The Washington herald., 1912-10-27

Author Of War Reminisc-nc.s." pabaisbsd b
Doubleday. Page 4 o.. New Yost.
| ago. and was reprinted In amplihed form
| thirty-five years later.
Few soldiers have been able to record
| their own achievements with becoming
| modesty. but Gen. Duke proved while
yet In his twenties that he could accom-
plish the difficult task. for In his earliest
effort he exalted the cavalry and its
| chief. portraying his own part in the
great drama with a personal note SO low
that those familiar with the record felt
| that he had done himself an Injustice
But the Kentuckians. for whom the first
edition was written. knew Duke, and
they were able to fill In and complete
the picture. The rest of the country. for
whom the second edition Qs96 was writ
ten, had come to know him and to ap-
preciate his worth. And now Kentuck-
ians and .'uitlanders" alike have q
chance to read the generals own story
Of his war experiences. He has past his
SEVENTEEN year.
His was perhaps. small as 1t was In
numbers. the most strikingly mobile arm
of the Confederate service In the West.
Morgan was as swift as Stuart and op-
Grated under greater difficulties: he was
as terrible and as startlingly volcanic as
the Virginia partisan Mosby and the
field of his activities covered a larger
territory. Gen. Dukes "Reminiscences
include his association with the Morgan
cavalry. but they are not altogether Of
the field and bivouac.
THE LADY AND sApA SAN: BY r.no.s Little
"A sequel To The Lady of the Decultinn-' y
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But there is a new character in the
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an altogether adorable girl. And the
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Japanese uncle. who keeps teahouse
and has the japanese idea Of woman's
destiny, and the rescue Of Sada San by
ner American lover.
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This is a comprehensive ands interest
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BY Katherine Conan. rrufesU of sociology. |
Wellesley College Prufussy illustrated. The |
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Arsin. a the Northwest wher> ~