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Civilization in the United States: First and Last Impressions of America (Classic Reprint)
Civilization in the United States First and Last Impressions of America - Classic Reprint Author:Matthew Arnold GENERAL GRANT. PART 1. I HAVE heard it said, I know not with what degree of truth, that while the sale in America of General Granfs Perso1lal Me11lot'rs has produced three hundred thousand dollars for the benefit of his widow and family, there have not· in England been sold of the book three hundred copies. Certainly the book has had no wide cir... more »culation here, it has not been n1uch read or nluch discussed. There are obvious reasons for this. The book relates in great detail the military history of the American Civil Var, so far as Grant bore part in it ; such a history cannot possibly have for other nations the interest vhich it has for the U ni ted States themsel yes, For the general reader outside of America, it certainly cannot; as to the value and importance of the history to the military specialist, that is J. question on which I hear very conflicting opinions expressed, and one on which I myself can
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