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    EIGHTEENTH CENTUBY WAIFS.*

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    -•<>•- 1 • McCLELLAN'S OWN STORY.*

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    Tan . 15 , 1887 Tlie Fublisliers' Circular - ' ^ 4111 iiiiii

    Eighteenth Centuby Waifs.*

    EIGHTEENTH CENTUBY WAIFS . *

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    upon th spea e hi , story and romance of t y he g past . ' Eighteenth Century Waifs' is a book

    Ashton that is ' s as former pleasant efforts to . peruse as any of Mr .

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    friend , whom I consulted as to the subject of a new bookto try the " Me Tracts " in

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    revive The so pages many entertaining of Mr . Ashton subjects ' s new that book one

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    public .

    -•<>•- 1 • Mcclellan's Own Story.*

    - - 1 McCLELLAN'S OWN STORY . *

    with 1 V » a » This care aBViBB volume and , ability which b aj Dr is ¦ . Prime of n has o com edited mon

    interest ^^ p ^ psa * ^^ , b ^^ b ^ . ^* ^ BBr It ^^ aBj * Ba- ^^ ^¦^ ' ^ tells ^ ^ B *^^ *^^^ «^ ^^ v almost ^^^ a ^ w , ^^^ ™ always - ^ " - ™™ ~^ " ~ - ™ - —Kr in ^^^^~ ^^ v the ^^ - w ^^^^^^^^^ very ^ v ^^ - ^» - ^^^^ v wor V V « aB » d **& s V of b ^ one ^ ta ^ ^ Bi ^ bi p * of ^ bb > t ^^^ h »«» e ^^ c ^^ hi *»^ « m e ^^ f ^ h actors ^^» -w - ^ - ^ ^— * ™ in — ^^ t ^^^ " h ^ " e ^ i ^ scene ¦ . « ^^ vr- <^^» ^ 1 ^ ^^ "^ p * ^^^ « ^^^*^

    the story of ^ a great portion of that terrible strugg 7 le called variously the * American Civil ¦

    War ' War The , ' War * The TKft for Rebellion "R . ft thq "hft 11 ion Union , ' and and . ' best best The of of history all all . , as as here h of f * rf > a , war » W l ^ VJk I can . fl T ^ ^ always «^ f . ^ » » «^ W W " »^ be ^^ - ^^ best ^^ - * rw + * ^ w wri V ¦¦¦ ^ ^ tten ¦»»¦ » r > ar — —m by r ~~ - w the v ^^ v officer »*¦ ! " ^ y « r ^ K

    his who position commanded , to tak therein e a wi . an He d general is able , view from of nf al all l the +. Via circumstances < rirrvnTnRf . aTir . fift of of the thft case case , and and 11 if he hf »

    is able to record that view honestl , y we as probabl it is possibl y get as e ito near attain the . truth The volume of the ~ subject Eefore

    bi us begins hical wit sketch h a brief of McClellan but excellen from tly the written ograp pen

    of Dr . Prime . Then comes an account of th -v e circums ¦» , >¦» tances iin -v ^ - ^ pr

    conf r that » . rm lict flirt 1 r- led Jk ^ ^ * ^ JRA . - to and an ^^ ^ a ^ the rl * Jk ^ to the f . ri ^ war TTH ft n plans Ttl ^ a ^ , ^ aTi p » of ^^ ^ - ^ R ^^ t for for h c f ^* e ^^ ear ^» the the ^ v l y better - better ^ stages ^—^ - ^ ^ ^ m y ^ organ orffan o ^ a'K f . the - -

    takes isation us , to th the e army Evacuation . Then of t Manassas he narrat the ive events which led to the removal of McClellan ,

    from events the at chief the siege command of Yprktown , details and of interesting the battle

    of p ceed . ftPsr William l do rln- wn wTi sburg to f . o . N N ' ovember ovfiTn . The 'her Sexeji lobz 1862 Days . when when , ' Battles McClellaTi McClell suc an

    of was the finall Potomac y removed . Of course from comjihand , of these of the events army many

    are at least mat it ters can be the A- said kee that nest one controversy « A side is here , but put _ ^ K ^ VT * h < H

    very selections book is lear accompanied ly from and fairl public ^ ^ y throug before ^ and ho the . u private t reader with . papers i The ous

    most embellished of them with hitherto unpublished excellent illustrations . It is also . , many

    * McClelland Own 8 tory-The War for the Union . By George , Lon B . McCl don ellan : gam , ps late on Low MWjor , Marston -General , Searle commanding & Rivmgton the arinie . * . '

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Jan. 15, 1887, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15011887/page/7/