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by Jonas King, upwards of forty years Mis- 

 sionary in Palestine and Greece; Translation 

 from the Original Greek of a Pamphlet entitled 

 'Letters of the Most Pious King, and of the 

 Most Holy Patriarchs, concerning the estab- 

 lishment of the .Most Holy Synod, with an Ex- 

 position of the Orthodox. Faith of the Eastern 

 Catholic Church,'" by William C. King, of 

 Athens, Greece; "The Russo-Greek Church," 

 by a former Resident of Russia ; " A Few His- 

 toric Records of the Church in the Diocese of 

 Texas, during the Rebellion. Together with a 

 Correspondence between Right Rev. Alex- 

 ander Gregg, D. D., and the Rev. Charles Gil- 

 lette ; " " The History of Methodism within 

 the Bounds of the Erie Annual Conference of 

 the Methodist Episcopal Church," by Rev. 

 Samuel Gregg, vol. i. ; " Contributions to the 

 Ecclesiastical History of Essex County, Mass.," 

 1 vol., 8vo; "The Earliest Churches of New 

 York audits Vicinity," by Gabriel P. Disosway, 

 A. M. ; "A Commemorative Discourse, de- 

 livered in the New South Church, Church 

 Green, Boston, December 25, 1864, the Fiftieth 

 Anniversary of its Dedication," by George E. 

 Ellis, D. D. ; "The Universalist Register," con- 

 taining the Statistics of the Denomination for 

 1865. 



In BIOGRAPHY, the greatest interest centred 

 around the memory of the assassinated Presi- 

 dent, a biographical sketch of whom will be 

 found elsewhere in this work. (See LINCOLN, 

 ABRAHAM.) A list, known to be incomplete, 

 gives forty volumes of memoirs, memorials, rem- 

 iniscences, or funeral sermons, relative to Pres- 

 ident Lincoln. Of these, the most prominent 

 and widely circulated biographies were those 

 compiled by Frank Crosby, J. H. Barrett, Hen- 

 ry J. Raymond, L. P. Brbckett, and J. G. Hol- 

 land (we give them in the order of their publi- 

 cation). Cheaper and briefer memoirs were 

 published, generally though not always without 

 the name of the author, by T. B. Peterson and 

 Brothers, Philadelphia, Carleton, Beadle &Co., 

 Trent, Filmer & Co.; The American News Co., 

 and T. R. Dawley, New York, and by Wm. V. 

 Spencer, and B. ,B. Russell & Co., of Boston. 

 Another class of biographical sketches of Mr. 

 Lincoln were the memorial volumes, consisting 

 of a brief memoir, and the public exercises con- 

 nected with the funeral services conducted on 

 the occasion of his death, either by municipal 

 authorities or in churches or public halls. They 

 included sermons, orations, eulogies, and odes 

 or elegies, delivered at these memorial services. 

 Of these were: " The Lincoln Memorial," pub- 

 lished by Messrs. Bnnce and Huntington, N. Y. ; 

 " The Memorial Record of the Nation's Tribute 

 to Abraham Lincoln," compiled by B. F. Mor- 

 ris; "A Memorial of Abraham Lincoln, late 

 President of the U. S.," published by Ticknor 

 and Fields, Boston ; " The Promises of the 

 Declaration of Independence, Eulogy on Abra- 

 ham Lincoln, Boston, June 1, 1865," by Charles 

 Sumner; "The Journeys of Abraham Lincoln; 

 from Springfield to Washington in 1861, as 



President Elect, and from Washington to Spring, 

 field, 1865, as President Martyred," by William 

 T. Coggeshall ; " The Martyr to Liberty ; " three 

 Sermons by Richard Eddy ; " Our Martyr Pre- 

 sident, Abraham Lincoln, Voices from the Pul- 

 pit of New York and Brooklyn, with the Ora- 

 tions of Hon. Geo. Bancroft and Bishop Simp- 

 son ; " " Sermons preached in Boston on the 

 Death of Abraham Lincoln; together with the 

 Funeral Services in the East Room of the Ex- 

 ecutive Mansion at Washington;" "A Discourse 

 occasioned by the Death of Abraham Lincoln, 

 preached in Boston, April 16, 1865," by Andrew 

 L. Stone, D. D. ; " Commemorative Proceed- 

 ings of the Athenaeum Club on the Death of 

 Abraham Lincoln, President of the United 

 States, April, 1865." There were also orations, 

 reminiscences, and an ode delivered and pub- 

 lished by the New York Historical Society ; a 

 discourse before the Loyal League, by Rev. J. 

 P. Thompson, D. D. ; and proceedings and eu- 

 logies in most of the Clubs and Scientific Socie- 

 ties. Memorial volumes were also published by 

 the cities of Troy, New York, and some others. 

 A funeral oration was also pronounced by Miss 

 Emma Hardinge on the 16th of April, and sub- 

 sequently published. Another volume, combin- 

 ing the memorial with the biographical record, 

 was " The Martyr's Monument ; being the Pa- 

 triotism and Political Wisdom of Abraham Lin- 

 coln, as exhibited in his Speeches, Messages, 

 Orders, and Proclamations, from the Presiden- 

 tial Canvass of 1860 until his Assassination." 

 Besides these, several collections were made of 

 choice passages from his speeches, letters, and 

 addresses ; one of these bore the title of " Gems 

 from Abraham Lincoln," and another, " The 

 President's Words." Seven different volumes 

 appeared, containing more or less full reports 

 of the arrest and trial of the assassins and con- 

 spirators. Of these, one is in French, and one 

 is mainly occupied with the details of the pur- 

 suit and capture of Booth and his accomplices. 

 Of Mr. Andrew Johnson, President Lincoln's 

 successor, three biographies were published, one 

 anonymous, but issued by Messrs. Peterson and 

 Brother, of Philadelphia; one by John Savage, 

 of New York ; and one introductory to a volume 

 of his speeches, by Frank Moore. There were 

 also four memoirs of Lieut.-Gen. Grant pub- 

 lished during the year ; an anonymous work, 

 published by Peterson and Brother; a small 

 biography, by 0. J. Victor ; another, of hardly 

 greater extent, by F. W. II. Stanfield; and 

 " Grant and his Campaigns," an elaborate work, 

 derived from official sources, by Henry Coppee, 

 A. M., now President of Lehigh College, Pa. 

 Of other prominent officers of the array, Gen. 

 Sherman received the honor of three biographi- 

 cal sketches, one by T. R. Dawley, another by 

 Rev. P. 0. Headley, and a third, with a full and 

 careful account of his campaigns, under the 

 title of " Sherman and his Campaigns," by CoL 

 S. M. Bowman and Lieut.-Col. R. B. Irwin; a 

 biographical sketch, under the title of " Kilpat- 

 rick and Our Cavalry," by James Moore, M. D., 



