Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-08-20

Messrs. j. NJ. Stoddart & Co., pub.
fishers, of Washington and New
York, announce the appearance of
new work which must attract
great attention from all persons
who are interested in the events
pertaining to the history of the
great war.
"The Memoirs of Robert Lee,
have been in preparation long time,
but not until this fall have they
taken such definite shape as to be
ready for announcement. The book
is a complete and full history
of the military career and cam
paigns of Gen. Lee, written by Gen.
Armistead l.. Long, graduate of
West Point, who was for four years
in intimate association with Gen.
Lee, a member Of his staff, and for
some time his confidential military
secretary. Gen. Long took very full
notes during all the operations and
campaigns, from which he has
written a clear, authentic, accurate
military history. The work has re-
ceived the full consent and approx
al of the surviving members of
Gen. Lees family, Gen. GUSTS Lee,
in a personal letter, testitying to
the fitness of Gen. Long for The
work, and the other members OF
Gen. Lees family have conveyed
important information, private let
ters, etc, which add greatly to its
value. A part of the book will be
devoted to the personal, domestic
and social history of Gen. Lee, and
will include a large and highly'val-
liable store of information never be-
fore published. This portion of the
book will be chiefly the work Of
Gen. Marcus j. Wright, distin-
guished officer of the Confederate
service, and now the agent of the
Government for the collection Of
Confederate records. Gen. Wrights
wide acquaintance with the civil
and military history of the Confed-
eracy will be of great service. Many
most interesting sketches, anec-
dotes and incidents have been
placed in the possession of the
authors by intimatepersonal friends
who we're associated with Gen. Lee
during almost every year of his
life. There will be appended a CO.
pious index, also an accurate copy
of the most important military re-
ports of Gen. Lee on his great cam.
paigns, together with a very com.
plete statement of the forces COM
prislng the Confederate armies at
the most important epochs.
The illustrations will comprise
portraits never before published, a
reproduction Of the recumbent stat
nc erected over the tomb of Gen.
Lee at Lexington, and the neces-
sary diagrams, maps, ETC., describ-
ing battles and movements of
troops. At the suggestion OF the
authors, the publishers have de-
cided to make a donation for the
benefit of the Confederate Soldiers
Home at Richmond. In this they
follow the lead of Gen. Grant, whose
sincere interest in the welfare of
this institution was shown in con-
tributing to it his cordial, hearty
sympathy and substantial pecuni-
airy donation. The home has been
assisted to the extent of thousands
of dollars by the Grand Army of
the Republic of the North, and it
was an eminently proper thing,
that these two Confederate officers
should themselves testify their in
terest and sympathy by contribut-
ing a share of the proceeds of the
sales of the book. This idea
has been received with favor by
the gentlemen in charge of the in
and Gen. Fitzhugh Lee,
Governor of Virginia, has formally |
accepted and approved the sugges-
ton. The plan Of the book has been
for the inspection of a
great number of leading Southern
gentlemen, all Of whom have cor
lially Endorsed and testified under
their signatures to the value of the
work at the present time, The
Governors of q number of Southern
States have given their approval
and have recommended it to the
people of their respective States.
The book will be published in one
about seven hundred
,ages, printed and bound in the
pest style, and will be ready for
delivery in the early fall. Messrs.
Stoddard q Co. have also made ar
angements for its publication in
Germany and France
;uch a work as this at the present
ime, written by men who have full
authority and experience to speak,
will have great weight in deciding
many disputed questions which are
ubjects of controversy, and Will be
N invaluable addition to the liter.
lture of the great struggle, con-
ernlng the events Of which every
american citizen, both North and
outh, IS and should be thoroughly
Interested.
Just at the present time there
re many points concerning the