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the State of Maine." from the earliest period to 

 I^'.U. by Joseph Williamson. filled two volumes: 



:iers in Kim: Philip's War " were thet: 



of George Madison Bodge: Elizabeth Shelby Kin- 



kead wrote "Alli>: :.:ucky." Vol. IV of 



"The Winning of the West." by Theodore Roose- 



Louisiana and the Northwest. 1791- 



": " In Unnamed Wisconsin" was a collection 



of studies in the history of the region between Lake 



.ran and the Mississippi river, by .1. X. David- 

 son : and " Kxploration of Lake Superior: The 

 Voyages of Radisson and Groselliers." by Henry 

 Colin Campbell, formed Xo. 2 of the " Parkman 

 Club Publications." Xo. 1 being " Xieholas Perrot," 

 by Gardner P. Stickney. Vol. I was issued of 

 "Pacific History Stories," arranged and retold for 

 use in the public schools by II. Watrner. Books 

 relative to the late war include "From Mai: 

 to Appomatox: Memoirs of the Civil War in 

 America." by Gen. James Longstreet : " Was Gen- 

 eral Thomas Slow at Xashville '." by Gen. Henry V. 

 Boynton. with a description of the greatest cavalry 

 movement of the war. and Gen. James II. Wilson's 

 cavalry operations in Tennessee, Alabama, and 

 Georgia : " The Trent Affair." by Thomas L. Harris, 

 including a review of the English and American 

 relations at the beginning of the civil war. to 

 which James A. Woodburn contributed an intro- 

 duction: Vol. IV of "Sketches of War History. 



lNi.">." published by the Society of the Arm'y 

 of the Cumberland after its twenty-fifth annual 

 reunion. 189"), and edited by W. IL Chamberlin : 

 Vol. X of "Critical Sketches of some Federal and 

 Confederate Commanders," edited by Theodore F. 

 Dwight for the Massachusetts Military Historical 

 Society: "The Fifth Army Corps (Army of the 

 Potomac): A Record of Operations during the Civil 

 War in the United States of America, 1861-1896," 

 by William II. Powell: a "History of the Inde- 

 pendent London Virginia Rangers. U. S. Vol. Cav. 

 (Scouts), 186a-'65," by Briseoe Goodhart : and 

 "Mo~by's Rangers.'' a record of the operations of 

 the Forty-third Battalion Virginia Cavalry, from 

 its organization to the surrender, by James J. 

 Williamson. George W. Winirate wrote a "His- 

 tory of The 22d Regiment X. G. X. Y. 1861-1895." 

 A " History of the Impeachment of Andrew John- 

 son. President of the United States, by the House 

 of Representatives, and his Trial by the Senate for 

 High Crimes and Misdemeanors in Office, 1 E 

 was written by Edmund G. Ross, and "Lin 

 Campaign : or. The Political Revolution of 1 6 

 was contributed by Osborn TI. Oldroyd to the " Pa- 

 time Series." James Albert Woodburn re-edited 

 Alexander Johnston's " American Orations : Studies 

 in American Political History." the revised work 

 being made to include political oratory only, and 

 lengthened to four volumes, of which the first 

 appeared during the year. " Nicaragua.'* by Daniel 

 B. Lucas, told of the war of the filibusters, and 

 "The Story of Cuba'' was written by Murat Hal- 

 stead. " Muh-He-Ka-Xe-Ok" was the title of a 

 history of the Stockbridge nation, by J. X*. David- 

 son. "Europe in the Middle Ages" was the theme 

 of Oliver J. Thatcher and Ferdinand Schwill. and 

 Charles McLean Andrews traced "The Historical 

 Development of Modern Europe, from the Coi 

 of Vienna to the Present Time." in two volumes, of 

 which the first covered 181 "}-'")<">. A Short History 

 of Italy, from 476 A. D. t<> 1^7* \. r." was written 

 by Elizabeth Stanshury Kirkland. while "Italy in 

 the Nineteenth Century, and the Making of Austro- 

 Hungary and Germany" were exhaustively treated 

 by Elizabeth Wormeley Latimer. Poultney Bige- 

 low devoted two volumes to a " History of th. 

