By the author of "A Rebel's Recollections," "Captain Sam," "A Daughter
of the South," "Long Knives," etc. With portrait.
These reminiscences of the veteran author and editor are rich in fields
so wide apart as the experiences of a Hoosier schoolmaster (the basis
for the well-known story), a young man's life in Virginia before the
War, a Confederate soldier, a veteran in the literary life of New York.
"Jeb Stuart," "Fitz Lee," Beauregard, Grant, Frank R. Stockton, John
Hay, Stedman, Bryant, Parke Godwin, "Mark Twain," Gosse, Pulitzer,
Laffan, and Schurz, are among the many who appear.
The author was born at Vevay, Indiana, 1839, practiced law in Virginia;
served in the Confederate Army, was Literary Editor of the _New York
Evening Post_ for 6 years, Editor of the _Commercial Advertiser_ (now
the _Globe_); and for 11 years Editorial writer for _The World_.
"There are few American men of letters whose reminiscences would
seem to promise more. The man's experiences cover so wide a period;
he has had such exceptional opportunities of seeing interesting men
and events at first hand."--_Bookman._
"Has approached the emergencies of life with courage and relish ...
qualities that make for readableness ... this autobiography,
despite a tendency to anecdotal divagations ... is thoroughly
entertaining."--_Nation._
"Told with the convincing force of actual experience ... has all
the excellences, and not many of the defects, of the trained
journalist ... tells us rapidly and effectively what sort of a life
he has led ... full of interest."--_Dial._
"Its cozily intimate quality.... One of those books which the
reviewer begins to mark appreciatively for quotation, only to
discover ere long that he cannot possibly find room for half the
passages selected."--_New York Tribune._
"Very pleasant are these reviews of the days that are
gone."--_Sun._
"He has much to say and says it graphically."--_Times-Review._
"The most charming and useful of his many books ... sympathetic,
kindly, humorous, and confidential talk ... laughable anecdotes ...
a keen observer's and critic's comment on more than half a century
of American development."--_Hartford Courant._
"Seldom does one come upon so companionable a volume of
reminiscences ... the author has good materials galore and presents
them with so kindly a humor that one never wearies of his chatty
history ... the whole volume is genial in spirit and eminently
readable."--_Chicago Record-Herald._
"Deserves to rank high in the literature of American autobiography,
even though that literature boasts the masterpiece of Benjamin
Franklin."--_San Francisco Argonaut._