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Altsheler, who was in Vienna the day war was declared on Servia, in Munich when war was declared against Russia, and in England when the British forces were mobilising, has given in three volumes the impressions he gained at the places of action during the world crisis. The Guns of Europe
Altsheler covers the principal battles of the Civil War. In four of the volumes Dick Mason, who fights for the North, is the leading character, and in the others, his cousin, Harry Kenton, who joins the Confederate forces, takes the principal part. The Guns of Bull Run Harry Kenton follows the lead of his father and joins the Southern forces.
The best of these for many a moon is 'A Colonial Free-Lance' There is a rattle and dash, a continuity of adventure that constantly chains the reader's attention and makes the book delightful reading." Philadelphia Inquirer. THE SUN OF SARATOGA. By Joseph A. Altsheler.
They browse among the shelves lovingly, and instinctively read the best we have to offer. Tales from the ancient Hebrews, history, travel these are the books they take. But what they read most gladly is biography. It is just as difficult to find a life of Lincoln on the shelves as it is to find an Altsheler and of comparisons is that not the strongest?