Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-10

can recommend the Work 10 our IeddeiS
as the latest and best on the Constitution
OF the United States. as viewed from the
| standpoint Of its distinguished author. 1t
will certainly add to his fame.
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| HOW ENGLAND SAVED EUROPE.
| The Story of the Great War 1793-iSl5.
| BY w. II. Fitchett b. A, LII. d., Au-
thor Of Deeds that Won the Empire,
flights for the Flag" etc. With por-
traits, fac-similes, and plans. In vol
umes. Vol. /. From The Low Coun-
tries to Egypt" 12mo. PIP. S6l. New
York: Chas. Scribner's Sons. For sale
by the Bell Book and Stationery Com
pany, Richmond, Va. Price $l.25.
The last words Of Pitt were: England
has saved France by her exertions. and
will, as trust. save Europe by her ex-
ample"
How these words were made posi-
Bile Is told in this admirable book, which
Is Just from the press Of Chas. Scrip-
ner's Sons. 1t is a great story, resound-
ing epic rather than a drab colored page
of palid and slow moving history; an
Had of battles, sleges, and invasions.
Great figures move across the stage;
great events shake the world; passions
and heroisms, virtues and vices, all on
an antique scale, are shown in action.
The tumult and fury Of revolution
sweeping across France shook every
throne in Europe From that revolution
energies a soldier with genius equal to
Alexander or Hannibal; he turns the fierce
energy of the revolution into the channel
OF foreign conquest He makes himself
the master Of the contingent He
,f,t,I
alone with the secret of her strength
in the sea, stood in his path. SO begins
his great and long enduring duel with
England, in which the fiery valor Of the
conquering race of Celtic stock Is set
against the stubborn endurance Of q ma
ton Of logged Anglo-SaXon blood. 1t
was a contest which filed the sea and
land with its tumult The Nile, Trafal-
gar. and Watarloo-words that still stir
the blood of the English race under all
skies-are glittering syllables in that re-
cord; the Peninsular war % but an episode
i'm It.; ST. Helena a sOrdid postscript IL
was a contest which in its results saved
freedom, and delivered the modern world
from a desDotism as absolute as that Of
which the later Caesars are the type.
And it is a picturesque illustration, not
only of the complete and dramatic tri-
umph won by England in this Titanic
conflict, but of the instrument by which
that triumph was mainly won. that. at
Its close Napoleon stands a volubly
complaining prisoner in the cabin of a
British man-of-war.
The struggle has left a legacy Of splen-
did memories, not to the mother land
alone, but to her children under every
sky.
Mr.. Fitchett has divided the war into
efx txbt oh limo
deed. measured by the almanac. overlap
but which have sharply defined characte-
ristics, and each Of which represents
separate stage in the great drama Of the
Twenty Years war The first stage. ex-
tends from the declaration Of war by
France Of February |. 1888 TO the estab-
lishment of the Directory on October %.
1876. The second period extends from the
Directory TO the battle of Camperlown,
October II. 1871 The third period
deals with the appearance on the !
stage Of Napoleon, I'm the full |
light of his achievements I'm the Italian /
campaigns Of 17G-l7g7. In the fourth pc
riOd the sea is the battlefield on which /
Napoleon and England contend. and the |
struggle reaches its most heroic stage. /
Napoleon, as first Consul and Emperor /
is supreme on the continent. This period /
extends from the confederacy of the /
northern powers against England i'm 1901 /
To the rising Of the Spanish nation against /
NapOleou-a direct result of Nap0leon's |
continental system in 1905 The fifth peri
Oh deals with the Peninsular campaigns
and the appearance Of Wellington In
the sixth period the great drama reaches
its climax. and the author tells the story
Of the Hundred Days and Of Waterloo.
with 81. Helena as mere dramatic anti
climax
The volume Is illustrated in half tone
with portraits Of celebrated men taken
from the paintings Of famous artists, as
well as the fac-simes and plans.
LESLIE'S OFFICIAL HISTORY OF
THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR 4
Pictorial and Descriptive Record of the
Cuban Rebellion. the Causes that In
volyed the United States, and Com
plete Narrative of our Conflict with
Spain on Land and Sea, supplemented
with fullest information respecting
Cuba. Porto Rico, the Philippines, and
Hawaii their commerce. climate pro-
auctions, history. and people; embellish-
ed with 1900 original Illustrations by
the great war artists Of Leslie's Weekly.
and pictures taken or actual scenes by
its corps Of correspondents and pho
tographers sent to the front for the pur-
!
tiers OF the brush and camera as Il.
West Clinedinst, c. NJ Sheldon f.. y.
Blue c. VI. Traver. H. Cresson Schell,
G.. w. Peters. Howard Chandler Christy,
Charles BroughtOn, G. Mcknight Smith.
T. II. Schell, Dan Beard. Dan Smith.
Burr Mcintosh, James Burton, w T..
Hoffman, S. I. Wilkinson, g. Edward !
Graham. G. T. Rost, j. c. Hcmment.
w. H. Rau J. f. J. Archibald, Edward
Wildman, and Miss y. y. Benjamin.
and Illuminated by a series OF double
page colored war maps OF Cuba, Porto
kico, the philippines ana HAWAII, ana
chromatic prints Of flags and seals,
medals, signals, and insignia that rep
resent all ranks of officers I'm the army
and navy. Compiled and written di-
rectly from the official records at Wash
ington, with endorsement OF the Prcs-
dent, of the Secretary of War. and Of
the commanding officers of the army
and navy.
This work is copyrighted by General
Marcus j. Wright, of the War Records !
)tiice. and its title page gives a very just
md correct idea of it's valuable contents.
Among those who. IN addition 10
he President and the former Secretary
II War under Mr.. Mckinley, endorse
[ are General Fitzhugh Lee, General
Brooke General II. V. Boynton, General
-omax, and others. General Lee says:
L have examined with very great IN
crest copy Of Leslie's Official History Of
he War with Spain. and consider the
)ook a great undertaking successfully
,arried out" General LOmaX says. Il
I'M thankful for a copy OF the Official
History Of the Span'h-American War,
which I regard as a highly valuable and
instructive work" The work Is gotten
ip in atlas form. and is sold by sub
;cription only.
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