History of the Civil War, 1861-65. By J. F. Rhodes.
(Mac- millan. 12s. 6d. net.)—Dr. Rhodes, whose three-volume work on the American Civil War is very well known, has written a new history of the war in a single volume. It is most readable, and is illustrated with a far better set of maps than American his- torians usually give. We may direct attention to the very frank criticisms of the commanders on both sides, including Grant, and to the account of the extreme depression which prevailed in the North daring the summer and autumn of 1864, though the North by that time had virtually won the war and had only to go on fighting for a few months in order to compel the South to admit defeat. The parallel between the North in 1864 and Great Britain in the winter of 1917-18-is obvious and impressive.
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