New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-28

s-le battle IS wen over II was quite true: they
had meant 70 shoot him. but the coolness with
which the request was made, the soldierIilze
spirit ana Indifference TO death Il denoted. the
Caring and contempt Tor danger he displayed
throughout the hattie. so won their admiration
that they allowed him 10 live" We do not recall
either. seeing elsewhere the story OF Major
D.-mcr. aiGe-de-canp 10 Colin Campbell In the
N.tlry who Lord Wolselcy tells Us. wrote as
So from his general 20 describe his capture OF
I.a.>arN. "NUuc f0rtuuatus sum- Ct am I'm luck
1.Hn." This is scarcely 70 be bracketed with
CAESARS 'Ncui. vili yioi.' or even with the apoc-
ryrEaI message Of Napier announcing his con-
quest oE S.in5e. "Poc,ayIr' & have sinnod"0.
Tat. says our author. il not as elegant as the
enc nor rs Witty as the other. IL passed muster
I- The camp. and served 10 arnuse many at a
time when even d small joke was thankfully re-
co.yod.
u IS a pity that a work so generally enter
tanning, Instructive and attractive as this should
De married by some injudicious statements and
errors OF taste. and Iy many simply incom-
T-shousible errors Of spelling. Thus Lord Wolse-
lcy tells Us that when he visited the United
States in lSG2 he had never yet read a good
history Of the Revolutionary War. and had only
aSCe idea Of il; and that he supposed the
battle OF Bunker HII TO have been a victory OF
cha ColCulsts over the British. Yet at the same
two be was quite familiar with the writings
90 Feaimo-e Cooper We are not inclined TO
5...t The truth OF his statement. nor TO criti-
r-. l- Tor having read Cooper. But really
SUI a confession Of what should have been i'm
g. Die ignorance seems at this time rather too
like bravado and we must wish he had
ht il 70 himself AS Tor technical errors, the
ter on his American experiences actually
--.-;lcs with them. why should he speak Of
AIR. Abraham Lincoln. Why should he capt.
t..ze Bob In the familiar phrase bob and
-ke-" though the float on a hshIine were
person.? why does he spell McCleIlau's name
MAGELLAN" all through the book and speak
&C secretary Stanton FOR Stanton. and Of Cen
e-.l Johnson for Johnston. and invent the weird
"rzeylard" Tor DixieIand? Such things griev-
ol-.y mar the handsome pages Of these vol
--..-. and Il they are as numerous in the other
charters as ia those dealing with his American
experiences, a considerable appendix would be
needed 10 contain the 'Errata-" We regret 20
la- attention 20 these blemishes. But in the
making q books so generally admirable IN writ
and printing as these, there should be some
means OF correcting them. somewhere between
-.e FIRST draft OF the manuscript and the final
revision Il proofs Let us hope shat in the next
co. -.H--vhigh we feel sure VIII be needed TO
Supply the lewanl-the worst Of these errors
r.. he corrected. Then. if Lord Wolseley win
-...- his promise 20 continue his work down 10
..- end O. his active service we shah have
military autobiography ranking among the most
Interesting in the world, and a history Of British
arms i1 the last half of the nineteenth century
second ia value 10 none that has appeared or
---t BIS likely ia or day 10 appear.