One, two one, two And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.

Un deux, un deux, par le milieu,
Le glaive vorpal fait pat-a-pan
La bete defaite, avec sa tete,
Il rentre gallomphant.

Eins, Zwei Eins, Zwei Und durch und durch
Seins vorpals Schwert zerschniferschnuck.
Da blieb es todt Er, Kopf in Hand,
Gelaumfig zog zuruck

The late Victor Proetz was by vocation a visual artist who created many distinguished architectural and...

From the original fly leaf: "A distinguished American statesman and member of the bar, known chiefly heretofore as the Secretary of Commerce and Labor in the Cabinet of President Taft, as director in important enterprises, and as counsel for various corporations and individuals, here makes his bow as author (at the fine age of nearly 88) of a good book giving his recollections of life as it was lived, and war as it was waged, in the days of 1861 to 1865 during the conflict between the States. A penetrating pen-picture of things and places that few persons living today have experienced for...