• General Lee: Man and Soldier. By Thomas Nelson Page.
(T. Werner Laurie. 6s. net.)---It is only natural that the biographer of General Lee should write with enthusiasm, se great was tho man's military capacity, so admirable was he in all the relations of life. Take him altogether, combine, if possible, the values of his generalship and of his private virtues, and there is scarcely his equal to be found in history. Mr. Page, writing with enthusiasm, writes also with spirit, and he has spared no pains to make his story what it should be. Unfortu- nately he has not much of the judicial temper ; he cannot put himself in the place of a Northerner, though he does justice, we are glad to see, to General Grant. The last chapter, "The Heritage of the South," is, we must own, somewhat difficult to understand. Does it mean that the justice of the eause for which the South was contending will be ultimately recognised P What was the cause P Generally, we may say, State rights With, incidentally, slavery. It is quite arguable that if the South had not been able to command the services of such mon as Lee and "Stonewall" Jackson, it would have fared better, Its firpt successes were very costly in the end.
Previous page
