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"Salem Sketches," by H. R. Blaney, and " A 

 History of Essex County, Mass.," by D. F. 

 Kurd, are purely local. "The Story of tbe 

 City of New York," by Charles B. Todd, 

 opened a new series of " Great Cities of the 

 Republic " ; "A History of the New York Min- 

 isterium" was written by Rev. John Nieum: 

 and " Representative Methodists," by R. R. 

 Doherty. Prohibition literature added to its 

 annals " A History of the Temperance Reform 

 in Massachusetts," by G. Faber Clark, and 

 " Mother Stewart's Memories of the Crusade." 

 " The Early Days of Mormonism " were traced 

 by J. H. Kennedy. Elbridge S. Brooks wrote 

 " The Story of the American Sailor." Histories 

 of foreign lands, written by Americans, include 

 the " History of Prussia under Frederick the 

 Great," by Prof. Herbert Tuttle, " The Causes 

 of the French Revolution," by R. Heath Dab- 

 ney, "An Introduction to the Study of the Mid- 

 dle Ages," by Ephraim Emerton ; " A Sketch. 

 of the Germanic Constitution, from Early Times 

 to the Dissolution of the Empire," by Samuel 

 E. Turner; and "Charles the Great," by J. I. 

 Mombert. 



Biography. In general biography, no work 

 extant can compare favorably with the u Cyclo- 

 paedia of American Biography " ( six volumes, 8 

 vo), just completed. One of the most valuable 

 contributions to individual American biog- 

 raphy is " The Diary and Letters of Gouver- 

 neur Morris," edited by his granddaughter, 

 Anne Carey Morris. " Men and Measures of 

 Half a Century " were studied by Hugh Mc- 

 Culloch from a high vantage-ground of obser- 

 vation, though with some astonishing blunders 

 of fact, and ' The Life and Times of Young 

 Sir Henry Vane," by Prof. James K. Hosmer, 

 was a work of rare interest. Lydia Hoyt 

 Farmer wrote a " Life of Lafayette." The 

 contributions of W. O. Stoddard to the " Lives 

 of the Presidents" include "William Henry 

 Harrison," " John Tyler," " James K. Polk," 

 " Abraham Lincoln," and " Grover Cleveland." 

 From Sarah K. Bolton we have two volumes 

 of " Famous American Statesmen " and " Suc- 

 cessful Women." John Frost published " The 

 Presidents of the United States, from Wash- 

 ington to Cleveland" ; Noah Brooks, "Abra- 

 ham Lincoln, a Biography for Young People " ; 

 and Edward M. Shepard, "Martin Van Buren," 

 in " The Statesmen Series," a carefully written 

 and scholarly production. To strictly war bi- 

 oaraphy belong the " Personal Memoirs of 

 General Philip H. Sheridan " : " A Life of Mat- 

 thew Fontaine Maury, U. S. N. and C. S. X.." 

 by Diana Fontaine Maury Corbin ; " John 

 Brown," by H. Von Hoist ;" and " The Autobi- 

 ography of Private Dalzell." James P. Boyd 

 wrote "Roscoe Conkling, the Distinguished 

 American Statesman and Brilliant Advocate." 

 "The Life of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet," 

 founder of deaf-mute instruction in America, 

 as detailed by his son, E. M. Gallaudet, is of 

 deep interest ; and " A Biography of Henry 

 Ward Beecher " was written by H. W. Beech- 



er, Rev. S. Scoville, and Mrs. Beecher. A 

 valuable and interesting book is "The Lite 

 and Letters of G-or_o IVrkins Marsh," the first 

 volume of which by Caroline C. Marsh ap- 

 peared. "Harvard Reminiscences," by An- 

 drew P. Peabody, recalled fifty-Mx years of 

 college life. "The Life. Journals, and Corre- 

 spondence of the Rev. Manasseh Cutler,'' by 

 his grandchildren, is an interesting record of a 

 varied career in the early days of the nation ; 

 and "The Life of Amos Lawrence," by his 

 son, is also closely connected with historical 

 events. " John B. Finch, his Life and Work," 

 by Frances E. Finch and Frank J. Sibley, and 

 " The Autobiography and Memorials of Samuel 

 Irenaeus Prime," edited by his son. j.. 

 more than ordinary interest ; and this same 

 may also be said of " Incidents in a Busy Life," 

 by the Rev. Asa Bullard, an autobiography. 

 In the literary world we have a " Life of 

 James Russell Lowell," by E. E. Brown, and 

 " Delia Bacon," a biographical sketch, by 

 Theodore Bacon, of the remarkable woman 

 who devoted herself to a theory. Louisa May 

 Alcott was the subject of two brief biogra- 

 phies, one a " Souvenir," by Miss Lurabel liar- 

 low, and another which Edna H. Cheney does 

 not proffer as a substitute for the full story 

 that it is hoped wiil one day be given to the 

 world. " Amos Bronson Alcott, his Charac- 

 ter," formed the groundwork of a sermon by 

 Cyrus A. Bartol. " The Memorial of Sarah 

 Pugh " and " The Life of Dr. Anandabai 

 Joshee," by Caroline Healey Dall, were trib- 

 utes to the memory of two remarkable women. 

 R. H. Clarke wrote " Lives of Deceased Bish- 

 ops of the Catholic Church in the United 

 States." "The Nun of Kenmare," an autobi- 

 ography of Sister Mary Frances Clare Cusack, 

 details at length her reasons for resigning the 

 office conferred upon her by the Holy Father. 

 " From Flag to Flag.'' by Eliza Mcllatton Rip- 

 ley, told "A Woman's Adventures and Expe- 

 riences in the South during the War, in Mexi- 

 co, and in Cuba " ; and " A Business Woman's 

 Journal " was a sequel to " Twelve Years of 

 My Life.'' by Mrs. B. Beaumont. " The Ma- 

 pleson Memoirs, 18-48-1888," possess amusing 

 interest. " Henry Hobart Richardson and 

 his Works," by Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer, 

 is the biography of the man characterized by 

 Matthew Arnold as " the one architect of 

 genius they had " in America. The electora. 

 year called forth, among other publications, a 

 " Life of Gen. Benjamin Harrison." by the 

 author of " Ben Huf " : " Lives of Benjamin 

 Harrison and Levi P. Morton," by Rev. Gilbert 

 L. Harney ; and ' The President and his Cab- 

 inet," bv'C. B. Norton. " Indicating the Prog- 



f the Government of the United - 

 under the Administration of Grover Cleveland." 

 "The Life of Clinton Bowen Fisk.'' the Pro- 

 hibition candidate, was written by A. A. Hop- 

 kins. "A Soldier of Fortune." by J. W. Mc- 

 Donald, narrates the life and adventures of 

 Gen. Henry R. Maciver. Herman Lieb wrote 



