Book Reviews and Notices but an examination of his talent as an architect and craftsman is neglected. What stylistic relationship if any did Buckland have with John Ariss? What comparisons if any can be drawn from the only other known pre- Revolutionary architects of the South, Richard Taliaferro and Thomas Jefferson?- Well footnoted and illustrated, the monograph invites a critical synthesis of colonial architecture in the South. It is only through similar detailed scholarship and the munificence of societies like the Maryland Historical Society that architectural historians will be provided with material for such a study. This Glorious Cause. By Herbert T. Wade and Robert A. Lively. (Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press, 1958. xi + 254 pages, maps, index. $5.00.) Reviewed by James J. Heslin. When the British marched on Lexington, Joseph Hodgkins, a shoemaker, and Nathaniel Wade, a carpenter, both of Ipswich, Massachusetts, answered the call to arms. For more than four years the two men served in the Continental Army. During that time they fought at Bunker Hill; retreated from Long Island; participated in the battles of Trenton and Princeton; and savored victory at Saratoga. Hodgkins went on to suffer through the winter at Valley Forge, while Wade took command of the garrison at West Point on the night that Benedict Arnold's treason became known. Fortunately, Hodgkins and Wade survived the war and lived long enough to attend the exercises held in Boston on June 17, 1825, commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill. Duty is the theme of this book, which is based on the Hodgkins letters and the Wade Orderly Books. In the letters of Joseph Hodgkins to his wife, Sarah, can be read the warmly human record of a man who fought under Washington. Not one to conceal his complaints, physical or otherwise, Hodgkins nonetheless never wavered in his loyalty. He needed no encouragement to persevere since, as he observed, "if we Due not Exarte our selves in this gloris Cause our all is gon and we made slaves of for Ever. ..." There are no new facts or new interpretations in this volume. It is important, however, as a personal account of the experiences and reactions of two officers in the Revolutionary War. Robert A. Lively prepared this book from notes and manuscripts compiled, prior to his death in 1955, by Herbert T. Wade, a descendant of both Joseph Hodgkins and Nathaniel Wade. The result is an excellent contribution to the historical literature of the American Revolution. Henry Knox, General Washington's General. By North Callahan. (New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1958. xi + 404 pages, front, port., maps, biblio. notes, index. $6.00.) 121