of it which he has prepared in his book 'A Sailor's
Log' has not a dull line in it from cover to cover. It is all action,
action, and again action from the first page to the last, and makes one
want to go and 'do things' himself. Any boy between fifteen and nineteen
who reads this book and does not want to go to sea must be a sluggish
youth.... The book is really an interesting record of an interesting
man."--_New York Press._

THE STORY OF THE WEST SERIES.

The Story of the Soldier.

By General G. A. FORSYTH, U. S. A. (retired). Illustrated by R. F.
Zogbaum. A new volume in the Story of the West Series, edited by Ripley
Hitchcock. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.

In the great task of opening the empire west of the Missouri the
American regular soldier has played a part large and heroic, but
unknown. The purpose of this book is to picture the American soldier in
the life of exploration, reconnoissances, establishing posts, guarding
wagon trains, repressing outbreaks, or battling with hostile Indians,
which has been so large a part of the army's active work for a hundred
years.

No romance can be more suggestive of heroic deeds than this volume,
which appears most opportunely at a time when the Regular Army is facing
so many and so serious duties in both hemispheres. No one is better
entitled to write it than the brave officer who with his little handful
of men held the sandspit in the Arickaree for days against Roman Nose
and his thousands of warriors, and finally won their lives by sheer
dogged pluck and heroism. Mr. Zogbaum's illustrations are a most
valuable gallery of pictures of Western army life.

"To General Forsyth belongs the credit of having gathered together for
the first time the story of the heroic work, invaluable to the progress
of our civilization, which regular soldiers performed in silence and
obscurity."--_Boston Herald._

"General Forsyth's identity with the army extends over a notable period
in its history, and he is among the few officers who remain who are able
to write of their personal knowledge of the thrilling experiences of our
soldiers on the plains."--_Washington Army and Navy Register._

"The soldierly qualities of the author appear on every page of the volume
in a precision of statement, a generosity of praise, and an urbanity of
temper. The narrative is commended to the interest and attention of every
student of our national life and development."--_Philadelphia Ledger._

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