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An 1867 engraving depicting James Madison, the fourth U.S. president. (iStock) Accelerant: noun. A substance used to aid the spread of fire.

JAMES MADISON: COMMANDER IN CHIEF (627 pp.)—Irving Brant—Bobbs-Merrill ($7.50). The enemies of the fourth President of the U.S. called him “little Jemmy,” or “his little majesty,” or ...