Bugle-echoes: A collection of poems of the Civil War, northern and southern
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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1916. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... Notebg (g?arge 3$. llptatt Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun, centuries ago, aaid: "I know a very wise man that believed that if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care to make the...
MoreThis historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1916. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... Notebg (g?arge 3$. llptatt Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun, centuries ago, aaid: "I know a very wise man that believed that if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care to make the laws of a nation." This "wise man" accurately estimated the importance of folklore. If so great an honor may be conferred upon the maker, hardly less should be given the man who, with patient research, persistent industry, and rare skill, presents the war lyrics of a nation in such attractive and complete style as the late Francis Fisher Browne has done in his compilation of Bugle-Echoes. Mr. Browne was admirably fitted for this work not alone because of his general literary ability but because of his great interest in the Civil War, wherein he played his part. As the Editor of The Dial, which he founded and conducted so many years with a literary taste and critical skill that made it an infallible authority in Bookland, the country over, Mr. Browne displayed rare critical acumen, a charming style, fine discrimination, judgment that seldom erred, indomitable industry which only ceased with his death, and a genial personality behind a critical mask, which made him beloved by book-makers and book-readers everywhere. , His own preface shows the unusual care and labor bestowed upon this volume of poems of the Civil War. It presents a history in miniature of that long struggle from both northern and southern viewpoints. Reading it, one only wishes that the same hand, forever resting from the loving service of a lifetime among his beloved books, could have done the same work for the poetry of the War of 1812 and of the Revolution. GEO. P. UPTON Chicago, July, 1916 THIS collection of Poetry of the Civil War, begun several years ago for the co...
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