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LITERATURE, AMERICAN, IN 1890. 



dell. "Massachusetts in the Civil War, 1861- 

 1865 " was from the pen of James L. Bowen, 

 with an introduction by Henry L. Dawes. The 

 two sumptuous illustrated volumes of a " His- 

 tory of the Seventh Regiment of New York, 1806- 

 1889" were written by Col. Emmons Clark; and 

 Lieut. Edward Duffy compiled from his diary a 

 " History of the One Hundred and Fifty-ninth 

 Regiment New York State Volunteers." " A 

 Historical Register of the United States Army 

 from its Organization, Sept 29, 1789, to Sept. 

 28, 1889," was a valuable contribution by F. B. 

 Heitman ; " Soldier Life in the Army of North- 

 ern Virginia, Confederate States of America " 

 was described by Carlton McCarthy, and W. D. 

 Chesterman prepared a " Guide to Richmond 

 and the Battlefields." The "Grand Army Pict- 

 ure Book," from April 12, 1861, to April 26, 

 1865," was the work of Hugh Craig. " Around 

 the World with the Blue Jackets," by Henry 

 E. Rhoades, described " How we displayed the 

 American Flag in Foreign Waters." Indian 

 wars are the theme of " War-path and Bivouac ; 

 or the Conquest of the Sioux," by J. F. Finerty, 

 and Capt. King's " Campaigning with Crook," 

 while the "Account of a Plan for civilizing the 

 North American Indians, proposed in the Eight- 

 eenth Century," by John D. Hammerer, was 

 edited by Paul Leicester Ford, as the first of a 

 series of " Indian tracts. " The Taking of Louis- 

 burg, 1745," was one of the " Decisive Events in 

 American History," by Samuel Adams Drake, 

 and R. S. Guernsey published Vol. I of " New 

 York City and Vicinity during the War of 1812- 

 1815." Other volumes of local value were " Pro- 

 ceedings and Papers relating to the Town of 

 Lexington, Mass.," of which the first volume 

 was published by the Historical Society of that 

 place, and, also, Vol. I of " Records of the Town 

 of Plymouth. 1636-1705." "The Intercourse 

 between the United States and Japan " was an 

 historical sketch by (Ota) Nitobe Inazo, in the 

 " Johns Hopkins University Studies" ; another of 

 which was " Spanish Colonization in the South- 

 west," by Frank W. Blackmar. " A Short His- 

 tory of Mexico " was written by Rev. Arthur H. 

 Noll ; and in foreign history we have " The Two 

 Lost Centuries of "Britain, " by W. H. Babcock ; 

 " An Outline History of England," by James R. 

 Joy ; and "The French Invasion of Ireland in '98," 

 by Valerian Gribayedoff, claiming to be leaves 

 of unwritten history. " A Short History of the 

 Roman People," by Prof. W. F. Allen, forms 

 Part II of the " Ancient History " of that au- 

 thor and P. V. N. Myers, while the " History of 

 Egypt," by F. C. H. Wendell, is one of Apple- 

 tons' History Primers. " The Centurial : a Jew- 

 ish Calendar for One Hundred Years," was com- 

 piled by E. M. Myers. " The Influence of Sea 

 Power "upon History" was a study by A. T. 

 Mahan. dealing with the period from 1660-1788. 

 Prof. E. N. Horsford published " The Problem 

 of the Northmen." 



Biography. "Abraham Lincoln : a History," 

 by John G. Nicolay and John Hay, completed in 

 ten volumes and given to the world in book form 

 during the year, is the largest as well as one of 

 the most important biographies published re- 

 cently, while to the same theme belong " Abra- 

 ham Lincoln's Pen and Voice," a compilation by 

 G. M. Van Buren, and " Inside the White House 



in War Times." by William 0. Stoddard. Vols. 

 V-. VI, VII, and VIII of the " Writings of George 

 Washington," edited by Worthington C. Ford, 

 were issued, and another valuable work was be- 



fun in the " Writings and Correspondence of 

 ohn Jay. First Chief Justice of the United 

 States," edited by H. P. Johnston, in four vol- 

 umes, only one of which appeared. " John Jay," 

 in the "American Statesmen Series," was by 

 George Pellew, while in the " Makers of Ameri- 

 ca " we had the " Life of General Oglethorpe," 

 by Henry Bruce ; " George Calvert and Ca^cilius, 

 Barons Baltimore of Baltimore," by W. Hand 

 Browne ; and "Alexander Hamilton," by William 

 Graham Sumner. "Our Early Presidents, their 

 Wives and Children " was the work of Mrs. Har- 

 riet T. Upton, and " The Diary of William Pyn- 

 chon of Salem " was edited by Dr. F. E. Oliver. 

 " James G. Birney and his Times," by William 

 Birney, gives " The Genesis of the Republican 

 Party, with Some Account of Abolition Move- 

 ments in the South before 1828," and in the se- 

 ries of " American Reformers" appeared " Wen- 

 dell Phillips" and " William E. Dodge," by Car- 

 los Martyn, and " Horace Greeley," by Francis 

 N. Zabriskie. " Recollections of General Grant," 

 by George W. Childs, were welcomed, as were 

 " Orations and After-Dinner Speeches of Chaun- 

 cey M. Depew," compiled and edited by Joseph 

 B.' Gilder, and Vol. HI was also published of 

 "Speeches. Arguments, and Miscellaneous Pa- 

 pers " of David Dudley Field, edited by Titus 

 Munson Coan, M. D. " Richard Henry Dana " 

 was a biography by Charles Francis Adams, in 

 two volumes, and the " Life and Letters of Ros- 

 coe Conkling, Orator, Statesman, Advocate," 

 were given to the world by Alfred R. Conkling. 

 "Jefferson Davis, Ex-President of the Confed- 

 erate States " was " A Memoir by his Wife," and 

 " The Life and Reminiscences of Jefferson Davis, 

 by Distinguished Men of his Time." was fur- 

 nished with an introduction by Hon. John W. 

 Daniel. " Henry Grady," by Joel Chandler Har- 

 ris (Uncle Remus), contained that journalist's 

 life, writings, and speeches. To literary biogra- 

 phy belong " William Cullen Bryant " by John 

 Bigelow, in the " American Men of Letters Se- 

 ries," and " Nathaniel Hawthorne," by Moncure 

 D. Conway, in that of "Great Writers." "Talks 

 with Ralph Waldo Emerson " were published by 

 Charles J. Wood bury, and " Harvard Graduates 

 whom I have known " was designed by Rev. 

 Andrew P. Peabody as a sequel to his " Harvard 

 Reminiscences." " Dear Old Story-Tellers " was 

 by Oscar Fay Adams, and from Mrs. Sarah K. 

 Bolton we have " Famous English Authors" and 

 "Famous European Artists." Joachim Miller 

 told "My Own Story." "Savonarola, his Life 

 and Times," was an exhaustive study by Prof. 

 William Clark, of Canada, and " Giordano Bru- 

 no " was the subject of two addresses by Daniel 

 G. Brinton and Thomas Davidson. The " Auto- 

 biography " of Joseph Jefferson, charming in 

 style and rich in anecdote, formed a volume of 

 500 pages, and two volumes were devoted by 

 Gustav Kobbe to " Wagner's Life and Works." 

 "A Sketch of Chester" Plarding, Artist, drawn 

 by his Own Hand," was edited by his daughter, 

 Margaret E. White. " Dr. Muhlenberg " was the 

 contribution to the " American Religious Lead- 

 ers " series, by William W. Newton, while " Theo- 



