LITERATURE, AMKKK'AX. IN 1896. 



Harriet Beecher Stowe, in an edition of her "Writ- 

 ings" in li volumes, with biographical introduc- 

 tions, and Eugene Field in a Saliine edition of his 

 "Works" in 10 volumes, with a memoir liy his 

 brother. Roswell M. Field, and introduction* hy 

 Kichard Henry Stoddard. Kdward Everett Hale. 

 Francis Wilson. .lames Whitcomb Kiley. and other-. 

 " Bayard Taylor" was added to the series of ' Amer- 

 ican Men of Letters" by Albert II. Smyth, and a 

 volume was collected of " Little Journeys to the 

 Ilomesof American Authors" originally contributed 

 to "Putnam's Monthly" in IN."):-! by various writers 

 of distinction, all but two of whom have since died. 

 " Whittier : Prophet, Seer, and Man," was from the 

 pen of Benjamin 0. Flower, while from John Bur- 

 roughs we had "Whitman: A Study," and from 

 Thomas Donaldson " Walt Whitman, the Man." 

 The life, letters, and journals of " Maria Mitchell " 

 were compiled by her sister, Phebe Mitchell Ken- 

 dall, and ' Leaves from Juliana Horatia Swing's 

 Canada Home " were gathered and illustrated by 

 Miss Elizabeth S. Tucker. " The Story of a Busy 

 Life," by Dr. James Russell Miller, contained recol- 

 lect ions" of Mrs. G. A. Paull (Minnie E. Kenney). 

 In the series of ''Women of Colonial and Revolution- 

 ary Times" " Dolly Madison " waschronicled by Mrs. 

 Maud Wilder Goodwin : Mercy Warren," by Alice 

 Brown; and " Eliza Pinckney (with facsimile re- 

 production), by Harriott Horry Ravenel. Great edu- 

 cators were not neglected: "Horace Mann " was 

 the subject of an address delivered by Hon. William 

 T. Harris, United States Commissioner of Educa- 

 tion, before the National Educational Association ; 

 "The Life of James McCosh," a record chiefly au- 

 tobiographical, was edited by William Idilligan 

 Slojtne: "Memoirs of Frederick A. P. Barnard. 

 1). D., LL. D., D. C. L., Tenth President of Columbia 

 College, in the City of New York.'' were prepared 

 by John Fulton, and the " Celebration of the Fif- 

 tieth Anniversary of the Appointment of Professor 

 William Henry Green as an Instructor in Princeton 

 Theological Seminary. May 5, 1806." contained a 

 bibliography of his published writings. " The Life 

 and Letters of Charles Bulfinch, Architect," with 

 other family papers, were edited by his granddaugh- 

 ter, Ellen Susan Bulfinch, proving a most timely and 

 instructive record of the work of the builder of the 

 Statehouse of Massachusetts and Faneuil Hall, who 

 also completed the Capitol at Washington : and an- 

 other architect of distinction, "John Wellborn Root," 

 designer of the general plans for the structures of 

 the Chicago Exposition of 1893, had a study of his 

 life and work made by his relative. Miss Harriet 

 Monroe, accompanied with etchings and drawings 

 and facsimiles of his designs. The life of " Edward 

 Hodges." at once founder and representative of the 

 Anglican Cathedral School of Music in America, 

 was written by his daughter. Faustina Hasse Hodges. 

 Frederick F.. McKay and Charles E. L. Wingate 

 edited the 45 sketches of " Famous American Act 

 orsof To-day." In the "American Statesman Series'' 

 we have "William Henry Seward." by Thornton K. 

 Lothrop; "The True Story of Abraham Lincoln, 

 the American." was told for boys and girls by El- 

 bridge S. Brooks; "The Lives and Campaigns of 

 Grant and Lee " was a new and interesting narra- 

 tive comparison of the two great opponents in the 

 civil war by Samuel W. Odell, to which introductory 

 personal reminiscences were contributed by Gen. O. 

 (>. Howard and Bishop John P. Newman: "Lin- 

 coln and his Cabinet" were the subject of a lecture 

 delivered by Charles A. Dana. March 10. 1896, be- 

 fore the New Haven Colony Historical Society; 

 " Words of Lincoln" were compiled by Osborne II. 

 Oldroyd. and furnished with an introduction by 

 Hon. Melville W. Fuller. Chief Justice of the Su- 

 preme Court of the United States, and Hon. Ten- 



ni- S. Hamlin. Melaiichthnn W. Stryker published 

 "Hamilton. Lincoln, and Oilier A<! Wil- 



liam 11. Egle, M. I)., edited " Andrew Gregg Curtin : 

 His Life ami Services"; and Josiah Morrow per- 

 formed a similar service for the " Life and Speei-1,, - 

 of Thomas ( 'orwin. < >rator. Lawyer.and Statesman." 

