| Show shermana memoirs the death of general sherman has had the effect of creating a demand for his memoirs the publishers tell me that the demand is something wholly unexpected and yet they might have imola from past experience that tho death of a famous and great mantis saroto arouse anch interest shermans Sher mans memoirs are pronounced by literary critics in some respects the most fascinating literature of the war in his style sherman was unique and original just as he was in his action ana habits of thought A distinguished teacher of connecticut said recently that be had advised his scholars to read grants memoirs and those of sherman eo that they might leam what a splendid thin simplicity lucidity and directness were in a literary style shermans Sher mans memoirs never had the sale that was expected of them and in fact none of the recollections published by the dista actors in the civil war ever made much money excepting grants memoirs in his case the extremely dramatic md pitiful circumstances associated with the writing bf them did as much to bring about the enormous sale as did grants reputation as the great corn nander E J edwards in philadel press |
