BOOKS BY THE SAME AUTHORS 



A HISTORY OF THE LIFE OF 

 COLONEL NATHANIEL WHETHAM 



A FORGOTTEN SOLDIER OF THE 

 CIVIL WARS 



Longmans, Green, and Co., 1907. 8s. 6d. net. 



" The immediate purpose of this book is to record the career of a 

 typical soldier of high class, who, either in the field or in administration, 

 served continuously throughout the Civil War and up to the day of 

 the Restoration. But in pursuit of that purpose the authors have 

 established far wider claims to attention. They have made a real 

 contribution to a clear understanding of the conditions of the conflict, 

 from the first blow to the final stage, when, under Monck's consummate 

 guidance, the civil power triumphed over the rule of the sword ; and 

 their work should secure permanent recognition, not merely as a fine 

 result of patient and discriminating research, but also as a valuable 

 addition to the general literature of the subject. . . . Colonel Whetham 

 did nothing heroic or dashing on the great scale ; he did not even take 

 part in any of the more grandiose actions of the war. He was not 

 a Rupert or a Cromwell, a Hampden or a Falkland. He was not a 

 Monck, but * a man of the type of Monck a soldier and administrator 

 loyal to his commission, and not meddling in politics or religion more 

 than he could help.' Of few words, but capable, vigilant, and prompt 

 of action, he was always sought after to fill positions of trust, made no 

 mistakes, took his own line with great effect at critical moments, and 

 left a life of incessant activity as unobtrusively as he had entered it. 

 To present such a figure attractively and, we may say, educatively, 

 from the meagre materials available, has been no light task ; and we 

 are sincerely grateful to those who have performed it. ... 



" Rich in illustration, drawn in great measure from original sources, 

 this book is refreshingly free from superfluous matter ; and its style 

 presents the directness, and restraint regarding the intrusion of personal 

 sentiments, which belong to true scholarship. We scarcely think of its 

 authorship as we read, and the knowledge is so unobtrusively displayed 

 that we are apt to forget the industry by which alone it could have been 

 acquired." Athenaum, 



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