The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-04-05

Campaigns of the Civil War;" of which nearly
! 10000 volumes have been already sold, has led
the publishers to believe that a new set Of
books which should give complete naval his
tory of the war, prepared by competent writ
ers, would be well received.
MesSrs Scribner accordingly project new
series to be published under the title, The
Navy in the Civil War" 1t will be complete
in three duodecimo volumes, with maps and
| plans prepared under the direction of the au-
thors, and sold at S1.00 per volume.
| The initial volume, The Blockade and the
| Cruisers by Prof. j. Russell Solely, is now
| publishcdl 1t will be followed in quick success
| sion by Nbl. H., The Atlantic Coast" by Rear
Admiral Daniel Ammen. Y. 5. Navy. Vol.
| Ill, Tho Gulf and Inland Waters" by Com
mandcr A. T. Mahan, I. 5. Navy.
Prof. s6leys preyou, work, done both at
| the Naval Academy and at the Department,
las rightly made him an authority in the SER
: vice. His present volume shows in him the
best qualifications of an historian. In the pre-
! face he says-"ln the Introductory volume Of
series it is the purpose of this book to deal not
only with the specific subjects mentioned in the
title, but also with the general condition of the
Navy at the outbreak of the War, the peculiar
difficulties before it, and the way in which the
| difficulties were met"
| This pprpoSe has been admirably accomplish
ed in the opening chapters, both for the general
aud professional reader; and in following it,
| Prof. Solely has, of course, covered nearly all
! the earliest operations treating them in an es-
| pecially graphic and spirited narrative.
| Passages like the fight between the Monitor
and Merrimac, the exploit of Gushing at Viii.
mington, and his far more famous destruction
of the Albfmarle, enter into this story - which
indeed includes some Gf the finest acts of indi-
vidua herqism in the history of the War. The
exciting episodes of blockade running and the
sea-iights-7ike that between the kearSarge and
the AIabanla-which enter into the main and
latter portions of the book, unite to make for
the first time worthy and authoritative account
Of this >deI0f our naval history.
| BULLET AND SHELL. BY George f. Will
liamS. Regarded either as an exciting story or
as vivid account of actual experiences on the
! field this book deserves more than passing no.
tice Mr., William combines the points of view
of the soldier and the journalist having been 4
member of the Fifth and One Hundred and
| Forty->iXth Regiments of New York Volun-
teerS and having served also aS war corre-
/ spondcnt with the Army of the Potomac, the
Army of thh Cumberland. and the Army Of the
| Shenandoah. Being thus an active participant
N and Il close observer of some of the most stir
ring and pivotal engagements Of the great
| struggle, he has wrought his memories of
| marches anil hot from, Avn.
| pomattoX. into story 50 graphic and so full
Of movement and incident that whoever reads
| It only for the story is toernby certain to be
held by it 70 the close, while among any who
share the author's rtcoectionS or who look
| back over experiences similar to his own, the
book will str old feelings and associations very
deeply. y slender thread of loye-romance runs
through the book, but this is subordinated to
| the main purpose, which i to present old army
experiences under canvas and in the field in a
guisc of fiction which Vet does not impair their
essential truth. Few stories or records of army
| life have been 50 successful aS this in catching
the very spirit Of the time, or have reproduced
in 50 vivid and striking colors the events which
are now part Of history. Mr.. Williams has
been fortunate in securing illustrations for his
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~" Il" 'o'N, 'H' p'''oIiaI war correspondent
and artist of the series of ctchng> called Life
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