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and Motley ; and Rev. E. H. Gillett's " Life and 

 Times of John Huss ; or the Bohemian Revolu- 

 tion of the Fifteenth Century." Other histor- 

 ical works belonging to the same class are : 

 Thomas D'Arcy McGee's " Popular History of 

 Ireland ; " M. B. Czechowski's " Poland ; Sketch 

 of her History ; " " Napoleon I. ; a Historical 

 Lecture," by Benjamin Blow. The veteran 

 scholar George Ticknor has carefully revised 

 and made considerable additions to his " His- 

 tory of Spanish Literature," of which a new 

 edition has appeared during the year. In the 

 department of ecclesiastical history, there is 

 but one noticeable contribution, " The Docu- 

 mentary History of the Protestant Episcopal 

 Church in the United States," by Rev. Drs. 

 Hawks and Perry. " The Foundations of His- 

 tory, a Series of First Things," by Samuel B. 

 Schieffelin, has been received with such favor 

 that an abridged edition for the use of Schools 

 has been prepared by the author. 



Among the reprints are several of consider- 

 able importance. Foremost among them are : 

 " History of the Romans under the Empire," 

 by Charles Merivale, B.D., a work in seven vol- 

 umes, of which three have already appeared 

 here, in sumptuous type and paper (it forms a 

 fitting companion to Arnold's "Rome," and 

 Gibbon's " Decline and Fall of the Roman Em- 

 pire," bridging the interval between them) ; 

 a new edition from the Riverside Press of 

 Hallam's " Introduction to the Literature of 

 Europe ; " The History of the World, from the 

 Earliest Records to the Present Time," by 

 Philip Smith, B.D., a work presenting, in a con- 

 densed form, and in an attractive style, all the 

 results of historical research in the history of 

 nations ; " The Constitutional History of Eng- 

 land, from 1760 to 1860," by Thomas Erskine 

 May, an admirable continuation of Hallam; 

 vol. v. of the new edition of Thiers' " His- 

 tory of the Consulate and Empire ; " " The So- 

 cial Condition and Education of the People of 

 England," by Joseph Kay ; '' The Invasion of 

 the Crimea," by William Kinglake ; " History 

 of the Reformation in Europe, in the Time of 

 Calvin," by J. H. Merle D'Aubigne ; " Track 

 of the Hidden Church ; or Springs of the Pil- 

 grim Movement," by Rev. J. Waddington; 

 u A Historical Sketch of the Provincial Dialects 

 of England," by James R. Halliwell ; Victor 

 Hugo's " Sketch of the Battle of Waterloo." 

 " Tho Dictionary of the Bible," comprising its 

 history, antiquities, geography, biography, etc., 

 by William Smith, LL.D., in three vols., 8vo, 

 imported in sheets, by Little & Brown, per- 

 haps, also, belongs to this class of works. 



An elaborate work on " Brittano-Roman In- 

 scriptions, with critical notes," by Rev. John 

 McCaul, LL.D., has been published at Toron- 

 to, C. W. 



u The American Notes and Queries, and His- 

 torical Magazine," a monthly periodical, and 

 " The Congregational Quarterly," both contain 

 a large amount of historical matter, of great 

 value and interest. 



In biography there have been a number of 

 important works. Among them are " The Life 

 and Correspondence of Theodore Parker," by 

 John Weiss; "The Life of William Hickling 

 Prescott," by George Ticknor, in a superb 

 quarto (since republished in 8vo. and 12mo.); 

 "Life and Letters of John Winthrop," by 

 Robert C. Winthrop ; the third and fourth vol- 

 umes of the " Life of Washington Irving," by 

 Pierre M. Irving ; " Memoirs of Theodore Fre- 

 linghuysen," by Talbot W. Chambers, D.D.; 

 " Chaplain Fuller, a life sketch of Arthur B. Ful- 

 ler," by Richard F. Fuller; "Life and Times of 

 William Lyon Mackenzie," by Charles Lindsay; 

 "Life of Stephen A. Douglas," by N. M. Flint; 

 "An Abridgment of Parton's Life of Andrew 

 Jackson ; " " Life of Philidor," by George Allen, 

 LL.D., professor in the University of Pennsyl- 

 vania, one of the most superbly printed books 

 ever issued in this country ; " Life and Times 

 of Nathan Bangs, D.D.," by Abel Stevens, D.D., 

 LL.D. ; "Life and Military Career of Lieut.- 

 Gen. Thomas Jonathan Jackson," by Markin- 

 field Addey ; and & memoir of the same gen- 

 eral, reprinted from the Richmond edition, by 

 J. M. Daniels of Virginia; "The Works of 

 Rufus Choate, with a Memoir of his Life," 

 by S. G. Brown; "The Son of Consolation, 

 a Sketch of the Life and Ministry of Rev. 

 B. C. Cutler, D. D.," by Rev. S. H. Tyng, 

 D. D. ; "Tribute to the memory of Rev. Henry 

 Anthon, D.D., late Rector of St. Mark's, in the 

 Bowery, N. Y.," byRt. Rev. Manton Eastburn, 

 D.D. ; " Life and Services of Rev. John C. 

 Brigham, D. D. ; " " Life and character of Lu- 

 ther V. Bell, M. D.," by Isaac Ray, M. D. ; " Me- 

 morial of Hon. Thos. Scott Williams, LL.D. ; " 

 " Proceedings of the N. Y. Bar on the occasion 

 of the death of John Anthon ; " " Memoir 

 of Rev. Erskine J. Hawes," by his mother. Of 

 funeral discourses, addresses, memorials, and 

 eulogies, the number is very large. We can 

 only name the most important : " Prof. S. Wa- 

 terhouse's Eulogy on Jos. Gibson Hoyt, LL.D., 

 late chancellor of Washington University, St. 

 Louis ; " " Rev. L. M. GloverVs Funeral Discourse 

 on the death of John Adams, LL.D. ;" u Me- 

 morial of Edward Robinson, D. D., LL.D.," by 

 R. D. Hitchcock, D.D. ; " Rev. D. Howe Al- 

 len's Commemorative Discourse of Lyman 

 Beecher, D.D.;" "Rev. Dr. Ferris's do. of 

 John C. Guldin, D.D.;" "Memorial of Dr. 

 William Darlington; " Dr. Dalton's "Memorial 

 Discourse of Roger Sherman Baldwin, LL.D. ; " 

 "The Sergeant's Memorial," by his father 

 (Reverend J. P. Thompson, D. D.); "Me- 

 morial of William Kirkland Bacon," by his 

 father ; " The Sacrifice Consumed : the Life of 

 Edward Hamilton Brewer," by Jeremiah Tay- 

 lor, D.D. ; " In Memory of Carlton Edwards; " 

 " The Young Quartermaster : Life and Death of 

 Lieut. L. M. Bingham, of 1st S. C. Volunteers; " 

 "Jesus, the Resurrection: Funeral Discourse 

 for Mrs. Mary E. Foss," by Rev. Albert S. Hunt; 

 "Transition : a remembrance of Emma Wh it- 

 ing," by Rev. H. S. Carpenter ; " The Blessed- 



