LITERATURE AND LITERARY PROGRESS IN 1870. 



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f.iniily classic in that State. Mr. Benson J. 

 iitiiiurs his illustrations of our na- 



.1 hi-tory, with " l.i\ i-- ot'thr SiiriuTS of the 

 iK-rluiMtion of Imh-pendonce," including a his- 

 torical vii-w of the Declaration, and a sketch 

 of the loading events connected with the adop- 

 tion of tho Articles of Confederation, and of 

 tlu- I'ViK-ral Constitution. Mr. Lossing would 



Miiull claims to consideration as a philo- 

 sophical or statesmanlike historian, but ho has 



a eye for the points of popular interest. 

 < >ur colonial and Revolutionary history still 



'os the diligence of societies and individual 



tigators. Of works on colonial history 

 wi may mention, "History of the Virginia 

 Company- of London, with Letters to and from 

 the First Colony, never before printed," by 

 Edward D. Neill; "A Particular History 

 of the French and Indian War " (1744-'49) ; 

 " sometimes called Governor Shirley's "War," 

 with a memoir of Major-General Shirley, by 

 Samuel G. Drake; "Historical Collections of 

 Louisiana and Florida," by B. F. French'; and 

 Mr. 0. W. Upham's pamphlet on "Salem 

 AV if eh craft and Cotton Mather," maintaining 

 with much ability that a large measure of re- 

 sponsibility for the delusion rests on the minis- 

 ters of the province, and especially on Mather. 

 It is one of those questions that are not likely to 

 be soon, if ever, finally settled. Of Revolution- 

 ary history, besides that of the " Boston Mas- 

 sacre," just noticed, we have " The Military 

 and Civil History of the County of Essex, 

 N. Y. ; also the Military Annals of Crown 

 Point and Ticonderoga," by W. C. "Watson ; 

 and " The Battle of Long Island, with Con- 

 nected Preceding Events and the Subsequent 

 American Retreat," by Thomas "W. Field. Be- 

 sides these, the following may be named : 



History of Oregon, from 1792 to 1849. By "W. II. 

 Gray. 



History of the United States of America. By II. 

 P. Peet. 



Ohio Valley Historical Series, No. 5. An Account 

 of the Remarkable Occurrences in the Life and Trav- 

 els of James Smith during his Captivity with the In- 

 dians in 1755-'59. etc. No. 6. Dr. Daniel Drake's 

 Pioneer Life in Kentucky. 



The Records of Living Officers of the United States 

 Navy and Marine Corps : with a History of Naval 

 Operations during the Rebellion of 1861-' 65, etc. By 

 Lewis R. Hamersly. 



The Vermont Brigade in the Shenandoah Valley. 

 By A. F. Walker. 



The Documentary History of the Protestant Epis- 

 copal Church in the Diocese of Vermont. 



The Karly History of the Catholic Church in the 

 Island of New York. By Bishop Bayley. 



A History of the City of Brooklyn, etc. Vol. Ill 

 By Henry U. Stiles. 



Mormonism ; its Rise, Progress, and Present Con- 

 dition, etc. By N. "W. Green. 



Hi tory of the Foundation of the Order of the 

 Visitation. 



Origin and History of the Pacific Railroad. By S. 

 Breeae. 



The Fortieth Congress of the United States ; His- 

 torical and Biographical. By William H. Barnes. 



History of the American* Stage. By T. Allston 

 Brown. 



The History of Freemasonry, from its Origin to tho 



Present Day. By J. G. Fiudnl. BovUed by Brother 

 D. Murray Lyoii. 



Tii IJr-.Lrri s.-ttl; or, Personal Reminiscence* of 

 tin- Morgan Abduction and Murder. By Samuel D. 

 no. 



Nittlmn Hi-ad; Hiit Invention of tho Multi-Tubular 

 15'iili T and Portable Hi/li-l'rc.tnurc Engine, and DU- 

 (-..-, i-ry of tho True Mode of applying St. am Power 

 to Navigation and Railways. l!y Darid Read. 



Remarkable Trials of A'll Countries. By Thomas 

 I>uittt-y and T. J. Cummins. 



A Compendium of tho Huttory of the Catholic 

 Church, from the Commencement of the ChriatUa 

 Km to tho (Ecumenical Council at the V. 

 Compiled and translated from tho Bust Authors, by 

 the Rev. Theodore Noethen. 



Tho Huguenots, or Reformed French Church. By 

 William Henry Fopte, D. D. 



History of the Irish Primitive Church. By Daniel 

 Do Vinnd. 



Tho Student's Manual of Oriental History. By 

 Francis Lenormont ; edited by E. Ch-svalier. 



BIOQBAPJIY. The " Life of Rufus Choate," 

 by President S. G. Brown, of Hamilton Col- 

 lege, is mainly a reprint of the biographical 

 memoir prefixed to an edition of Mr. Choate's 

 works, published a few years ago. No fame is 

 more evanescent than that of a great advocate. 

 One is glad to see that of Mr. Choate, through 

 the favor of a good biographer, struggling 

 with destiny, holding still the public attention, 

 and promising to add the life of another gen- 

 eration to his lease of popular remembrance. 

 " Henry J. Raymond and the New York Press 

 for Thirty Years," by A. Maverick, excited 

 general and favorable expectation and dis- 

 appointed it. Interesting, but as a biography 

 of Mr. Raymond inadequate. The "Personal 

 and Military History of Philip Kearney, Major- 

 General United States Volunteers," by John 

 Watts Depuyster, is a record highly satisfac- 

 tory to his companions in arms of the patri- 

 otic services Of the subject. The " Memoir of 

 the Rev. John Scudder, M. D.," by J. B. 

 "Waterbury, D. D., has the interest naturally 

 awakened by Dr. Scudder's thirty-six years' 

 missionary service, and his remembered effec- 

 tiveness in exciting public sympathy at home 

 for his mission; though no art can fix the im- 

 pression of the living voice, and the increased 

 familiarity with the subject deprives it of the 

 excitement of novelty. This drawback does 

 not apply to " The History of a "Working-Man's 

 Life," by Francis Mason, D. D. In this volume 

 we have a narrative of his early life in Eng- 

 land, his career in this country as a mechanic, 

 as a student uqder difficulties for the ministry, 

 his missionary life, and his repeated visits to 

 this country and Europe. The style in its 

 simplicity and pithiness reminds one of Frank- 

 lin's autobiography. The life of an indefatigable 

 worker is recorded under the fit title, " Work 

 Here, Rest Hereafter ; " Life of the Rev. Hiram 

 Mattison, D. D., by the Rev. N. Vansant. The 

 death of Dickens naturally set in motion many 

 pens, most of which did their quota of eulogy 

 or of criticism through tho periodical and 

 newspaper press. But some sought a more per- 

 manent association with the name of the great 



