The National tribune., 1885-12-17
RECENT LITERATURE.
PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF q. 8. GRANT. We
/, New York: Chas l. Webster & Co

PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF q. 9. GRANT. Vol.
1. New York: Chas L. Webster & Co.
The long-expected and much-anticipated
book by Gen. Grant has finally made its appear
ance through the delivery of the first volume.
1t is safe to say that no book written in our day
has been so universally talked about as this, and
doubtless its sale will surpass that of any work
ever offered to the American people. Many
things have contributed to this end The fact
that Its author was one of the greatest characters
III the military history of the world that thou
sands who bore arms under him survive, and
naturally desire to what he has to say of
their achievements; that the martial spirit of
the country seems to be undergoing revival to
some degree, all combine to furnish it ready
made and eager c!ientage. This fortunate COM
blnatlon OF circumstances is re-entOrccd hun
dredtoid by the dramatic incidents of the close
OF the authors unparalleled career. The success
ful leader of the great war of the century, twice
more than King of the most progressive people
of the world, battles with death pauper while
he builds this his only legacy to a ruined fam
lily. His death just as his task is painfully fin
ished was the only thing that was left to round
out the pathetic tragedy.
The preface is dated at Mount McGregor,
July l, when he had but three weeks to live,
and in it is touching allusion to the inevita-
BILE fate that was pressing upon him. He Bit
terly reverts to the late financial misfortune
phiouSh tuS idsCdllty VI d DuStHcSS pdFIHtT
which brought him to penury " at the age of
nearly g."
The present volume begins with the birth
and ancestry of the writer and closes abruptly
with the events of the Fall of 1863.
The brevity and simplicity of the authors
literary style are eminently characteristic of
the man. There appears to be no attempt
at discursive or critical treatment Of the mill
tary operations covered by the volume.
1t is to be repretfed that the DuhliSharS ha ve
manifested disposition to give as little as pos
sible to their patrons for their money by the
simple mechanical contrivance of large type
few lines on page, and inferior style of bind
ing.
HORSE AND MAN: THEIR MUTUAL DE-
PENDENCE AND DUTIES. By Rev. ]. G.
Wood Philadelphia: j. b. Lippincott Co. $3.50
Sold in Washington by Brentano.
The author says in his preface: although
this work treats of the horse, it is not horsey,
because am not horsey man." He writes in
common-sense and most entertaining way of
the physiological structure of this most useful
of all beasts; how he should be shod, managed
fed and treated in health and sickness and
under all conditions. The work is profusely
illustrated, and contains great amount of
valuable information conveyed in a plain,
practical but pleasing way.
FARTHEsT NORTH. By Charles Lanman. New
York: ID. Appleton & Co.
MT. Lduindn udS STilpnlcdlIy UOiu Cne story
of the life and explorations of Lieut.. James b.
Lockwood, of the Greeley Arctic Expedition.
The recital of the stirring adventures of these
intrepid men in the frozen regions of the North
while discharging faithfully the perilous duty
upon which their Government had sent them,
is more like wild romance than a story of real
deeds of heroism and keenest sufferings. Lieut.
Lockwood was in command of the party that
reached the highest latitude ever attained by
man. He died April 8, 1884, 73 days before
the relief expedition reached the few starving
survivors.
CONSPIRACY: A CUBAN ROMANCE By Adam
Badeau. New York: r. Worthington, % Lafay-
cit Place. Sl.25. Sold in Washington by Bren-
tano.
Col. Badeau, who was the private secretary
and intimate friend of Gen. Grant, is not un-
known in the world of letters. The materials
from which this book is written were collected
while he was Consul-General at Havana. and
he has woven them into a most entertaining
volume that will find many readers.
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