The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-05-04
The Nav Century


For special reasons, In the May Cen
fury, more space than usual IL devoted
to the War Series, and sixteen pages
are added to the regular mum Der, 100, in
order that other subjects Of public i'm
portance should not be sighted. or
superior interest is General Adam Ba-
deau's anecdotal paper on General
Grant" as n soldier. General Badeau's
article covers the whole period Of Gene
raj Grants military experience. from
his brilliant services In the Mexican war
to the surrender Of Lee ut Appomattox,
concluding with an interesting analysis
OF General Grants soldlerly character
istics.
The frontispiece of the number il n
striking portrait OF General Mcclellan,
engraved from photograph taken es-
pecially for this purpose. General Me
Clellan contributes graphic account of
"The Penlnsular Campaign" and makes
special reference to his official and per-
sonal relations with Secretary stanton
and President Lincoln.
OF peculiar interest Is General joseph
f.. Johnston's Manassas to Seven
Pines" which Ia reply to jefferson
Davis criticisms On "ihe Rise and Fall
OF the Southern Confedernoy'D on his
military operations In Virginia. Gem
eral Johnston describes In detail the
battles OF Bull Run and the first day Mt
Seven Pines. and his recollections are
supplemented, ms II were, by General
John ID. lmboden's entertaining descrip-
ton OF "lncidents of the Battle Of Ma
nassas," and General Gustayus W.
Smiths account of ""The Second Dav Mt
Seven Pines" General Imboden relates
fresh anecdotes OF General Stonewall
jackson and other prominent actors In
the battle. and, In conclusion. he throws
new light on the Confederate failure to
pursue the Federal army to Washington.
General Gustavus w. smith commanded
at Seven Pines from the time of General
Johnston's injury. on the evening Of the
hrst day, until General Lee assumed
command, after the fighting had censed
on the second day. The fourth chnpter
OF "Recollections of a Private" describes
the movement which saved the Union
army from total defeat at Seven Pines
the forced march Of Summers corps
TO the aid of the outnumbered
Federal troops at Fair Oaks station.
The war papers are illustrated with
careful maps, pictures Of incidents and
OF places, and numerous portraits, in
Guiding full-page double portrait Of
Generals Lee and Johnston, from a pho
tograph taken after the war.
In "Open Letters" nm account lie given
by John Leyburn, Of ian interview with
General Robert T.. Lee" in which the
latter discussed war questions. and ex-
pressed satisfaction over the abolition of
slavery. Lieutenant-C Commander G.. y.
Goodrich, in the same department of the
magazine, discusses the question OF "Our
National Defensesn
The rescue of "Greely ut Cape Sabine"
IL the subject of note worthy paper by
Ensign Charles ii. Harlow, OF the res
cue ship Thetis. He describes the ex-
citing events of the rescue, and incl
dents In the life of the party at Cape Sa-
bine, rs related to him at the time OF the
rescue. A plan of Camp Sabine, fac
smile OF one page OF "rhe Attic Moon"
the newspaper printed for amusement
at Fort Conger, and maps accompany
the article.
Other Illustrated features OF the Nav
number are the first of II series of two
humorously illustrated papers on "lhe
New Orleans Exposition" by Eugene
V. Smalley; the first of series OF pa
pers on Typical Dogs" by writer's hav-
ing special knowledge, the article in the
May number including short accounts of
the Mastitf, the st. Bernard, the Bull
b'Sf tht nun itilltIs
and the Chesapeake Duck Dog, together |
with engravings ola fine animal OF each
kind.
George de Forest Brush's account OF
IAN Artist Among the Indians" is beau
tifully illustrated with full page engrav-
ings OF two notable paintings by the au-
thor.
Edmund Clarence Stedman's paper on
the poet whittier" is the important
literary feature OF the number; and the
Rev. II. Il. Munger. 10 careful essay.
discusses the relations of science and
faith in a paper entitled "Immortality
and Modern Thought" the same subject
is treated in Topics OF the Time"
or fiction, the May number contains a
brief story by Mrs. Helen Jackson III. |
ii entitled "The Princes Little Sweet |
heart" the seventh part of Mr.. Howell's |
novel, 1.-The Rise of Sllas Lapham," and |
the fourth part of Henry James serial, |
The BOstonians."
The poems of the number are by Ed |
mund Gosse, g. Z. Cranch, Mrs. Char |
lotle Fiske Bates John Vance Cheney,
and In "Bric-a-Brao." by j. A. Macon, |
Mrs. Alice w. Rollins, stanley Wood
and others.