The National tribune., 1884-06-05
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

NEW PUBLICATIONS.
From the well-known house of D. Appleton
& Co, New York, we have the Story Of the
Coup 'Etat," by NJ. De Maupas, who was Pre-
feet of Police and afterwards Minister of Gen
eral Police under Napoleon H. and to whom,
as much, ii not more than to any other single
man. the usurper was indebted for the success
ful issue OF his conspiracy against the French
Republic of 184S. The book is of the greatest
value, for the reason that while, of course, it is
an avowed defense of Napoleon's policy, the
author was in position to be personally fa-
miliar with the origin and execution of that
policy, and had it within his power to describe
in all their detail the means that were en-
ployed to accomplish the usurpation. The two
persons upon whom Napoleon chiefly relied
for the execution Of the coup d'etat of Deem
Der 2, 1851, were General de Saint Arnaud,
commander of the armies in Paris and this
same De Manpas, who was appointed Project of
Police for the express purpose of carrying out
his plans, and TO these only were the latter
confded. TO De Maupas was entrusted the
duty of making the political arrests that had
been determined upon, and of placarding Paris
with the pronunciarnento dissolving the AS
sembly, declaring thu state of siege, re-estab-
fishing universal suffrage and ordering a new
election, and afterwards to combat the expected
rising of the people and direct the handling of
the troops that were at hand to occupy the stra-
tegic points, and if necessary carry the barri-
cades by assault. The light that De Maupas
sheds on the conduct Of the corp d'etatgis
therefore, OF the most direct character, and, as
might be expected, he strongly controverts all
previous accounts-partioularly that Of Victor
Hugo, whom he endeavors TO present in the
attitude Of coward and a demagogue. To
those who are Eersed in the literature of this
famous crisis in the history of France, this
work must prove of the most profound interest,
however sharply it may antagonze their pre-
conceived opinions, for it is the plain, straight
forward narrative of leading actor in that
crisis and presents many phases of it in a new
light. The translator of the book. Mr.. Albert
ID. Yandam, has done his work with unusual
intelligence and embelished it with numerous
helpful notes and references. 1t is for sale in
this city by Brentano Bros.
We are indebted to Mr.. Lewis H. Clark,
Sodus, n. 7, for copy of his . Military His
| tory of Wayne County," New York, an octave
| volume of 500 pages. After a critical exami-
nation we do not hesitate to pronounce this
the best local history, alike in method of treat
ment and completeness of information, that
| has yet appeared. The first part of the vol
ume is devoted to a sketch of the settlement of
| the county at the close of the last century
! from which it appears that ex-Revolutienary
! soldiers were an important element in its early
! population-and careful record of its devel-
opment up to the outbreak of the civil war;
Here the chief interest of the history COM
| mences, for the second part is a faithful nara
! tive of events common to every loyal commu-
nifty in the North from the beginning to the
close of the rebellion. Indeed, the picture
i which it gives of war times is Photographic in
! its fidelity, and it affords far better idea of
| the moral forces which sustained the policy Of
! the Government and enabled it at last to sup
| press the rebellion than any work OF which we
| have knowledge. 1t must not be supposed
that this is history in the sense that Greeley
Great American Conflict is, for the authors
aim goes no further than TO give an intelligi-
bic and chronological narrative of events as
they transpired but this narrative clearly
shows the state of popular feeling from time to
! time and is so crowded with facts that have
never hitherto before been brought together
| in connected form, that it affords the only
true basis upon which to found Just estimate
of the patriotism that animated the people of
| the North in their struggle with secession We
have here faithfully chronicled the story of
the uprising of the Nation-the public meet
| ings, the part taken by the loyal press the
appeal Of the orator, the means employed to
| obtain recruits the action of the local authori-
ties in replenishing the depleted ranks of our
armies, and in "a word, the devotion and self
denial of the masses. 1t is indeed a picture of
the times-alasi almost forgotten-when the
soldier was the pride of the peopie-the savior
of the Nation.
In the compilation of the work the author
has drawn upon all available sources of infor-
nation. He relates not only the action taken
in each of the fifteen towns of the county, but
gives the history of every regiment in which
the county was presented-the 18th 9th, 33d
44th, 65th, 9th, 18th, 90th, 98th, 105th, 111th,
160th Sth and 22d cavalry, 9th heavy artillery
and the 1st veteran cavalry.
Bringing the history down to date he also
gives sketch of the organization and growth
of the Grand Army in that section, a complete
list, with the military record in each ease OF
the 5,437 soldiers furnished by the county, a
list of all State regiments, place of organiza-
ton, aud date of muster in and muster out,
and much other information of the greatest
possible value Histories of the warts cam
paigns and battles-are common enough but
we should be at loss to name history which
concerns so intimately the domestic side OF
that struggle as this of Wayne county, n Y
We commend it most heartily to our readers
who can obtain copies by inclosing the price
$50 to the author, Lewis II. Clark, Sodus,
Wayne county, N. \.
One of the most valuable and most en-.
tertaining contributions to the literature
OF the civil war that has yet appeared
is Colonel A. L. Stevensons Battle OF
Stone River" published by James r. Osgood
/ ~ ~, iouStOu ~ ~ piaulSu III large type on
thick white paper, accompanied by elaborate
rosters of the Union and Confederate armies
with lists Of killed, wounded and missing in
every regiment, together with the effective
strength OF each. Two maps, specially pre-.
pared for this work, one of Tennessee and the
other of the battlefield, present the location
and topography of the field and lines of battle
of the contending armies at every stage of the
engagement. Colonel Stevenson, well known
as the brave and accomplished inspector-gen-
eral of Sherdans division, was during the
Stone River campaign on the staff of Colonel
G. W. Roberts, commanding the Sd brigade Of
Sheriian's division of the right wing.
The attack upon McCpok's corps, which he
witnessed. has never before been so faithfully
portrayed, and he describes with equal minute
ness CT detail every portion of the field By care