of the work remains uuaered and II may
console owners OF the old edition 10 know that the
revision consists solely Of twenty pages OF appendix
made up almost wholly OF extracts from the published
writings OF jefferson Davis and Gems. Johnston,
Lougstreet ETC., and tho report on Fitz John
pOrter's case. The only new contribution OF any
interest TO war history Is some notes by Gen Hum.
phreys on the flank march to Centreyle, In october,
isGS, This makes It clear that Gen. Gregg totally
failed to give Meade the Information OF Leo's north
ward march which he was sent for with his cavalry
division and ordered to get; but this does not relieve
Meade from blame Tor being entirely outgeueralcd.
No commander Of real ability would have been fooled
Into thinking that Lee was advancing to fight him
his own ground At Culpeper, instead OF moving upon
his communications. To wrongly interpret adj
versarys pans Is fatal proof Of lncapacity for war,
and this Is what Meade often did and conspcuously
in this case Received from william Blllantyue 4
Son.
"The Irish Question" by David Bennett
King, Professor In Lafayette College, tNew York.
Charles scrlbner's Sons. From Ballantyne is q
timely and valuable book embodying Us 1t does the
suits Of two visits to ireland made IN successive years.
tsstg together with personal intercourse with great
number Of Uniformed persons, and careful cNamina-
on Of the best o what has been printed the subject
more dicult and complicated question than the Irish
land tenure, It presents itself TO the British eglsla
tor would be dinCut to find. The authors work has
been thoroughly well done aud he has added to tho
value of VI by printing IN an appendix number of
Documents often referred TO, but to the general reader
inaccessible such as the Land Coercion, Prevention
ot Grimes, and Arrears of Rent Acts the Constitution
of the Land League the notent manlfeSto,etc. That
the author has ready made remedy or panacea tC
offer and does pretend to see luto the future OF
| Ireland, does not diminish but rather adds TO the
value OF the contribution he makes to the study OF the
question. People too full Of theories are apt by
parsOn, to underiate the Importance OF facts Profess
sor King has produced work which Is almost mode
| OF Its kind.
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