The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-07-24
FIN. ADAMS, AUCTIONEER.
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ADDRESS, lola, Kansas.
PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF US. grant
In Two Volumes Octave. Embeliishet
With Two Fine Steel Portraits,
Two Etchings. Numerous Maps
And Plans, and Fac-similes
OF Handwriting.

Above all people the American aref
Indeed fortunate.
III Napoleon had written any autheE-s
;tic memoirs of his eventful life, no oneS
.can estimate the number of editionsa
THAT would have been issued by thiss
time.
If Wellington had penned his im-ss
.pressions and experiences, they would
,have found place in every educatede
,Englishman's home.
If Washington had written his per-;
ssonal recollections in the camp and onI
i the field, during the long eight years
fWar of American Independence, every
family in the land able to own book
would possess it, and now General!
sGrant, the preserver Of all that Wash!
sington ever gained for us, the greatest
ecaptain of modern times, has written
1this invaluable history of his impress
ssions of long and eventful life, eX-I
stending through the greatest and most
kbloody rebellion ever known in the his
Etory OF the world, in which he has COW
Sered himself and his country with a
Aglory whose story will be told to listen
Fling children, long after the presenta age
Ahas passed away. How fitting that
Sthe story should he handed down to
sposterity by a participant in that great
and how fortunate that it is
sstold by the great actor in it all.
!, The publishers take pleasure in plac-
aing this book within the reach of the
AAmerican people, who have been SC
Elong watching for its appearance and
ESQ anxiously awaiting the tidings from
sthe sick-chamber of its distinguished
@author, where he has penned its pages
Ewith characteristic determination.
Ii We are also especially gratified to b'
Gable to place this work before thai
sclass of our citizens to whom the au
sthor has dedicated these memoirs, mel
Ewho responded nobly to their country;
,Scall; who, in our darkest day upheld
-FOUR individuality as a nation.
IS The simple title of this book is char
gacteristic of General Grant, but his
.Stitles are engraved upon every Ameri
scan heart, and have been bravely earn
Ned in his country's service.
Z The volumes will appear separately
-fabout three months apart, thus enab
Sling subscribers to obtain the wori
with n smaller immediate outlay, by
'Spaying for the volumes separately.
a The great bulk of the profits on thi:
.Sbook go to General Grant himself, anc
Fit is the only one which he has eve
Swritten, or in which he has any inter
Sest whatever.
& We make this plain that the public
issmay not be deceived by cheap imita
,Stions which are sure TO follow thi
Swork, some of which will undoubtedly
Sbe so ingeniously advertised as to APP
Spear to be this work.
-iBrevet Second Lieutenant, u. >. In
kfantrv. The General laugh!ngly in
Sformed the publishers that he paid thu
Jprice of cutting twenty cords OF wood
-ES5. 00-fOr the daguerreotype, and wa.
.ncautioned not to wink during the three
-nminute sitting required at that early
,Sday. which caution he disregarded.
IL Considerable trouble was experience
eyed in discovering the whereabouts o
sgthis daguerreotype, which had passed
fsiout of the Generals hands in early
;.years; but it was finally found in tht
OEpossession of his friend, Mr.. George w
yeChilds. of Philadelphia, who kindly
i Elent it for the purpose of making thi;
-Sengraving.
: This volume also contains fine
Fetching by VIM. Z. Marshall of Gener
gal Grants birthplace at Point Pleasant
-gOhio, and is suitably illustrated with
q We shall publish this book in Eng
'Gland, Germany, France and Canada
bOur imprint: "New York: Charles l.
lAWebster and Company, 1885," appears
Fin every copy of the American edition
tsand attention to the fact viii prevent
Gimposition.
IS The first volume will contain about
Five hundred pages, printed in large,
Sclear type, and on good paper, as shown
Sin this prospectus.
s The cover is embellished With 3 fac
ssiniIe of the gold medal both diverse
Eand reverse, presented to Major Gen
Eeral Grant by joint resolution of Con-
rgress, December IL, 1868, in comment
Soration of his distinguished services.
s The frontispiece of the first volume is
sa steel portrait by a. II. Richie, n. A.,
Eengraved expressly for this work. and
(which has never before appeared. Its
scopied from an old daguerreotype
(which was taken at Bethel, Clermont
Etcounty, Ohio, in 1913, when General
EGrant was twenty-One years OF age,
faDd represents him in the uniform of a
Nmaps, plans and fac-similes OF hand
Ewriting.
= The first volume is entirely written;
Sgiving brief sketch OF the ancestry OF
Ethe General, it carries the reader
Sthrough the various experiences of his
Shoyhood, West Point days and early
Earmy life. The volume describes his
gexperiences i'm the Mexican war, and
Esubsequent military life on the Pacific
Tcoast, and elsewhere; his retirement to
Sprivate life before he was known to
Ef.me; the outbreak of the Rebellion !;
Ellis prompt action in offering his seq
Svices to his country in a subordinate
Eposiiion, and his subsequent assigh-
Snent Ia regiment.
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