The Standard BearerCrockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
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The Standard Bearer
Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
Covenanters -- Fiction; Scotland -- History -- 17th century -- Fiction
“True feeling, the modesty of Nature, and the sure touch of art are
the marks of this pure and graphic story, which has added a bright
leaf to the author’s laurels.”--_Chicago Tribune._
“A delightful story, full of humor of the finest kind, genuine
pathos, and enthralling in its vivid human interest.”--_London
Academy._
_THE BROOM OF THE WAR GOD._ A Story of the Recent War between the Greeks
and Turks. By HENRY NOEL BRAILSFORD. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25.
This remarkable picture of the actual conditions in the Greek army
during the recent war is drawn by a new author of exceptional
promise who served in the Foreign Legion. There are glimpses of
Lamia, Pharsala, Larissa, Volo, Velestino, and Domoko. The author
was one of the disorganized and leaderless assemblage which
constituted the Greek army, and his wonderfully graphic sketches of
the conditions in the ranks, the incompetence of officers, and the
attitude of the King and Crown Prince toward the war shed a new
light upon the disasters of the campaign. The hero, an Englishman,
embodies the characters and the feelings of his strangely assorted
cosmopolitan comrades, and illustrates the psychology of war as
displayed in a hopeless campaign.
_THE DISASTER._ A Romance of the Franco-Prussian War. By PAUL and VICTOR
MARGUERITTE. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.
Like Zola’s _La Debâcle_, with which it naturally challenges
comparison, _Le Désastre_ has for its theme the Franco-Prussian
War. The authors have the advantage of being well equipped for
writing of army scenes, being descendants of a line of soldiers;
their father was the cavalry general, Auguste Margueritte, who fell
at the battle of Sedan; and the youngest son, Victor, was himself
an officer in the French army, but recently abandoned the military
career in order to associate himself with his brother in literary
work.
“This powerful picture of the fate of the Army of the Rhine, by the
sons of one of the generals who did their duty, is among the finest
descriptions of war that have been penned.”--_London Athenæum._
“A strong, a remarkable book. ‘The Disaster’ is even more
overwhelming than Zola’s _Le Débâcle_. Zola’s soldiers possessed,
after all, the untold advantage of their ignorance. But the
officers in ‘The Disaster’ saw everything, understood from the very
beginning the immensity of the blunder. Like the spectators of some
grim tragedy, they waited and watched for the curtain to
fall.”--_London Speaker._
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