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a "Memoir of Dr. Thomas Chalmers," by 

 Francis Wayland, D. D. ; a "Memoir of Bird 

 "Wilson, D. D., LL. D., late Professor in the 

 General Theological Seminary, X. Y.," by W. 

 "White Bronson ; " Letters and Life of John 

 Calvin," edited by Dr. Jules Bonnet, and trans- 

 lated by M. R. Gilchrist ; the " Life of David 

 Coit Scudder," by his brother, Horace E. Scud- 

 der, an admirably drawn picture of a restless 

 but interesting young missionary ; " Memoirs 

 of Mrs. Caroline P. Keith " (also a missionary), 

 by "William C. Tenner ; the "Apologia Pro Vita 

 Sua" of Dr. John Henry Xewman, a skilful 

 piece of casuistry ; Lieutenant-General Scott's 

 ' Memoirs by Himself," interesting, and exhib- 

 iting somewhat summarily the career of the ven- 

 erable author ; " Rev. Horatio Gray's Life of 

 Rev. Benjamin C. Cutler, D. D.," an instructive 

 memoir of a good man ; " Cousin Alice : a Me- 

 moir of Alice B. Haven," pathetic and attrac- 

 tive ; "Philip Doddridge," by D. A. Harsha; 

 " Memorial (and also a Funeral Sermon by Rev. 

 Dr. Sprague) of Rev. John X. Campbell, D! D. ; " 

 " The Miner Boy and his Monitor," a life of 

 Captain John Ericsson, by P. C. Headley 

 "The Ferry Boy and the Financier," a boy's 

 memoir of Chief Justice Chase, by a contributor 

 to the "Atlantic;" and the "Tailor Boy," a 

 memoir of Andrew Johnson ; Irving's incom- 

 parable "Oliver Goldsmith : a Biography," also 

 appeared hi a new form as one of the "River- 

 side Series " during the year. Of biographies 

 of persons less widely known or making less 

 claim to completeness, we note a " Memorial 

 of Rev. Frederick Croswell," by Rev. E. Har- 

 wood, D. D.; "Father Matthew," by John 

 Francis Maguire ; "Pius VII.," by Archbishop 

 Hughes ; a pamphlet life of General Meade, by 

 an anonvmous author ; a " Memorial of Rev. 

 X. A. Staples," by Rev. C. A. Staples; "Lieut. 

 Joseph P. Burrage," by Rev. Daniel S. Cady ; 

 " Bryant Gray," by Rev. Joseph P. Thompson, 

 D. D. ; " Life and Lectures of John Dempster," 

 D. D.:" "Besser's Life of Paul," translated 

 by Frederick Putmann ; " Xineteen Beautiful 

 Years," a girl's life, by Rev. R. S. Foster; 

 'Letters and Reminiscences of Felix Mendels- 

 sohn Bartholdy," by P. and C. Mendelssohn 

 Bartholdy, translated by Lady "Wallace ; Renan's 

 'Vie de Jesus;" "Mrs. Sherwood's Life," by 

 herself; " Jenny "Wade of Gettysburg ; " " Dr. 

 Sprague's Memorial of Revs. John and "William 

 A. McDowell ; " " Glorying in Tribulation : a 

 Brief Memoir of Hannah Carson ; " " Memorial 

 of John Allan ; " " Walter S. Xewhall," a Memo- 

 rial of the Sanitary Commission; "Lieutenant 

 Franklin B. Crosby ; " " "Washington an Exam- 

 ple," by Mrs. L. C. Searle ; " John Mary Deca- 

 logue," translated from the French; "Memoirs 

 of Mrs. Coghlan, daughter of the late Major 

 Moncrieffe, written by Herself." Among Col- 

 lective Biographies we have Duyckinck's " Xa- 

 tional Portrait Gallery," a serial ; J. Gilmary 

 Shea's "American Xation Illustrated in the 

 Lives of her Fallen, Brave, and Living Heroes ; " 

