The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-05-28

long-roll sounding clear,
And the r,,b rub ru6d-du6 dub, falls sharp on his
listening ear.
And this is followed by stirring tribute to
Uric Dahlgren, with which most all our read
ers are familiar, as it originally appeared in
urcolumns and found place in thescrapbook
of every man and woman who was collecting
what was worth collecting of the literature
of the war; Then follows Forever and For
ever" another passionate description of the
tumultuous, eager days of 1861:
When men forsook their shops and homes, and
stood with troubled faces
From morn till night, from night till morn, IN
duty market spaces;
When women watched beside their babes In an
guish half resisted,
Until the husky message came: God keep you,
I've enlised!'
And fife and bugle stung with pain the pulses OF
When woman's hand formed every star that flashed
i'll field of glory,
And woman's tears were stitched along each stripe
in jewcled story.
What said we then? go forth, 5rare hearts, Go
aUItere the bullets rdtilei
Ours TO uphold yours TO defend, the compact none can
And sacred be your name. and fame, torerer and
forerer ~
We give the titles of the remainder as
they appear in the volume:
Memorial Day at Andersonville, 1884.
Thomas at Chickamauga.
The Grand Army of the Republic.
The Mcpherson Statue.
Sightless Scars.
Fall In!
The Nations Memorial.
Sons of Veterans.
Dead on the Border
Hail to the Flag.
For His Dear Sake.
The Drummer Boy of Mission Ridge.
The Soldiers Ring.
Aye, Bring the Fadeless Evergrcens.
The Boys of Michigan.
The Black Regiment at Port Hudson.
Welcome Home
Christmas at the Soldiers Orphans Home.
Charge of the Maine Regiments.
The Boy Heros Mother.
Toast of the Irish Volunteer.
The Welcome Grave.
Comradeship.
Twenty Years Ago
Priscilla. Aqua and Paul.
The Coming of the May.
Sweet Charity.
Marguerite.
O. Friend of Mine.
Turn Der New Leaf.
Watching for Me at the Window.
A New Years Wish.
Starry Witnesses
Wood Violets.
The Old Gnarled Apple Tree.
A Friends Souvenir
What Do the Roses Say?
Visions of the Night.
Marion.
The First Crocus
My Namesake.
Fraternity, Charity, Loyalty.
The Poets World.
He Leadeth Me.
Auf Wiedersehen.
1t is hardly necessary to particularize each
one, for at one time or another all our read
ers have seen them in print, and have beer
fired OF moved to tears by their wonderful
combination of rhythmic melody and martha
spirit.
The chief value of this book is that il
gathers together for the first time these
gems of war poetry, and preserves them in {
form where they can be continually referred
to, read and re-read, studied in connection
or separately, and be ready reference tt
those who would revive the memories of the
heroic days which tried mems souls.
The second part of the volume is of 6
tenderer and less pathetic mood, and The
poems there breathe maternal affection, relg
Gus devotion, sweetness of childhood and ;
pure womanly sympathy boundless as thu
ocean. The book will at once become, W.
have no doubt, classic in American litera
ture. 1t is something that every household
should have, and it will appear in every
school and in every library in the land, fo
it will be fount from which to draw TIT
purest, strongest feeling of patriotism, o
love of home and honor to those who d.
their duty faithfully and fearlessly in al
the requirements of life. The book is hand
somely bound in cloth for 81 or full gil
SI.5O.