 "A Hero's Grave in the Adirondack*." by Kather- 

 ine Elizabeth McClellan, tells the story of John 

 Brown. The ''Life of William MeKinley" 

 written by Robert P. Porter, the life and speeches 

 of the same statesman being again given by Hvron 

 Andrews under the title of " One of the People." 

 while " MeKinley 's Masterpieces" were edited by 

 R. L. Paget for the ' Famous Men Series.'' John S. 

 Ogilvie edited the " Life and Speeches of William 

 J. Bryan" in the " Peerless Series." Col. A. C. Fisk 

 supplying an introduction. The first of the four 

 superb volumes in which William Milligan Sloane 

 tells the " Life of Napoleon Bonaparte " was pub- 

 lished at the close of the year, and a volume of 

 "McClure's Biographies" commemorated "Napo- 

 leon. Gladstone. Bismarck. Dana, Stevenson, and 

 Others.'' One of the surprises of the year was the 

 revelation of Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) as 

 the anonymous author of the " Personal Recollec- 

 tions of J'oan o'f Arc." purporting to be those of the 

 Sieur Louis de Conte. her page and secretary. An- 

 other exhaustive study of " Joan of Arc " we owe to 

 Francis C. Lowell. M. Louise McLaughlin entitled 

 her memoir of Elizabeth Charlotte, Duchesse d'Or- 

 leans, " The Second Madame," and Ida M. Tarbell 

 made use of newly discovered data in her biograph- 

 ical study of " Madame Roland." "Franc.ois-Seve- 

 rin Marceau, 1769-1796,'' was the subject of a 

 memoir by T. G. Johnson. To religious biography 

 belong " Adoniram Judson Gordon," by E. B. Gor- 

 don, accompanied with letters and illustrative ex- 

 tracts: a "Memorial of the Life and Labors of 

 Right Rev. Stephen Vincent Ryan. D. D., Second 

 Bishop of Buffalo, N. Y.," by Rev. Patrick Cronin ; 

 " Myron Adams : A Memorial " : the " Life. Letters, 

 and Journals of the Rev. and Hon. Peter Parker" ; 

 the " Life of Alonzo Ames Miner, S. T. D., LL. D.," 

 by George H. Emerson. D. D. ; the " Autobiography 

 of A. C. Morehouse," an itinerant minister of the 

 New York East Conferences of the Methodist Epis- 

 copal Church, to which Bishop Newman contributed 

 an introduction ; " Fifty Years on the Skirmish 

 Line." also an autobiography of Elisha B.Sherwood, 

 D. D. : the "Sunset Memories" of Rev. Nicholas 

 Van Sant : and " The Indian Chief Journeycake," 

 whose record as a Christian minister is given by 

 Rev. S. H. Mitchell. " Mary Dyer, of Rhode Island, 

 the Quaker Martyr, hanged on Boston Common, 

 June 1, 1660," was commemorated by Horatio Rog- 

 ers. A volume was devoted to " Robert W. MeAll, 

 Founder of the McAll Mission, Paris " : " Heroes of 

 the South Seas " were the theme of Martha Burr 

 Banks; "For His Sake" was the title given to ex- 

 tracts from the letters of Elsie Marshall, martyred 

 at Wha-Sang. Aug. 1. ]N9."i : and " The American Jew 

 as Patriot. Soldier, and Citizen," by Simon Wolf, 

 was edited by Louis E. Levy. John Mullin Batten, 

 M. D.. entitled his autobiographic reminiscences 

 "Random Thought-." and William Dean HoweHs 

 vouchsafed a number of his "Impressions and Ex- 

 periences." " The Story of the Hutchinsons (Tribe 

 of Jesse)," told by John Wallace Hutchinson and 

 edited by Charles' E. Mann, proved no less interest- 

 ing than remarkable. "American Lutheran Biog- 

 raphies " came from J. C. Jensson. Nearly one hun- 

 dred of " Our Army Nurses" are the subject of the 

 sketches, addresses, etc., compiled by Mary A. Gard- 

 ner Holland, while " Mothers of Maine" were treat- 

 ed by Mrs. Helen ('"ilin I'eedv. and a second edition 

 wa- "issued of Authors and Writers associated with 

 Murristuwn," by Mrs. Julia Keese Colles. "Lees of 



