Gun in the World 



in Civil War Days 



So the newspapers greeted this 20-inch 

 smooth-bore gun -when it appeared in 

 1864. But it never did much harm, 

 because it was too big to handle — 

 something we have experienced since 

 with big guns. This smooth-bore ter- 

 ror of 1864, with its 1080 pound pro- 

 jectile, wouldn't even dent the armor of 

 a battleship of today. This interesting 

 little detail of the Civil War (like so 

 many thousands of others overlooked 

 in the majesty of the whole drama) is 

 recalled by this photograph, taken by 

 Mathew^ Brady, martyr photographer — 

 one of the 3800 lost since the war; now 

 recovered and contained in the 



Photographic History of the Civil War 



3800 Photographs A Million Words 



The whole ten volumes of the Photographic His- 

 tory of the Civil War are ready. The 3800 photo- 

 graphs, taken by Mathew Brady and others as dar- 

 ing, in the heat of the Civil War, are beautifully re- 

 produced. The modern art of the engraver has 

 brought out each httle detail of the long lost nega- 

 tives. Around the photographs, the new, specially 

 written, vivid text appears. It is a master- work — 

 a triumph of the book-making art. 



Open the books. You see the days of '61- —the First 

 Minnesota volunteers just enlisted, standing, erect and 

 proud beneatVi their new flag. You see the hopeful South- 

 ern recruits drilling in homespun and "jeans." 



You see Grant, grim and determined amid the swirl of 

 staff and soldiers, writing the orders that precipitated the 

 carnage of June 2, 1864. 



You see battered Sumter, and the Southerners 

 who had seized it two days before; you see the Union 

 cannon hurling death over the slopes of Antietam ; you see 

 McClellan holding his last interview with Lincoln, and 

 Farragut on the Hartford's deck after "Mobile Bay." 

 You see 200.000 men in Blue marching through Wash- 

 ington, and for contrast the smoking ruins of Richmond — 

 the crash of the Confederacy. 



You see that mighty war in all its grandeur, and you see 

 it in its intimate details as it never has been shown before. 

 Photographs must tell the truth and you see our war that 

 cost three Quarters of a million men as it really was — wit'i 

 all its lessons, its tragedies, its romance and inspiration. 



John Wanamaker and the Publishers Join 



Result: A New Book Club Saves You Money 



We have co-operated with the Review of Re- 

 views Company, Publishers of the Photographic 

 History, so that you can get all these 3800 pictures 

 in the sumptuous ten volumes with the million- 

 word history for one-third what Mathew Brady 

 w^ould have charged you for one photograph— for 

 what the Government of the United States paid 

 for only three photographs, and you can pay this 

 small sum in small monthly payments. This 

 is a temporary arrangement, so send the coupon 

 today and make sure to be on time. 



FREE 72-Page Book 



Send the coupon at once for our big book 

 of sumptuous specimen pages from the set 

 — containing large reproductions of 24 

 of these strange photographs. At the 

 same time we will send you — also 

 free-the romantic story of Brady 

 of the taking, loss and redis- 

 covery of the photographs 

 And we will tell you how to 

 get your set of the Photo- 

 graphic History at the 

 special low Club pric 



BC 

 2-12 



JOHN 

 WANAMAKER 

 New York 



and convenient 

 mcinthly payment? 



JOHN WANAMAKER :: New York 



Send me free your sump- 

 tuous 64-page book, contain - 

 injr specimen pages from the 

 Photographic History of the 

 Livil War with reproductions of 

 24 of the beautiful photographs 

 and tlie full romantic story of their 

 taking, loss and discovery. At the 

 same time, tell me how I can get a com- 

 plete set of the Photograpliic History 

 through your Club at low price and small 

 payments. 



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