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her but as my grandmamma, for so she insisted upon 

 being called by every child ; and we have been 

 taught to believe, as an article of religion, that her 

 husband was vilely treated by his reverend biogra- 

 pher. We have seen this book circulating in every 

 part of the United States, and were always ready, to 

 the expressions of admiration with which its perusal 

 is everywhere else greeted, to reply, with the scorn- 

 ful sneer of superior knowledge, that Marion's 

 friends rejected the book as a libel on his fair fame. 

 The indignation with which the book was received 

 is hardly yet appeased. The offended widow loudly 

 declared that she would willingly, if in her power, 

 punish the transgressor with stripes ; and numerous 

 friends sympathized with her outraged feelings. 

 But now that nearly fifty years have passed, what is 

 the true estimate to be placed upon the book ? 

 Next to Washington, what general of revolutionary 

 memory has so wide a fame ? From the Hudson 

 to the extremity of the Far West, from Florida to 

 the Falls of St. Anthony, his name is perpetuated in 

 towns, counties, and colleges. And what is the 

 cause of this unusual popularity ? Surely not the 

 brief notices of his exploits in any general history 

 of the war. Surely not the extensive circulation 

 of his biography biy Judge James.' No ; it is the 



' We do not mention Simms' Biography, because that, having been exe- 

 cuted within a few years, has had, and could have had, no influence in pro- 

 ducing this effect. 



