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MILITARY HISTORY.

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THE ART OF WAR.

The Middle Ages, From the Fourth to the Fourteenth Century. By Charles Oman, M.A., F.S.A., Fellow of All Souls' College, Oxford. 8°, pp. 667. With 24 plates of maps, plans and illustrations $4.50

The above volume forms the second of a series of four in which the author intends to present a general sketch of the history of the art of war from the Greek and Roman times down to the beginning of the 19th century. The first volume in chronological order, which will cover the classical division of the subject, will be issued shortly. The third volume will be devoted to the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries, while the fourth volume will treat of the military history of the 18th century, and the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars' down to Waterloo.

THE STORY OF THE CIVIL WAR.

A Concise Account of the War in the United States of America between 1861 and 1865. By John Codman Ropes, LL.D.

To be complete in four parts, printed in four octavo volumes, with comprehensive maps and battle plans. Each part will be complete in itself and will be sold separately.

Part. I.—Narrative of Events to the Opening of the Campaigns of 1862. With 5 maps, 8°, pp. xiv. + 274 $1.50

"The most complete, comprehensive, and interesting account of the Civil War which has ever been published.... We unhesitatingly recommend it as containing a wealth of information that no one can afford to be deprived of."—New Haven Eve. Leader.

"The work is thoroughly impartial, and moreover is free from individual caprice.... The manner is much that of a skilled attorney stating his case,

only in this instance the writer states the case for both sides."—Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.

Part II.—The Campaigns of 1862. With 13 Maps. 8°, pp. xii + 475 $2.50

DECISIVE BATTLES SINCE WATERLOO.

A Continuation of Creasy's "Decisive Battles of the World." By Thomas W. Knox. With 59 plans and illustrations. 8°, pp. viii. + 490 $2.50

"Must go wherever Creasy's invaluable preceding book of 1852 has gone and perhaps where it has not found its way.... The author has done his work well and attractively."—Hartford Post.

THE NAVAL WAR OF 1812;

or, The History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain. By Theodore Roosevelt. 7th edition, 8°, pp. xxxviii. + 531 $2.50

"Shows in so young an author the best promise for a good historian—fearlessness of statement, caution, endeavor to be impartial, and a brisk and interesting way of telling events."—N. Y. Times. "The reader of Mr. Roosevelt's book unconsciously makes up his mind that he is reading history and not romance, and yet no romance could surpass it in interest."—Philadelphia Times.

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