Evening star., 1908-01-22

Story from DOtn SluSS, tiiC iii0ii
who were pursued and the men
who did the pursuing. General Basil
Duke, the brother -in-law OF General
John H. Morgan, and the man
who succeeded to Morgans COM
mand upon that Generals death
in 1864, writes with brilliant dash,
with splendid color and move
ment, the story of "Morgans Cav
airy ($2.oo: postage, 1S cents).
1T is says The Literary Digest,
"distinctly military history, but
military history built on uncon-
ventional lines. 1t is real
ly long time since there has come
into this office a civil war book
affording such unmixed satlsfac-
ton"
The Story OF a Cannoneer I'm
der Stonewall Jackson ($2.oo;
postage. 10 cents) is told by Mr..
Edward A. Moore Of the Rock
bridge Artillery, that lovable and
brave soldiery. Mr. Moore has
given us history and romance, in
struction and delight, a chronicle
and a picture gallery, yet, withal,
an unvarnished .record of what
Stonewall Jacksons troops went
through. The New York Times
Saturday Review of Books says OF
it, truly and we'll, "The author
tells the story of the four years
struggle in a clear, direct, soldier
like way: always Sy1npa
thetically, like man to whom lite
is larger than any one mans ex-
periencc.
Speaking of unvarnished rec
ords recalls Captain John w. Head
lev's Confederate Operations in
Canada and New York ($2.oo;
postage. Is cents). The Pittsburg
Gazette Times calls it "A startling
revelation of war history, essential
ly book of new things, and as
such it is sure to give rise to COM
ment and controversy"
Colonel Charles Richardson, att
thor of those true and tender bits of
life, "Tales of a Warrior (pub-
lished by this house), in his "The
Charlottesville Campaign: Fred
ericksburg to Salem Church"
(SI.oo) knows what he is writing
about. He knows what was done,
who did it and what was said
about it afterward. The Houston
Post thinks Colonel Richardson's
history mot merely valuable rec
ord, but delightful reading in it
self-a human story.
Major Robert Stiles's lovable
and noble book, -Four Years I'm
der Marse Robert ($2.oo; post
age, II cents), is a volume not to
be forgotten in lifetime, for, all i'll
all, it is one of the greatest of the
books that have been published
that relate to the war between the
States.
Among our notable histories OF
separate commands, Texas an
swers to the roll with "a Soldiers
Letters to Charming Nellie"
(S2.oo; postage, 18 cents) !, by Colo
mel J. B. Policy Of Hoods Texas
Brigade, which tells the story OF
that dashing command from the
beginning to the close of the war.
Maryland answers with Comrades
Four Isl .oo) by Comrade Edward
R. Rich. Of Company E, First
Maryland Cavalry. Virginia is rep
resented by two delightful war
studies: DIR. John Herbert Clai-
borne's "Seventy-hve Years in Old
Virginia" ($2.oo; postage, ID
cents), a well-illustrated volume,
charming and entertaining" The
Virginia Medical Sem-Monthly
says: and 'The Shenandoah Val
ley and Virginia. 1861 to 1865"
(S2.oo; postage, II cents) by Colo
mel Sanford c. Kellogg, U. S. A.,
a nephew of the late General Sheri
dan, an altogether admirable piece
of historical writing, of which Gen
eral Charles King wrote, "'The
Shenandoah is with me. and l am
reading it carefully and with alb
sorbing interest. The style is the
acme OF military direetness and
simplicity, and it seems to be con-
densed history, page by page"
In "The Great Parliamentary
Battle and Farewell Address OF the
Southern Senators on the Eve of
the Civil War" (S2.oo; postage, II
cents), Mr.. Martin has turned
from the battles of plain and
field to the no less fierce bat
ties of Senate halls, and Gen. e..
Moxley Sorrel, Lieutenant Colonel
and Chief of Staff, Longstrcet's
First Army Corps. and Brigadier-
General commanding Sorrel's bri-
gade. A. P. Hills Third Army
Corps, Army of Northern Virginia,
in his brilliant volume of war rec
ord, "Recollections of a Confed-
crate Staff Officer with introduc-
ton by Senator Daniel of Vir-
ginia ($2.oo; postage, IS cents),