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The Continuing War EDITED BY E. B. LONG 333 South Edson Lombard, Illinois the steady stream of civil war books both coming from the printers and also in the planning stages will probably continue and even mount as the 100th anniversary draws nearer. In fact, many plans are underway to observe this centennial and we are anxious to announce these as soon as possible so let us hear from all those who are engaged in such projects or even thinking about them. A new publication has joined the list of periodicals devoted to our period of American history—the "Civil War Book Club Review." This monthly magazine will announce the selections of the new Civil War Book Club. Ralph G. Newman, president of the club, and his board of editors have chosen Three Years With Grant as Recalled by Sylvanus Cadwallader as the first selection. Benjamin P. Thomas has edited these vitally important memoirs. The book is reviewed by Bruce Catton in the first issue of the "Review." Looking first to the South, Ray Smith of Chicago has for many years been engaged in a labor of love in indexing the "Confederate Veteran." This is a long, wearying, and yet rewarding project. It will provide an invaluable source of research for many, many years to come. Smith is to be highly commended for tackling this job and we hope diat it will be made available to those who should use it. More projects of this kind will add gready to the accuracy, completeness and thoroughness of history. The first volume of a life of Jefferson Davis by Hudson Strode is planned for fall. This volume will cover the period of 1808-1861, and ends with the inauguration of the Confederate president No one needs a readable , scholarly reappraisal more dian Davis. The Confederate president 313 314 is seen by a dim light these days, rightìy or wrongly. However, a full, rounded portrait is needed if we are to stabilize our opinion of Davis. Charles G. Mullen, Jr., is busy on a biography of Major General Stephen D. Ramseur, C.S.A. Picture books continue to be published and tin's fall will see The Civil War in Pictures, a volume of 300 illustrations and 50,000 words of text excerpted from "Harper's Weekly" and "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper ." The pictures and text are edited by Fletcher Pratt. Union generals are receiving dieir share of attention also. K. P. Williams is winding up work on the fourth volume of Lincoln Finds a General which, it seems, will continue his controversial, but scholarly work as it appeared in his previous excellent volumes. Williams' work has aroused much comment pro and con and that is all to the good of history. Ezra "Bud" Warner of Douglas, Arizona, has completed his lengthy project on Generals in Gray and now has begun intensive research into Northern leaders. This also is a project whose value will grow with time, and it will be a tremendous aid to all future Civil War authors. Freeman Cleaves, author of several biographies, is completing a biography of long-neglected General George Gordon Meade. In the field of Lincoln and political figures, Philip Van Doren Stern has signed contracts for a book tentatively titled A Lincoln Pilgrimage. This book will have text and pictures showing places associated with Lincoln's career and still little seen and appreciated. Sydney and Marjorie Greenbie, authors of volumes on Anna Ella Carroll, have finished a book on circuit-riding Peter Cartwright entided Hoofbeats to Heaven. Col. William Townsend of Lexington, Kentucky, is reworking his noteworthy Lincoln in His Wife's Home Town. This book has been out of print and difficult to find for far loo long. Stanley Kimmel, author of The Mad Booths of Maryhnd, is at work on Washington during the Civil War. Our thanks to Arnold Gates, editor of the New York CWRT "Round Table" for his help in keeping us posted on activities in the field. ...

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