 Frank Moore's " Portrait Gallery of the "War ; " 



Winslow's " Biographies of Successful Phila- 

 delphia Merchants ; :> " Old Merchants of Xew 

 York," by Walter Barrett, clerk (J. F. Scoville) ; 

 Joseph Palmer's " Xecrology of Harvard Uni- 

 versity 1851-'2 to 1862-'3 ; " new and enlarged 

 editions of Sabine's " Biographies of Loyalists," 

 and of Mary Forrest's " Women of the South ; " 

 Waterbury's " Sketches of Eloquent Preachers," 

 and reprints of Smiles' " Industrial Biography," 

 and Ellen Creathorne Clayton's " Queens of 

 Song." 



In the way of * we have the record 



of the " Hyde Family," by Chancellor Wai- 

 worth ; " The Gilman Family," by Arthur Gil- 

 man ; " The Holt Familv," by Daniel S. Durrie ; 

 "The ?rice Family," by Eli K Price; "The 

 Preston Family," by Orlando Brown ; " The 

 Giles, etc., Memorial," by John Adams Vin- 

 ton; W. L. Weavers "Genealogy of Ancient 

 Windham;" "Inscriptions on the tablets and 

 grave-stones of Christ Church, Philadelphia," 

 by Edward L. Clark. 



The number of contributions to Theology and 

 Polemic Dicinity'ha& uot been large or gen- 

 erally important. In General Theology, the 

 principal works were, Oxenden's " Pastoral 

 Office, its duties," etc., (a reprint); the Com- 

 plete Works of Archbishop Hughes; "The 

 Principles of Church History adapted to the 

 Young; " "Justification," by Rev. T. S. Childs, 

 D. D. : " Expository Lectures on the Heidelberg 

 Catechism," by Rev. G. W. Bethune, D. D. ; 

 " Liturgic Worship, Sermons on the Book of 

 Common Prayer," by the Bishops and Clergy 

 of the Protestant Episcopal Church ; and Lec- 

 tures on the " Communion Office of the Prot- 

 estant Episcopal Church," by a Presbyter. 



The principal Polemical Works were: Rev. 

 William Barnes "Xe Plus Ultra; or, Lay Rep- 

 resentation Unscriptural, Unreasonable," etc. ; 

 "Gilbert Haven's Defence of Lay Represen- 

 tation in the Methodist Episcopal Church," 

 Rev. Edwin Hall, D.D.'s "Explanation of the 

 Law of Baptism " (Presbyterian) ; Rev. G. S. 

 Bailey's " Manual of Baptism " (Baptist) ; Bur- 

 kett's "Plain Words about Infant Baptism," 

 edited by Rev. J. H. Hobart De Mille (Epis- 

 copal); J. B. Holgate's " Shortcomings of 

 the Puritan Church;" Dr. S. P. Parkers 

 " Catholic Mission of the Protestant Episcopal 

 Church ; " Rev. G. C. McWhorter's " Church 

 Essays;" Rev. C. H. Fowler on " Colenso's 

 Fallacies ; " Archbishop Hughes on the " Eman- 

 cipation of the Irish Catholics ; " Dr. Daniel D. 

 Whedon on the " Freedom of the Will ; " Rev. 

 John H. Esrar's " Doctrine of the Trinity de- 

 fended against J. F. C. ; " "The Two Sabbaths," 

 etc., by Rev. E. Q. Fuller ; Sadlier's " Confes- 

 sions of an Apostate ; " Bishop John H. Hop- 

 kins' " Scriptural, Ecclesiastical, and Historical 

 View of Slavery," and Watson's " Theological 

 Institute," defended by Rev. John Levmgton. 



Religious Books not distinctively theological 

 may be arranged in four classes, viz. : Ser- 

 mons, either single or collected ; works on the 

 Practical Duties of Christianity; Commen- 



