(New York: G.P Putnam's Sons, 1911).

FIRST EDITION. "The opening scene of the Mexican War aroused the country to a fever heat by reason of the tragic conditions that surrounded it. The first contention was over a narrow strip of comparatively worthless territory, lying between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande. The acquisition of Texas had led to the necessity of occupying the new boundary on the southwest, and General Zachary Taylor with a portion of our small regular army was sent to check any advance of Mexicans into the lately acquired territory..."
"A hundred thousand men would have embarked at once with their own rifles and shotguns if transportation could have been provided for them. All the cities of the south were the scenes of intense excitement, which was only relieved by the glorious news that was soon to come."
"The story of the war which was carried on between the United States and Mexico during the years 1846, 1847 and 1848 constitutes an interesting and brilliant chapter in the history of the nation...The narrative in question falls naturally into three divisions: first, an analysis of the causes of the war, second, an account of the conduct of the campaign, and third, the actual consequences of the war." (Introduction). Item #34974

First Edition. With 21 black and white illustrations including a portrait frontispiece of General Robert Anderson from a miniature. 8vo, publisher's original navy blue cloth with gilt lettering to the spine, t.e.g. xvi, 339 pp. A fine copy with a touch of spotting to the prelims, the binding tight and strong.