Volume 1 — CARRINGTON'S BATTLES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. WITH 40 MAPS.

By Col. Henry B. Carrington, U.S.A., A.M., LL.D.

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THE FOLLOWING ARE EXTRACTS FROM MORE THAN 1,000 ENDORSEMENTS OF THIS VOLUME:—

To me at least, it will be an authority. A book of permanent value, not milk for babes but strong meat for men.—Ex-Pres. T.D. Woolsey.

Fills an important place in History, not before occupied.—Wm. M. Everts, N.Y.

The maps themselves are a History, invaluable, and never before supplied.—Henry Day, N.Y.

An entirely new field of Historical labor. A splendid volume, the result of careful research, with the advantage of military experience.—Geo. Bancroft.

It is an absolute necessity in our literature. No one can understand the philosophy of the old War for Independence, until he has made a careful and thoughtful perusal of this work.—Benson J. Lossing.

The maps are just splendid.—Adj. Gen. W.L. Stryker, N.J.

The book is invaluable and should be in every library.—Wm. L. Stone, N.Y.

Of permanent standard authority.—Gen. De Peister, N.Y.

Indicates such profound erudition and ability in the discussion as leaves nothing to be desired.—Sen. Oscar de La Fayette, Paris.

I have read the volume with pleasure and profit.—Z. Chandler.

The volume is superb and will give the author enduring fame.—B. Gratz Brown, St. Louis.

It should have a place in every gentleman's library, and is just the book which young men of Great Britain and America should know by heart.—London Telegraph.

The most impartial criticism on military affairs in this country which the century has produced.—Army and Navy Journal.

Fills in a definite form that which has hitherto been a somewhat vague period of military history.—Col. Hamley, Pres., Queen's Staff College, England.

A valuable addition to my library at Knowlsy.—Lord Derby, late Brit. Sec. of State.

A magnificent volume and a monument of national History.—A. de Rochambeau, Paris.

A godsend after reading Washington Irving's not very satisfactory Life of Washington.—Sir Jos. Hooker, Pres., Royal Society, England.

A book not only to be read, but to be studied.—Harper's Magazine.

The author at all times maintains an attitude of judicial impartiality.—N.Y. Times.

The record is accurate and impartial, and warrants the presumption that the literature of the subject has been exhausted.—The Nation.

Will stand hereafter in the front rank of our most valuable historical treasures.

The descriptions of battles are vivid. The actors seem to be alive, and the actions real.—Rev. Dr. Crane, N.J.

We are all indebted to you for the labor and expense of preparing this volume, and I hope it will, in time, fully reimburse you.—Gen. W.T. Sherman.