Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-04-23
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with the puhlieafion Of TIE Arst vol
ume Of his inpestant histosies1 vosk,
Gen. Henry Boyneon q mis- esty tsho Z
Ieadiog pisce In ~ airsady long III Of
native Maine sueIsrs- This vssk. wAieh
was Published s6ty last vesk. b estisied
The Worlds Greatest Conflict ssd h
. review Of France and America from
I7ss to 1900. and history Of Europe and
America from 1900 10 1904. Il forms
a u mo, volume Of 32s psges,
and IL from the house Of the
i.o.hrop Pablishing Company. Bos
ton. 10 choice Of paper. type, bind
Ing and exterior Lettering the volume ID
an artistic piece Of mechanical work.
There are ninety one Chapter or sections
Of varying length, each with It's subject
ses In the margin In full faee letter,
which Ia quick 70 catch the eye, while .
complete index adds TO the value Of the
work by making examination easy. The
work IL = compendium Of historic facts,
or rather the results Of care
full study Of the events Of one Of he
most exciting periods In the Worlds
history. The style 10 picturesque,
original, rather attractive. The criti
ci=ms are bold, some Of them such a.
will make one stop and compare them
with the statements Of other writers, or
with his own view Of the facts a. given
bv previous historians TO see how they
tally With former opinions There Ia
an Independence to its pages that
Ia unique. Gen. Boyton ID not afraid tn
say what he thinks His observations
BON historic events or the characters Of
illustrious person2ges are such - arrest
attention by their original force Masks
are strifIsd OF. Facts Of history are no.
perverted, but their bold statements cold
ly examined. Here are one OF
Two taken at random from bis
pages: God made Louis XVI for a
small tinker, a member Of pots and
pans; heredity defed Gods design and
made him a King He was a champion
blunderer. His first blunder WAS being
born at all; his second In being born te
be King" Congress ordered monu'
ment (of Washington erected at Wash
ington, which Ia a disgr1ce to that gen
Grafton because it represents that great
Christian American as a half-naked
pagan Roman" Severe as it Is In III
critlci. ms Gen. Boyntons work Is a quite
masterly survey Of the magnificent
events crowded within the years
given on his title page, and IL
the work OF a ripe scholar and deep
thinker who is a, familiar with the events
of history and their causes and results
a. school boys are with the plainest
rules Of arithmetic and who in his first
book takes commanding position rs an
interpreter Of history. The manuscript
Of the second volume Is already cOmplet-
ed and will soon be placed In the pub
fishers hands. IL will make a volume
much larger than the present one, and
may be expected early another spring
Gen Henry BoyntoB was born In
Monmouth and received his education In
the common schools and at Newport
and East Corinth academies. When but
"A boy he went to California where he
spent two years. and returned to Kansas
where he studied law and WAS admitted
to the Bar OF the L.. $ District Court al
Lawrence In 1860.
In 1856 he raised company Of sixty
five men to aid in protecting Kansas from
the attacks OF the Border Rufflans.
In the battle of Big Springs, during the
Kansas War, Gen. Boyrton received q
sabre wound in the forehead, the seal
OF which he now carries. He remained
In Kansas In the law and real estate bust
ness till 1861, when he came East. Five
days after the firing upon Fort Sumpter
he raised a company of men to march
to the defense of the Nation. A second
company was also raised by Gen. Boyn'
ton. both comprising II total of $50 men,
raised and put into the service at his
own expense. He went to the front rs
captain Of Co. ID Sth Maine, partici-
pated at the battles Of Fort Harrison,
Chapin's Farm, Fort Gilman, Laurel
Hill. Fair Cakes, Spring Hill and Dewry's
Bluff, at the latter of which he
was wounded, a ball passing nearly
through his body. This ball was carried
for seven wears and was then extracted.
At the close of the war he returned AZ
Colonel of the eth Regiment and was