Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from War Readings
The readings included in this volume have been selected by Mrs. Dana C. Munro, assisted by Mrs. Christian Gauss, Mrs. George A. Hulett, and Mrs. Frank A. Fetter, all of Princeton. For this purpose they have read literally hundreds of volumes written about the War by actual participants and have chosen the most interesting parts.
They have attempted to select the best verses Written about the War and a few patriotic poems which every American knows, or should know. They have tried to illustrate as many phases of the War and of the activities connected with it, as it is possible to do in such a small volume as this. They also sought out pas sages which would show the heroic deeds of those who have been aiding behind the lines. With a few exceptions, all the accounts have been written by those actually engaged in the service in some capacity. As Ruskin wrote in Stones of Venice, the only his tory worth reading is that written at the time of which it treats, the history of What was done and seen, heard out of the mouths of' the men who did and saw. One fresh draft of such history is worth more than a thousand volumes of abstracts and reason ings, and suppositions and theories.
Horrors and details of suffering have been omitted as out of place in a volume intended for use in schools. For the same reason, some slight omissions and changes have been made in some of the selections. Also in some passages parts of less interest have been left out in order to make it possible to include the remainder in this volume.
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