ere
fought; individual deeds of bravery as they were performed; the
march and its trials; the defeat and its causes; the victory and
its effects. With the ardor of a young patriot, and the generous
admiration of a good soldier, he feels as great a pride in the
successes of a rival corps as in his own. Nor is this an unworthy
feature of his work, because the army was full of little, and
sometimes not particularly friendly, rivalries. Willard Glazier's
chapters, in which every battle may be regarded as a separate
picture, read like a grand panoramic view of gallant deeds and
warlike pageantries. If the author occasionally covers up a clear
defeat, excusing it with graceful art; if he feels disposed to
over-estimate a slight advantage, and to claim a victory where the
battle was evidently drawn, he errs upon the side of love for the
Boys in Blue, and pride in the flag under which he fought. The work
is divided into forty-four chapters, each containing a different
battle. We confidently recommend these graphic and life-like
pictures to the notice of our readers. They are thrilling as the
sound of the trumpet, and soul-inspiring as the songs of Ossian. We
call the reader's attention to the description of the combat
between the 'Merrimac' and 'Monitor' in chapter eight. It is
something which will fill with pride the sailor's heart."

CHAPTER XXX.

"HEROES OF THREE WARS."

Literary zeal.--"Heroes of Three Wars"--Extract from preface.--Sale
of the work.--Extracts: Washington.--Winfield Scott.--Zachary
Taylor.--Grant.--Sheridan.--Kilpatrick.--Press reviews, a few out
of many: Boston "Transcript."--Chicago "Inter-Ocean."--Baltimore
"Sun."--Philadelphia "Times."--Cincinnati "Enquirer."--Worcester
"Spy."--Pittsburg "Gazette."

By this time our soldier-author found himself not only famous, but,
through the enormous sale of his books, in comparatively affluent
circumstances. His literary zeal, however, was not yet spent, and work
succeeded work with a rapidity almost without parallel, while the extent
of their sale exceeded anything hitherto known in the literary world.

"Heroes of Three Wars," issued by Hubbard Brothers, Philadelphia, the
latest production of his pen which he has as yet published, comprises
original and life-like sketches of the brave soldiers of the
Revolutionary, Mexican an