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er Loose in Dixie," by Capt. J. J. Geer ; " My 

 Days and Nights on the Battle Field," by Car- 

 leton (0. C. Coffin); and Dr. T. J. Ellis's 

 "Leaves from the Diary of an Army Surgeon." 

 To the second 1 class belong : M. Ferdinand Le- 

 comte's " The War in the United States," a re- 

 rt to the Swiss Military Department, which 

 ad sent him out ; " The Army of the Potomac, 

 its Organization, its Commander, and its Cam- 

 paign," by the Prince de Joinville ; William 

 Howard Russell's " My Diary North and 

 South ; " Col. B. Estvan's " War Pictures from 

 the South ; " " Battlefields of the South, from 

 ull Run to Fredericksburg," by an English 

 ombatant; Lieut. Freemantle's "Campaign 

 the South." 



Of works bearing directly upon the history 

 f the war, though not written by eyewitnesses, 

 e have Edward Everett's " Gettysburg Ora- 

 ion," Detterline's " Sketch of the Battles at 

 ettysburg ; " James Parton's " General Butler 

 New Orleans ; " C. Edwards Lester's " Light 

 d Dark of the Rebellion ; " " The Iron Fur- 

 ace, or Slavery and Secession," by Rev. John 

 ".. Aughey ; Bishop's " Loyalty on the Fron- 

 ier," and " The Captivity of Gen. Corcoran." 

 n he Official Report of the Committee on the 

 Conduct of the War published in three vols. in 

 e Spring of 1863, contains much matter for 

 istory, and portions of it called out replies 

 p om Gen. Franklin and other generals whose 

 nduct was censured in the report. 

 Though somewhat less direct, the follow- 

 g works published during the year, hold 

 important relations to the history of the 

 present struggle : " Correspondence between 

 Charles G. Loring of Boston, and Mr. Field of 

 England, on the Present Relations between 

 Great Britain and the United States of Ameri- 

 ca; " " The Trial of the Constitution," by Sid- 

 ney Geo. Fisher; " History of American Con- 

 spiracies," by O. J. Victor ; " Christian Life 

 and Character of the Civil Institutions of the 

 U. S. developed in the Official and Historical 

 Annals of the Republic," by Rev. B. F. Morris ; 

 "France, Mexico, and the Confederate States," 

 ~yy Michel Chevalier; " History of the Sioux 

 Tar and Massacres of 1862 and 1863," by Isaac 

 V. Heard. 



The " History of West Point and its Military 

 Importance during the Revolution," by Capt. 

 "2. C. Boynton, a sumptuous and beautiful vol- 

 jme, is allied to these, giving, as it does, a full 

 account of the course of training adopted in 

 that school, from which so many of the higher 

 officers of the army have graduated. 



During the year two periodicals devoted 

 to the interests of the Army and Navy and 

 to the War have been established. These 

 are the " Army and Navy Journal," a weekly, 

 edited by Captain W. C. Church, commenced 

 in August, 1863 ; and the " United States Ser- 

 vice Magazine," monthly, edited by Captain 

 Henry Coppee, a professor in the University 

 of Pennsylvania, the first number of which 

 bore date January, 1864. Both are conducted 



with ability, and 1 supply a want which the war 

 created, but which is likely to be permanent. 



Of those historical works published in 1863, 

 the greater part, not reprints, relate either to 

 the general or local history of the United States, 

 or of the colonies from which they sprang. 

 Thus we have a new edition of Frank Moore's 

 " Diary of the American Revolution ; " "a His- 

 tory of the United States," by Egbert Guern- 

 sey; "Histories of King Philip's War," by 

 Increase Mather and Cotton Mather ; " A 

 Description of the Province and City of New- 

 York," by John Miller; " History of the Town 

 of Gorham, Me.," by Joseph Pierce ; " The First 

 Colonization of New England ; " " An Address 

 Delivered at the Erection of a Monumental 

 Stone, in the Walls of Fort Popham, Me., 

 August 29th, 1862," by John A. Parr; "The 

 Vermont Quarterly Gazetteer " (occupied with 

 county histories), edited by Abby M. Hemin- 

 way; "History of Buffalo Public Schools;" 

 "History of the Town of Cornwall, Vt.," 

 by the Rev. S. Mathews; "The Firelands 

 Pioneer," vol. IV. (the Transactions of the 

 Firelands Historical Society, in Northern Ohio) ; 

 " The First Century of Columbia College, 1754 

 -1854," by W. Alfred Jones ; " Memorial of the 

 Semi-Centennial Celebration of the Founding 

 of Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y. ; " " Speech 

 of John Wingate Thornton on the Colonial 

 Schemes of Popham and Gorges ; " John D. 

 Ward's Account of the Steamboat Controversy 

 between New York and New Jersey, 1811- 

 1824;" "Historical Sketch of the 12th Con- 

 gregational Society of Boston," by Lewis G. 

 Pray ; " Kruger's First Discoveries of America 

 and its Early Civilization," edited by W. L. 

 Wagenen; "White Mountain Guide Book," 

 3d ed., revised; " History of Hadley, Mass.," 

 by Sylvester Judd, with " Family Genealogies," 

 by Lucius M. Boltwood ; " A Brief Narrative 

 of the Hostile Conduct of the Barbarous Na- 

 tives toward the Dutch Nation," translated by 

 E. B. O'Callaghan ; " Supplement to the History 

 of Windsor, Conn.," by Henry R. Stiles, M.D. ; 

 " Memorial Volume of the Popham Celebration, 

 and Vindication of the Claims of Sir Ferdinan- 

 do Gorges," by John A. Parr ; " The Reed and 

 Cadwallader Pamphlets (1783), Reprinted;" 

 "The History of Cape Cod," by Frederick 

 Freeman ; " The Florida Exiles, and the War 

 for Slavery," by Joshua R. Giddings; "Long 

 Island," by W. Alfred Jones, librarian of Co- 

 umbia College [To these should be added, the 

 Proceedings, Annals, Journals, and Transac- 

 tions of the Massachusetts, New York, Ver- 

 mont, New Hampshire, and Iowa State His- 

 torical Societies, and of the Ulster County 

 Historical Society, and Essex (Mass.) Institute, 

 all of which have issued volumes during the 

 year.] 



Of historical works by American authors, on 

 topics not connected with their o\vn country, 

 the most remarkable are : John Foster Kirk's 

 " History of Charles the Bold," a work destin- 

 ed to take rank with the histories of Prescott 



