The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30

DTTH ST0UFTIT
range OF interests and inspiration. Such
lyrics as Italy" April Resting Be
side the Summer Sea- and. in deeper
vein. .yirtue and Vice." "Lally,' and
the title poem, Eros" speak more than
culture: they are informed with power
of honest personal feeling. simplicity,
sincerity, and reverence-these are the
characteristics of Mr.. Pctersons verse.
ANTIETAM, AND THE MARYLAND
AND VIRGINIA CAMPAIGNS
OF 1862.
BY Isaac W. Heysinser, NJ. A., M. d.
With portrait Illustrations. The Neale
Publishing company, New York.
Abraham Lincoln is commonly ac-
cepted as the most tragic figure that
stands against the background of the
War of the Sixties, There is another
figure of almost equal tragedy and even
more pathos. for death is kinder than
calumny-the figure of a soldier whom
Lincoln loved and trusted to the utter
most. of whom General Grant said, Il
saw in him the man who was to pilot us
through the war"-the figure of the gen.
era. who created the army of the Poto-
mac, and who was idoliZed by that
army: man misunderstood and ma
ligned a general baited, harassed Will
fed and finally removed from command
amid general execration--George b. Nc
Clellan. 1t is to bring to light his mill
tary record that this book was written.
"Antietam" may be called THE Case
of Mcclellan VS.. Popular History The
book is as clear and logical as a law
yer's brief, and as Unconditional. why
did not Mcclellan finish up the war in
1922" asks Captain Heysinger. And he
answers like bullet, "Staunton. Or,
in more words. Because of the almost
irresistible power of the malific civilian
csbal at Washington, to which Lincoln
himself was subject" Then, step by
step, with logical embodiment, he tells
of the Maryland campaign from March.
1862, when McClellan's position as COM
nlander-in-chief was taken away from
him, to his removal from command, and
the shameful history that Immediately
succeeded that fasco.
Captain Heysinger is fitted by position
and experience for the work he has
chosen to do. He is an accomplished
Writer-all students know his Life Of
China'-and he is an experienced SOL
dier veteran of the war and a mem
ber of the Loyal Legion. He under
stands the use of good, straight Eng
lish, and the uses of good, straight SOL
diering; he knows the science of war,
which, as he would be the first to tell
you, is another and different thing. A
student of military history. he is expert
| in Sitting material, and in judgsas the
| relative value of authorities. He knows
| a fact when he sees one; never mis-
takes it for legend, or a composite Of
! hearsay and guess work; he can distin-
guish between testimony that is impor-
| tant, vital, and testimony that belongs to
| the nursery primer-an ability rare as it
| is necessary. An admirable writer of
history; born to it.
"Antietam' is not a dashing narrative
of banners and Jbugles and deeds of re-
sounding splendor 1t is great and
terrible arraignment, and has about it
something of the quietude of supreme
court chamber. As a vindicaton of Nc
Clellan, it is noble and just as an his
torical death sentence of his detractors
and enemies, scathing, and no less just.
The mills of God grind slowly, but
| they grind exceeding small.
THE MAIDEN MANIFEST"
BY Della Campbell Macleod. With il
lustratons by Harriet Roosevelt Rich
ards. Little, Brown & company, Bos-
| ton.
| An impressionable young man, while
looking at a blue froclk hanging in a
Fifth avenue cleaners window sudden
| ly has a vision Of its fair owner. The
vision recurs at intervals, and so en-
snares the young mans heart that he
| resolves to find this fascinating, tantal-
izing dream girl, as he comes to call
her. Thereupon he begins his quest,
which leads him into a web of dfficoi-
ties and sadly upsets his order of life
until his ideal girl is discovered in a
real one. The love story that is un-
folded has piquancy and freshness. and
is finely and delicately developed against
a southern background which none but
a southerner could have depicted. Miss
Macleod gives a delightful picture of a
southern plantation of modern days, of a
family still adhering to the old tradi-
tions of open-hearted hospitality, still
maintaining an estate on a before the
war; scale. Such wholesome men, wo-
men, and children as live in these pages
will win the hearty liking of all readers
who follow Billy Rutledge in his search
for his girl of the blue gown. TO all
lovers of Molly y-Make-Believep and
Mary Cary" and to all lovers. mar
ried or single, young or old, we heartily
recommend this very out e-ordinary
love story.
scientific SALES MANAGEMENT.
BY Charles w. Hoyt George B. Wool
son & Co., New Haven. Conn.
A distinct contribution TO business
literature is the book on Scientific
Sales Mana cement" by Charles W.
Hoyt. u we'll known advertising man
of New Haven. Conn. The author has
drawn on his vast fund of experience
as a sales manager and sales producer
and this book embodies some of the
general principles OF handling sales
and neutrality-suspicious. that have
been tried and not found wanting. lie
also gives numerous illustrations of
the working out of these principles
and shows by definite concrete ex~
amples their application thus avoiding
the pitfalls of the average author of
this sort of work. which most often
exponnds principles and deals in gem
eralities. but fails to show actual work
ings of these sometimes obvious prin-
ciples. 1t is a plain practical treatise
on the selling problem--a problem that
interests every business man in Amer
lea.
Mr.. Hoyt in his book says: 'If all
the manufacturers of America were
assembled together with all the jobbers
of tkis country, 1 believe ] would be
well within the hounds NJ conSarya sr,,