New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-02-16
NEW PUBLICATIONS,
. nocrop AND HIS DECORATIONS.


Rev nv Kedival FlrmRn, etc.. etc., etc. lomo' Ep'
6i3 Baltimore: Cushlngs & Bailey
DIR. Warren has practsed and taught medicino
and surgery in Baltimore he served professionally
win the Confederate army; he obtained a hleh
rosition under the Viceroy of Egypt; and ne Is
now practising in Paris. His career therefore mas
been varied: but in Boosting that his unique YET
diversified" experiences must necessarily emOody
much that is calculated to impress, interest anu
instruct he forgets that we are pretty wen useu'
in these DAYS, to lives of change anu adventure
When the modern pilgrim from over sea ASKS us 10
hear his story, it is only strange incidents which
;mpress us and we do not CAFE how far ne mas
wandered. Dr. Warren's budget does contain some
interesting anecdotes mostly professional anu
brilliantly illustrative of his sagacty courage ana
biob mindedness but we can hardly call his ex-
perences so remarkable as to Justify BOOK
Nevertheless we are glad that he has written. He
has eoioved il so much it has been nice to write
ont the catalogue of compliments and decorations
conferred upon him. and to renew in the narrative
the ecst,tic thrill which he felt when they were
fresh, that it would be churlish to begrudge MIN
the satisfaction. Never was autOblographei so
madly IN love with his subject.
We cannot undertake TO follow all the steps OF "a
career in which the domination OF strange ouu
imper Gus destiny has manifested itself IN the traus-
formation of country doctor into professor asur-
peOn- general ana 4 CleNdlIcl VI ''" 1870
Honor; and in truth the narrative OF Dr. arren
achievements, his easy mastery OF the arcana Oh
sc,ence his trumphs over death and disease, us
contutotion of Jealous and malignant rivals, ana
his onick conquest of the affections OF the great ana
good becomes a little monOtonous tIrougn Its very
splendor We shall begin with the period OF seces-
sion when our hero was professor OF matera medlca
and therapeutics in the University of Maryland at
Baltimore Shortly after the opening OF the war
he passed the lines and went to Rlchmond on u
secret mission from the Maryland secessionlsts TO
obtain arms for a rebel organization IN Baltimore
The Governor of North Carolina gave him i've
hundred rifles but they never reached their des-
tination, and DR.. Warren himself did not see baiu
more AGAIN until the war was over. In the NEON
time the authorities of the University made ar
ronpements with the Federal commander to receive
into their hospital the sick and wounded Oh MS
army" and called upon Dr. Warren to return 10 his
most and take his share of the hum ane WORK re-
Ouired of all the faculty. He replied bJ denonnc-
ing the whole proceeding as an outrage ana the 10
mand for his services rs an Insult nc uecIdiou
that he should come back i'll due time, ana resume
his lectures under the protection of Southern
army: and when he was at last deposed from MS
chair after three years absence IN the Confederate
service he appears 10 have been nightly indignant
Mt what he considered q hgh-halded invasion OF
his rights Upon the whole his et1rontery IN TINS
incident is probably the most imposing thing IN MS
book.
DIR. Warren was employed as a military surgeon in
Richmond during the early months OF the war; ana
afterward in North Carolina. During the Cmcha-
hominy campaign he had visited the reid OF Datle
one day as a volunteer, when General Lee asked II
there was a medical officer present. Yes, was the
answer: there was DR.. Warren General Lee then
tnrned 10 me and said Il need a medical director
and Won must act as SUCH as you seem to be the only
,aod;ool officer arailable'' 1t did not occur to DE-
Warren that the compliment was little amiga
ous: on the contrary he tells us that his " brain
reeled from excitement and gratlhcatlon' Tor TINS
was a promotion above all that he had dreamed or
and il me ant the Identification of his name with
that OF the great commander OF the Army oil North
ern Vir,inia while history is to be read:
But thank God! there was sentiment III my
heart stronger than its ambition and potent enough
to keep me in the path OF recttude anu nohor' 1
knew that Guild was entitled TO the poSluon anu
remembering that he my friend ana OeneI actor,
after moments struggle with myself sad TO Gen
eral Lee: should be only too proud and happy 10
serve yOu-tO be the medical director OF TINS army
lint DR. Guild here and he is entitled to the pro-
notion
So Dr. GUILD got the promotion, but he gave Df.
Warren the second place, that OF medical IN
snectOr: and of the order assigning nm TO duty
with this rank an order " written upon the Dattie-
field itself. while cannon were beching forth Their
lurid sunlight, ana the shouts OF charging BAT
talions were filling the air, and death was holding
high carnival around u.s." our author eXclaims:
Above the frrnan of the Khedive of Egypt and the
decree of the President OF the Republic or france
beyond all the orders, medals ana diplomas Of
which have been the recipient-l prize TINS simple
sheet of sOled and time-moulded paper WIN tne
scarcely lcGible words which are written npon IL,
and have carried it in triumph with me IN an my
wanderings. and shall leave 1t to my children as
nv proudest and richest legacy
Bnt there were other hOnors in store for Dr. War
rem In 1862 he was appointed Surgeon-General OF
North Carolina on the staff Of Governor vance ana
again his brain reeed. "To be thus elevated to
the highest position known to my native State filled
my bosom with peculiar pride and exultaion, while
il inspired a sense of gratitude TO Governor Vance
which made me his devoted friend for life and
awakened a desire to North Carolina, from
which, can say with truth and r'th0M rdnity, an
calcdbe benefits accrued alike 10 her soldiers ana TO hT
people" Whenever Dr. Warren speaks OF his own
services without vanity, he naturally has TO hoid
himself in pretty tight; but great man submitting
to such sef-restrant is always edifying specta-
Gle If his brain reeled when the Governor put him
On the staff what shall say of his condition when
some years afterward the University oil North
Carolina made him an LL.D.f
Coming from the University of my native state
this degree has proved the source OF more real
qualification than all OF my foreign honOrs com
bined Ii has likewise warmed up my bosom
toward North Car olina and inspired me with
stronger desire and frmer purpose to prove my
self worthy of Noteworthy 10 be recognized as her
son and to wear her honors. have always loved
her, but my affection is now lnteLslhed ana 1eel
that there is not rock upon her rugged mountains
nor blade of grass within her grand savannas nor
ripple uron her majestic streams-nOt loot OF
her soil from Bunc0mbc to the sea without a place
in nv heart; and wherever INV feet may wander or
whatever my fate may be, for her my every thought
shall be a prayer. and my latest breath blessing.
For freely my life's blood bestowing
For her would sever each vein;
And die for the pleasure OF knowing
My anguish had saved her n pain"
North Carolina got this tribute pretty cheap. But
vanever knew white man so easily tickled by a