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devoted much research. Other important 

 works bearing on the subject are: "Seven 

 Conventions," by A. W. Clason ; " Pamphlets 

 on the Constitution of the United States, pub- 

 lished during its Discussion by the People, 

 1787-1788," edited with notes and a bibli- 

 ography by Paul Leicester Ford ; " Pennsyl- 

 vania and the Federal Constitution, 1787-1788," 

 edited by John B. McMaster and Fred D. Stone; 

 and a new edition of " The Federalist, a Com- 

 mentary on the Constitution of the United 

 States, heing a Collection of Essays written 

 in Support of the Constitution agreed upon 

 Sept. 17, 1787," edited by Henry Cabot Lodge. 

 " A Guide to the Study of the History and 

 Constitution of the United States," by W. W. 

 Rupert, should be mentioned in this connec- 

 tion, as also, " Civil Government," being stud- 

 ies of the Federal Constitution, arranged for 

 use in public schools, by R. E. Clement. Ed- 

 ward Eggleston wrote " The Household His- 

 tory of the United States and its People, for 

 Young Americans," with an edition for schools, 

 both of which are beautifully illustrated in a 

 novel style; G. B. Hall, "Historical Sketches 

 and Events in the Colonization of America " ; 

 and Moncure D. Conway supplied " Omitted 

 Chapters of History disclosed in the Life and 

 Papers of Edmund Randolph, Governor of 

 Virginia." Vol. II of " Franklin in France," 

 edited by Edward Everett Hale, was issued. 

 Anna M. Juliand presented " Brief Views of 

 United States History, for the Use of High- 

 Schools and Academies," and Eben N. Hors- 

 ford printed an " Address on the Discovery of 

 America by Northmen," delivered in Faneuil 

 Hall, Boston, Oct. 29, 1887, at the unvailing of 

 the statue of Lief Ericksen. "The United 

 States of Yesterday and To-morrow," by 

 William Barrows, and " Natural Resources of 

 the United States," by J. H. Patton, treat of 

 our country as a whole, while Burke A. Hins- 

 dale, in "The Old Northwest," made a valu- 

 able contribution to sectional literature. Ed- 

 mund Kirke (James R. Gilmore), supplemented 

 " The Rear-Guard of the Revolution " and 

 "John Sevier" with "The Advance-Guard 

 of Western Civilization." In "The Common- 

 wealth Series" we have: "Ohio, First Fruits 

 of the Ordinance of 1787," by Rufus King; 

 " Missouri, a Bone of Contention," by Lucien 

 Carr " ; and " Indiana, a Redemption from 

 Slavery," by J. P. Dunn. D. J. Ryan furnished 

 also a " History of Ohio, with Biographical 

 Sketches of her Governors and the Ordinance 

 of 1787." From Jarnes Phelan we have a " His- 

 tory of Tennessee, the Making of a State" ; and 

 " The Loyal Mountaineers of East Tennessee " 

 found a eulogist in Thomas W. Humes. " The 

 Story of Ohio " was again told by Alexander 

 Black in "The Story- of-the-States Series"; G. 

 J. Varney wrote " A Brief History of Maine," 

 and E. B. Sanford a " History of Connecticut." 

 "The Pilgrim Republic" of John A. Good- 

 win furnished " An Historical Review of the 

 Colony of New Plymouth " and " Ten Years 



of Massachusetts, 1878-1888" were treated 

 by Raymond L. Bridgman, who assigns reason 

 for laws passed during that period, with their 

 place in State records. " Pilgrims and Puri- 

 tans " was " The Story of the Planting of 

 Plymouth and Boston," told by N. Moore, for 

 children. " Colonial Times on Buzzard's Bay " 

 was from the pen of W. R. Bliss, and George 

 E. Ellis wrote on "The Puritan Age and 

 Rule." " Blue Jackets of '76," by Willis J. 

 Abbot, and "The Boston Tea-Party," by H. 

 C. Watson, dwell particularly on Revolution- 

 ary days, and Lieut. W. Digby's journal of 

 1776-'77 furnished the material for "The Brit- 

 ish Invasion from the North." Thomas W. 

 Higginson, in "Travelers and Outlaws," nar- 

 rated " Episodes in American History." " The 

 Republic " of John R. Irelan, M. D., reached 

 completion in its eighteenth volume, and Hu- 

 bert H. Bancroft added four volumes to his 

 " History of the Pacific States of North 

 America," viz., Vol. VI of " History of 

 Mexico," Vol. VI of " California, 1848-1859," 

 " California Pastoral " and " California Inter- 

 Pocula." "The Narrative and Critical His- 

 tory of America," edited by Justin Winsor, 

 was continued in Vols. V and VI. Among 

 books relating to the civil war, we have "A 

 Short History of the War of Secession," by 

 Rossiter Johnson, which presents all informa- 

 tion necessary to the general reader in a con- 

 cise yet comprehensive manner; "France and 

 the Confederate Navy, an International Epi- 

 sode," by John Bigelow ; and, from the French, 

 Vol. IV of " The History of the Civil War 

 in America," by the Comte de Paris, and 

 " Four Years with the Army of the Potomac," 

 by Gen. Regis de Trobriand. "Marching to 

 Victory," by C. C. Coffin, covers the second 

 period of the civil war. Joseph T. Wilson 

 (colored), in "The Black Phalanx," gives a 

 history of negro soldiers of the United States 

 in the wars of 1775 and 1812, as well as in that 

 of 1861-'65, which is as creditable to the au- 

 thor as its incidents are to the race. Walter 

 Allen's " Governor Chamberlain's Administra- 

 tion in South Carolina" presents an interest- 

 ing chapter of reconstruction in the Southern 

 States. Alfred E. Lee again fought "The Bat- 

 tle of Gettysburg "; and "The Volunteer Sol- 

 dier in America," by the late Gen. John A. 

 Logan, was published. " The Sailor Boys 

 of 1861," by James R. Soley, a "History of 

 the Corn Exchange Regiment, 118th Penn. 

 Vols.," and S. Millet Thompson's " Thir- 

 teenth Regiment of New Hampshire Volun- 

 teer Infantry," with "Charleston in the Re- 

 bellion," by A. C. Voris. were all of interest, 

 as were also "Incidents of the Civil War," bv 

 Mrs. Mary B. Herrick, " My Story of the War," 

 by Mrs. Mary A. Livermore, and " The Other 

 Side of War," by Katherine P. Wormley, which 

 latter gives an account of the origin and work 

 of the United States Sanitary Commission. " A 

 Century of Town Life, A History of Charles- 

 town, Mass., 1775-1887," by J. F. Hunnewell, 



