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autobiography.
last Fndzy morning Wsbssss q co. re-
"a sed from zen. Shsrldan a dozen pfoof-
sAssls. esfstaliy corrected. TIE handwriting
0n tbe lasfgiaz showed tAst % sas ex-
Ismsly sssk. bar the heavy d4snes here
snd there gaze evidences that be sss as-
LefmIls1 " nD3sh as tzsk or die With tns
peG ia ais hand. Al TIE time Us pubiisa-
era had 40 dc. that he sss sd aezF death.
as be doctors fepostsd every asy thai ns
~as sm proving; so more proofs we're sent 20
NonqaltI Saturday. They we're probably
1eiiEefsd Today. one day 100 late iOE Usn.
>Asrldsa Raad 80 toucn them- The batca
sent Friday last ssfs ths sast pfoois- la
L ~ days The last pages Of The BOOK will DC
ia The press ana Ia few seeks the BOOK
wli 90 iof sale. Tue uTsl y9lnnls = already
gfintea saa sll oe ia tne hands oi tie
book 0i Bder toss8ff0w. The second vosume
10 eel up IN type aud the pfessw3rk and
book ofnaing viii Do hasssned 80 that the
whole work eAa De bT ought oat a. the same
time.
Gsaeral Sheridan did not, like General
Grant, seud bis uasnuseEi ~ 10 the publishers
in seci lons. lie began his sutoDl0grsphy
tso years sgo aud e0mplstsj - early issi
December. A isw nontns before that time
Marx Twain aud his p@rtaer. Charles l.
Wooster. called on General sheridan IN
" sshinsgon aRa solicited ne puelse<tion OF
ths sook. Very liberal sums were offered
and a contrast was made. lhe ulanuscript,
which Was ali 10 General sherldan's hand
srliIng sss given - the puo.isaers short
lY before Christmas. Before it reached the
priufers, hossYer. General Sheridan tele-
ggapasd thaE II should be returned TO hsm
for revision. The manuscript was sent
bach. The Genersl kept it anti Nav |, re-
wuting parts. striking cut others, and even
making extensive changes IN the phrase
OlOsy The Publishers say that the manu-
script Was the nost carefully written AID
rev sed hat they ever have handled.
Only the preface TO the work remained %
be xrltten at the time OF he Generals ceath.
lie wrote one prefacs ust before ne Was
taken Aick, bat II did not please MIN. ana IL
10 supposed that he destroyed IL. he wrote
a week ago that he would prepare another
when he tell better, but dsa b stepped In TO
prevent him from oOing 50.
Ia has been asserted tnat Sheridan's book
would De history Of the Civil War some
thing alter the nyie OF General Grants aud
Genarai Logsns books The book will be
essentially aIferent from those works. how
ever Il Is purely what The title signifies
an autobiography. Ins writer connncs
hislsesf 10 his osa adventures and attend
ant circumstances. and carefully avoids
ststlstlcs except ia appendix notes, which
are given for The bsneat OF those who Gaze
10 NE ke military study OF his operations
The book reads more ike a romance tn a
DIS DRY. IL is. in iacF. typical book Of al
ventgre-only that its incidents are strictly
true. IL will be read with interest alike by
veterans OF the wsr and by novel readers,
sad iI will please children VINO delight in
adventures suea a. those OF buffalo Bill
for General sheridans nghts with ths
Indians IN the early part OF his career gave
rise 10 az many thrilling Incidents 40 those
IA the life OF the scout hero OF the plains
aud ErsStins. Staten Island.
MIR. Hall, OF the firm OF Webster & Co..
gives this illustration OF the interesting
character Of the book soon alter we re-
ceived the copy We asked the literary ex-
pert 10 look oser u and give Us his uplnisn
ss To The siyie. lie began to scan tae first
page carefully, then passed more quickly 10
the second psse. 10 creased bis speed TO the
third, and Tor Two hours read on with on
zVidity like that Of = boy devouring a dime
novel. Finally asked him what he thought
Of the stvle. style he exclaimed, -. yes.
| but did net notice. cot 50 interested in
| General ShsFldans Indian fights that |
| forgot all about the styls. | will LOOK 10
/ over again. That is the greatest comDii
nent any author could receive, added Mr..
| Hall.
The styIs Of General Sheridsn's book.
| judging from some Of the proofs, Is ex-
r-meiy graphic. His sentences are short.
| bright and carry the reader along al rapid
pace. lie especially avoids adjectives and
never puts in a word where il might "a we'll
be omitted. The Generals descriptions of
| bis hgnts With the Indians. OF which little
| has been sritiso. will be. perhaps. the most
interesting part - the book 10 tns aversge
| reader. his wonderful memory IS evi-
| g. need BY the tact that he can recall the
minusest Incicsnts Of those early days on
the plains. He had . dozen miraculous
escapes from scalplhg and he describes
them IA Away that shows that while writ
| iDE he lived ever again the days when he
| began bis soldier. career with epsGists on
bis 81 oglders. Geasrsl Sbesidans account
0f bis famous rids down the Valley OF Yir-
gina snd lis de,esi Of the Couieaegatss at
Cedar Greek which gave the Shenandoah
| Valley 20 the r. dersls. IS vrsften with the
| spirit and dsSn vita which he rode down
npoa the snsmy from Winchester. A iargs
/ part Of Tie b0ox is aevCt-d 10 a sketch II
| BIS battles With Gen. Juhal A. Early. He
won every one Of them. so Il Is no wonder
thst he shoald os fond Of describing them.