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Death ; " " Southern Planters and the Freed- 

 men," by Rev. J. B. Waterbury, D. D. There 

 were also a very considerable number of publi- 

 cations of an occasional character, relative to 

 the Freedmen and to the reconstruction of the 

 States. Of these, the most remarkable were 

 the report of a tour, made at the request of 

 tLe President, through the South, by Carl 

 Schurz, late Major-General U. S. V., to ascer- 

 tain the state of feeling in the South, and the 

 report of Major-General Howard, Commis- 

 sioner of the JTreedmen's Bureau. Other 

 works belonging to this class were " The Fe- 

 nian's Progress, a Vision ; also the Constitution 

 of the Fenian Brotherhood;" "Washington 

 Vision," by "Wesley Bradshaw ; " The growth 

 of New York ; " two editions of " The Consti- 

 tution of the "United States, and the Declara- 

 tion of Independence ; " " Idols of the Polls, 

 an Odd Essay on What is Even So," by Ara- 

 charr. A periodical, bearing the title of "The 

 Social Science Review, a Quarterly Journal of 

 Political Economy and Statistics," edited by 

 Alexander Delmar and Simon Stern, and in- 

 tended to sustain the Political and Social dog- 

 mas of the Free Traders and the Democracy, 

 was commenced in January, 1865. Of repub- 

 lications, the most noteworthy were " Social 

 Statics, or the Conditions Essential to Human 

 Happiness Specified, and the first of them De- 

 veloped," by Herbert Spencer. This, like Mr. 

 Spencer's other works, was ably edited by Prof. 

 E. L. Youmans. Two editions, one in French 

 the other in English, of M. A. Rogeard's " Po- 

 litical Satire on Napoleon III., Les Propoa de 

 Ldbienus" were issued. 



Under the head of FINANCIAL AXD STATISTI- 

 CAL SCIENCE, were two or three treatises and 

 essays on Finance, among which were " A 

 Critical Examination of our Financial Policy 

 during the Southern Rebellion," by Simon 

 Newcomb ; " A National Currency," by Sidney 

 George Fisher ; a " Reply to the Last ; " "A Na- 

 tional Debt a National Blessing." Other works 

 belonging to this class were " The New York 

 Stock Exchange Manual, containing its Princi- 

 ples, Rules, and its different Modes of Specula- 

 tion, also, a Review of the Stocks dealt in on 

 'Change, Government and State Securities, 

 Railway, Mining, and Petroleum Stock, etc.," by 

 Henry Hamon ; " The Annual Report or Vol- 

 ume of the New York Chamber of Commerce ; " 

 " The Merchant's and Banker's Almanac ; " 

 The Reports of the Philadelphia, Baltimore, 

 Boston, Cincinnati, and Chicago Chambers of 

 Commerce. " The American Annual Cyclopaedia 

 and Register of Important Events of the Year 

 1864, embracing Political, Civil, Military, and So- 

 cial Affairs,Public Documents, Biography, Statis- 

 tics, Commerce, Finance, Literature, Science, Ag- 

 riculture, and Mechanical Industry ; " " Cham- 

 bers's Encyclopaedia, a Dictionary of Universal 

 Knowledge for the People, vol. vii. ; " " The 

 Report of the National Academy of Sciences," 

 for 1863; and the "Annual of the National 

 Academy of Sciences," for 1863-'64; " The In- 



come Record, a List giving the Taxable In- 

 come of every Resident of New York for the 

 Year 1863 ; " " The Stranger's Guide and Com- 

 plete Hand-Book to the City of New York; " 

 "Notices of the Triennial and Annual Cata- 

 logues of Harvard University, with a reprint 

 of the Catalogues of 1674-1682 and 1700," by 

 John Langdon Sibley, A. M. ; " The Manual of 

 the Corporation of the City of New York for 

 1865," with maps, etc. ; " The Connecticut Reg- 

 ister for 1865 ; " The Massachusetts Register 

 for 1865 ; " " The New Hampshire Annual Reg- 

 ister and United States Calendar for 1865 ; " 

 "The Vermont Register (Walton's) and Far- 

 mer's Almanac for 1865; " "Sadlier's Catholic 

 Almanac and-Ordo for 1865, with a full Report 

 of the Various Dioceses in the United States, 

 British North America, and Ireland ; " " The 

 Tribune Almanac for 1865;" "The Evening 

 Journal Almanac for 1865 ; " " The Franklin 

 Almanac for 1866; " " The Railroad and Insur- 

 ance Almanac for 1865 ; " " The American Pho- 

 tographic Almanac for 1865, being an Annual 

 Appendix to Humphrey's Journal of Photogra- 

 phy and the Allied Arts and Sciences," edited 

 by John Fowler, M.D.; "The Illustrated An- 

 nual of Phrenology and Physiology for 1865," 

 by S. R. Wells; "The Presbyterian Historical 

 Almanac and Annual Remembrancer of the 

 Church for 1864," by Joseph M. Willson ; " The 

 Physician's Visiting List, Diary, and Book of 

 Engagements for 1866 ; " " Carroll's New Prac- 

 tical Catalogue of Current Miscellaneous Books 

 published in the United States." Besides these, 

 there were thirty-two Almanacs having some 

 specialty of statistics or information ; and about 

 seventy-five directories of cities and towns, 

 giving special statistical information concerning 

 them. There were also ten extensive library 

 catalogues published during the year. 



PHILOLOGY is not a science which is ordina- 

 rily prosecuted with much advantage amid the 

 din of war; yet several very valuable works, 

 the result of investigations carried on during 

 the past five years, were published in 1865. 

 Noteworthy among these are " Method of Phi- 

 lological Study of the English Language," by 

 Francis A. March, Professor of the English 

 Language and Lecturer on Comparative Philol- 

 ogy in Lafayette College, Easton, Pa. ; "Af- 

 fixes in their Origin and Application, exhibit- 

 ing the Etymological Structure of English 

 Words," by S. S. Haldeman, A.M.; "An Ex- 

 planatory and Pronouncing Dictionary of the 

 Noted Names of Fiction, including also fa- 

 miliar Pseudonyms, Surnames bestowed on 

 Eminent Men, and Analogous Popular Appella- 

 tions often referred to in Literature and Con- 

 versation," by William A. Wheeler; "The 

 Emphatic Diaglott, containing the Original 

 Greek Text of what h commonly styled the 

 New Testament, according to the Recension of 

 Dr. J. J. Griesbach, with an Interlineary A\ <>nl 

 for Word English Translation, a new Emphatic 

 Version, based on the Interlineary Translation, 

 on the Renderings of Eminent Critics, and on the 



