Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-03
NEW PUBLICATIONS,
GEN. SCOTT. By Gen. Marcus ]. Wright. New
York: ID. Appleton & Co.

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York: d. Appleton & Co.
The latest addition to 1.-THE Great Com
! manders" series, of which there have al
ready appeared Admiral Farragut," Gen
eral Taylor" General Jackson" General
Greene" General j. z. Johnston" and
General Thomas" A biography of VIM
| field Scott Is necessarily q military history
| of the United States from the day when the
! young Virginian enlisted as a member OF
the Petersburg cavalry troop, in May, 1907
to resent Great Britain's action in the Leo
pard-Chesapeake affair, until November l.,
1s61-the day on which President Lincoln
and his cabinet proceeded to the old hero's
residence and with every rational demon-
stration Of affectionate sorrow notified the
age-disabled soldier that his request to be
placed upon the retired list had been COM
piled with. Gen. wrights qualifications for
such an arduous task are beyond question
and his success in this conspicuous instance
cannot be doubted The compilation OF this
volume must have been a labor Of love, for
throughout every chapter is evidence of
reverence for the character and military
, achievements of the brave man whose deeds
1t was his pleasure to chronicle. Those who
know that the writer and his subject were
both possessed of a southern brthright
| may look for fulsome eulogy but they will
look In vain; warm, yet not highly-colored.
precise of statement and avoiding all ap-
pearance of sectionalism, the work is Who'll
1y admirable and trustworthy.
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This is the second volume of the Latin
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| being Markhams History of Peru-one Of
| the most impartial and altogether satisfac-
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present day. In the appendix are statistics,
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contains map numerous illustrations, an
analytice table Of contents and an index.
HEADwATERs OF THE MISSISSIPPI. Compris.
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explorers OF the great river and a full account
of its discovery and the location Of its true
lard Glazier. author Of Three Years in the
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Three Wars 'Peculiaritiss Of American Cit
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MEMOIRS OF TWO YOUNG MARRIED WOMEN.
by Honore de Balzac. Translated by Katharine
Prescott Wormeley. Boston: Roberts Bros
The crop of newspaper almanacs for 1894
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quantities of information contained in these
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either locally nationally very valuable.
Among those which have found their way
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York Tribune, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle,
the Philadelphia Public Ledger. the Brook |
lyn Citizen and the Philadelphia Times.
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