 man Struggle for Liberty." illustrated with draw- 

 ings by R. Cat on Woodville: Herbert B. Adams 



contributed a biographical sketch to Prof. Herbert 

 Tuttle's "History of Prussia under Frederic the 

 Great. 17'"J6-17.">7 " : while George Burton Adams not 

 only outlined "The Growth of the French Nation" 

 for Chautauquans. but gave the : Why 



Americans dislike England " in the " Belles-Lettre's 

 !!.<>. Flower reviewed "The Century of 

 Sir Thomas More." Alexander W. Hidden followed 

 the fortunes of "The -Ottoman Dynasty." and 

 "Armenia and her People" contained the 'story of 

 Armenia told by an Armenian scholar. Rev. George 

 II. Filian. "The Story of Greece " was furnished 

 to "Eclectic School Readings" by II. A. Gucrber. 

 and Earle Wilbur Dow drew up Course 2 of " Brief 

 Outlines in European History " for students of the 

 University of Michigan. " A Cycle of Cathay : or, 

 China South and North." with personal reminis- 

 cences, came from William Alexander Parsons 

 Martin. I). D., and a "Young People's History of 

 the Chinese " was written by W. G. E. Cunnyngtiam. 

 A brief "Constitutional History of Hawaii" was 

 added by Henry K. Chambers to the "Johns Hop- 

 kins University Studies." To compilations of local 

 history belong a "History of the Town of Plymouth, 

 Ct.." by Francis Atwater, containing an account 

 of the Centennial Celebration. May 4. 1895, and 

 also a sketch of Plymouth. Ohio, settled by local 

 families: and "Tax Lists of the Town of Provi- 

 dence during the Administration of Sir Edmund 

 Andros and his Council, 1686-1689.'' in an edition 

 limited to 2oO copies, by Edward Field ; Martha 

 Bockee Flint made a colonial study of " Early Long 

 Island": a new revised enlarged edition was made 

 of Mrs. Martha J. Lamb's "History of the City of 

 New York." the twenty-first chapter of the second 

 volume of which was published separately by Mrs. 

 Burton Harrison as a " History of the City of New 

 York : Externals of Modern New York." " The 

 History of Yonkers." by Rev. Charles Elmer Alli- 

 vas issued under the auspices of the Board of 

 Trade of that city : and John F. Edgar described 

 ' Pioneer Life in Dayton and Vicinity, 179(5-1 - 

 Miss Mary E. Perkins published "Old Houses of 

 the Antient Town of Norwich. 1660-1800." with 

 maps, illustrative portraits, and genealogies, and 

 Norman M. Isham and Albert F. Brown made an 

 historical and architectural study of "Early Rhode 

 Island Houses." A handsome holiday edition of 

 John Fiske's "American Revolution" was issued, 

 and Charles Morris added two new volumes to his 

 " Historical Tales." being respectively " Greek " and 

 "Roman." Bill Nye's " History of England " may 

 be inserted here, for want of a better place al- 

 though strictly a work of humor. 



Jurisprudence. Works of this class were nu- 

 merous. William P. Fishback prepared " A Manual 

 of Elementary Law," in which he summarized the 

 well-settled principles of American law. and Walter 

 Denton Smith contributed a work bearing the same 

 title to the " Hornbook Series." W. A. Keener com- 

 piled " Selections on the Elements of Jurispru- 

 dence ": Eli F. Ritter defined "Moral Law and 

 Civil Law Parts of the Same Thing": Henry 

 Campbell Black added to the "Hornbook 

 - Handbook on the Construction and Interpreta- 

 tion of the Laws." with a chapter on the interpreta- 

 tion of judicial decisions and the doctrine of pre- 

 cedents ; "You Should Not." by Samuel II. \N an- 

 dell, was a book for lawyers, old and young, con- 

 taining the elements of legal ethics : Roswell Shinn 

 filled two volumes with " A Treatise on the Plead- 

 ,nd Practice in the Courts of Record of Illinois, 

 at Common Law in Civil Causes." Wilber A. Owen 

 proffered " Questions and Answers on Common Law 

 Pleading." a fourth edition was issued of " Puter- 

 bauirh's Chancery Pleading and Practice." and a 

 sixth edition of" Samuel Maxwell's " Treatise on 



