508 LITERATUKE, ETC., IN 1865. 



have been reprinted here. Other new novels . 

 of considerable merit were" Sir Felix Foy, 

 Burt," by Mr. Button Cook; "Never Forgot- 

 ten," by Mr. Percy Fitzgerald ; "Selvaggio," a 

 novel, intended to show the progress of Prot- 

 estantism in Italy, by the author of "Mary 

 Powell ;" " Constance Sherwood, an Autobiog- 

 graphy of the Sixteenth Century," intended to 

 exhibit the sufferings of Roman Catholics in 

 England in the days of Queen Elizabeth, by 

 Lady Georgiana Fullerton; "Sophy Laurie," 

 by Mr. W. 0. Hazlitt, son of the eminent essay- 

 ist ; " Who is the Heir ? " by Mr. Mortimer Col- 

 lins ; " The Spanish Match, or Charles Stuart 

 at Madrid," by "W. Harrison Ainsworth ; " One 

 Against the World, or Reuben's War," by Mr. 

 John Saunders ; " The Clyffards of Clyffe," by 

 the author of "Lost Sir Massingberd;" "Ag- 

 nes," by Mrs. Oliphant (reprinted here) ; " Half 

 a Million of Money," by Miss Amelia B. Ed- 

 wards (reprinted here); "Faith Unwin's Or- 

 deal," by Miss Georgiana Craik. 



Of FAIRY FICTIONS FOR CHILDREN, the most 

 important were "Little Wanderlin and Other 

 Fairy Tales ; " a translation of " What the Moon 

 Saw," ar.d other Fairy Stories, by Hans 0. An- 

 dersen; "Mehemet the Kurd," a Series of 

 Oriental Stories after the manner of the Ara- 

 bian Nights, by Mr. Charles Wells ; and trans- 

 lations of two Icelandic Sagas ; " Gisli the 

 Outlaw," by Mr. Dasent, and "Viga Glum," 

 by Sir Edmund Head. 



Some very remarkable ILLUSTRATED BOOKS 

 FOR CHILDREN were produced during the year. 

 " The Divine and Moral Songs of Dr. Watts," 

 every page of which was illustrated in the 

 highest style of art, under the direction of Mr. 

 Cooper, was an advance even upon the beautiful 

 edition of Mrs. Barbauld's " Hymns in Prose," 

 illustrated by the same eminent artist the pre- 

 vious year. A series of toy books for children 

 printed in colors, on Natural History topics, 

 were remarkable for their extraordinary fidelity 

 to nature, the drawing and coloring, vying 

 in this respect with the best executed engrav- 

 ings of the illustrated monographs on Natural 

 History. 



In MISCELLANEOUS LITERATURE, we can only 

 notice a very few books not otherwise classi- 

 fied. " Familiar Words," a collection of well- 

 known quotations and popular phrases, with 

 parallel passages in illustration, by Mr. Ilain 

 Friswell ; " Handbook of Familiar Quotations," 

 compiled by a Lady; "Evenings in Arcadia," 

 a volume of criticisms on the old poets, by Mr. 

 John Dennis ; " Moliere Characters, Criticisms, 

 and Translations," by Charles Cowden Clarke; 

 "Common Words with Curious Derivations," 

 by Archdeacon Smith; "The Origin of Lan- 

 guage," by Rev. Frederick W. Farrar; "Wit 

 and Wisdom from West Africa (African Prov- 

 erbs," etc.), by Major Burton; "Prehistoric 

 Times, as Illustrated by Ancient Remains, and 

 the Manners and Customs of Modern Savages," 

 by Mr. John Lubbock ; " Superstitions of Witch- 

 craft," by Mr. Howard Williams; "The Letters 



LOUISIANA. 



of Mozart," translated by Lady Wallace (re- 

 printed here). 



LOUISIANA. At the commencement of the 

 year, Louisiana was under the State Govern- 

 ment previously organized by the cooperation of 

 Gen. Banks, which extended its control to the 

 verge of the military lines. At the same time 

 the military occupation continued unchanged. 

 New Orleans, with adjacent important posi- 

 tions, were held by this occupation. Never- 

 theless, the State within these limits was treated 

 practically as a restored portion of the United 

 States. Under the call for troops issued by 

 President Lincoln in December, 1864, a draft 

 was ordered to take place in the Department 

 of the Gulf, by Maj.-Gen. E. K. S. Canby, on 

 February 15th. This was the day fixed for the 

 draft in all Northern States. The quotas as- 

 signed were as follows : Parish of Orleans and 

 Jefferson, 4,148 ; St. Charles, 53 ; Ascension, 

 45; East Baton Rouge, 118; Lafourche, 176; 

 Terrebonne, 163 ; St. Mary, 54 ; Assumption, 

 65 ; St. Bernard, 42 ; Plaquemine, 76 ; Plaque- 

 mine, left bank, 48 ; St. James (not announced), 

 ; St. John Baptiste (not announced), ; Dis. 

 of Southern Ala., 31 ; Dis. of West Florida, 90 ; 

 Dauphin Island, 29. 



In order to facilitate the draft, these parishes 

 and districts were formed into Districts as fol- 

 lows: 1st. Parish of Orleans, Jefferson, St. 

 Charles, and Ascension ; 2d. Parish of Lafourche, 

 Terrebonne, St. Mary, and Assumption ; 3d. 

 Parish of East Baton Rouge, St. John Baptiste, 

 and St. James ; 4th. Parish of St. Bernard and 

 Plaquemine ; 5th. District Southern Alabama, 

 West Florida, and Dauphin Island. 



Enlistments made between the date of the 

 order and that of the draft were credited on the 

 quota, and the bounties provided by law were 

 paid. " Drafted men became soldiers in the 

 service of the United States, by the fact of their 

 names having been drawn in the draft. The 

 notification served upon them by the Provost 

 Marshal's Department is an announcement of the 

 fact, and an order for them to report for duty 

 at a designated time and place. And any per- 

 son failing to report, after notice is left at his 

 last place of residence, or served on him, unless 

 relieved by proper authority from the require- 

 ments of the draft, is pronounced by law a de- 

 serter ; he may be arrested, held for trial by 

 court-martial, and sentenced to death." 



Such were the words of Maj.-Gen. Hurlbut, 

 in his order issued January 17th, to carry out 

 the provisions of the order No. 4, of Gen. Canby, 

 issued January 8th, above mentioned. All the 

 conditions and stipulations established in the 

 Northern loyal States, were in full force in 

 Louisiana. Deserters from the enemy were 

 not to be drafted ; and if enlisted, they were to 

 be assigned to regiments serving on the Indian 

 frontier. On the day appointed the draft took 

 place in New Orleans for the number of men 

 deficient. The speedy close of the war, how- 

 ever, removed any occasion for their services 

 in the field. The number of men from the 



