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cences of the past Sixty Years," by John "W. 

 Francis, M. D., LL. D., with a memoir of the 

 author, by H. T. Tuckerman ; Mr. Peter S. 

 Palmer's " History of Lake Champlain, from its 

 first Explorations by the French in 1609, to the 

 Close of the Year 1814 ; " " The History of the 

 Five Indian Nations depending on the Province 

 of New York," by Oadwallader Golden; re- 

 printed exactly from Bradford's New York edi- 

 tion (1727), with an Introduction and notes by 

 John Gilmary Shea; " " Random Recollections 

 of Albany from 1800 to 1808," by Gorham A. 

 Worth, third edition, with notes by the pub- 

 lisher ; Mr. J. G. Palfrey's " History of New 

 England from the Discovery by Europeans to 

 the Revolution of the Seventeenth Century, 

 being an Abridgment of his ' History of New 

 England during the Stuart Dynasty.' " 



Of Histories of the War, or of incidents or 

 details connected with it, the number, though 

 smaller than the previous year, was yet very 

 large. The most important were : " Lloyd's 

 .battle History of the Great Rebellion, from 

 April 14, 1861, to May 10, 1865 ;" Lieut. Wil- 

 Lird W. Glazier's "The Capture, the Prison 

 Pen, and the Escape, giving an account of Pris- 

 on Life at the Soutli ; " " Lieut-General Grant's 

 Report, comprising the operations of the Union 

 Army from March, 1864, to the Close of the Re- 

 bellion ; " Professor Henry CoppeVs " Grant 

 .and his Campaigns, a Military Biography ; " 

 " The War of the Rebellion, or Scylla and Cha- 

 rybdis, consisting of Observations upon the 

 Causes, Course, and Consequences of the late 

 Civil War in the United States," by H. S. 

 Foote; Rev. W. D. Sheldon's " The Twenty- 

 seventh Regiment Connecticut Volunteers;" 

 Mr. Sidney Andrews's " The South since the 

 War, as shown by Fourteen Weeks of Study 

 and Observation in Georgia and the Carolinas ; " 

 Rev. Dr. R. L. Dabney's " Life and Campaigns 

 of Lieut.-General Thomas J. Jackson (Stone- 

 wall Jackson), with Portrait and Diagrams ; " 

 Rev. John W. Hanson's " Historical Sketch of 

 the Old Sixth Regiment of Massachusetts Vol- 

 unteers during its Three Campaigns in 1861, 

 1862, 1863, and 1864 ; " "A Rebel War Clerk's 

 Diary at the Confederate States Capital during 

 the Four Years of the Existence of the Con- 

 federate Government ; " Mrs. P. A. Hanaford's 

 "Field, Gunboat, Hospital, and Prison, or Thril- 

 ling Records of the Heroism, Endurance, and 

 Patriotism displayed in the Union Army and 

 Navy during the Rebellion ; " " In Vinculis, or 

 the Prisoner of War, being the Experience of a 

 Rebel in two Federal Pens, interspersed with 

 Reminiscences, etc., by a Virginia Confederate " 

 (A. M. Keiley) ; Mr. William Swinton's " Cam- 

 paigns of the Army of the Potomac, a Critical 

 History of Operations in Virginia, Maryland, 

 and Pennsylvania, from the Comrnencemct^ to 

 the Close "of the War, 1861-1865; " Mi-. Wil- 

 liam Howell Reed's " Hospital Life in the Army 

 of the Potomac;" Mr. Charles C. Coffin's 

 " Four Years of Fighting, a Volume of Person- 

 al Observations with the Army and Navy, from 



the First Battle of Bull Run to the Fall of Rich- 

 mond; " Dr. L. P. Brockett's "The Camp, the 

 Battle-Field, and the Hospital, or Lights and 

 Shadows of the Great Rebellion;" Col. A. J. 

 H. Duganne's " The Fighting Quakers, a True 

 Story of the War for our Union, with Letters 

 from the Brothers to their Mother, and a Fu- 

 neral Sermon by Rev. O. B. Frothingham ; " 

 Mr. Benson J. Lossing's "Pictorial History of 

 the Civil War in the United States of America," 

 Vol. I. ; Frazer Kirkland's " The Pictorial Book 

 of Anecdotes and Incidents of the War of the 

 Rebellion ; " Mr. J. T. Trowbridge's " The 

 South, a Tour of its Battle-Fields and Ruined 

 Cities, a Journey through the Desolated States, 

 and Talks with the People;" Colonel Harry 

 Gilmor's " Four Years in the Saddle ; " Mr. 

 Ambrose Spencer's " Narrative of Anderson- 

 vine, drawn from the Evidence elicited on the 

 Trial of Henry Wirz, with the Argument of 

 Colonel N. P. Chipman, Judge Advocate ; " Mr. 

 Whitelaw Reid's ("Agate," of the Cincinnati 

 Commercial,} " After the War, a Southern Tour, 

 May, 1865, to May, 1866 ; " "Echoes from the 

 South, comprising the most important Speeches, 

 Proclamations, and Public Acts emanating from 

 the South during the late War ; " " Among the 

 Guerillas," by Edmund Kirke (J. R. Gilmore) ; 

 Mr. George F. Harrington's " Inside, a Chron- 

 icle of Secession ; " Mr. Edward A. Pollard's 

 " The Lost Cause, a new Southern History of 

 the War of the Confederates ; " the second and 

 concluding volume of Mr. G'-eeley's " The 

 American Conflict, a History of the Great Re- 

 bellion in the United States of America, 1860- 

 1865, its Causes, Incidents, and Results ; " Prof. 

 Taylor Lewis's "The Heroic Periods in a Na- 

 tion's History, an Appeal to the Soldiers of tho 

 American Armies ; " " With General Sheridan 

 in Lee's Last Campaign," by a Staff Officer ; 

 Hon. John Minor Botts's "The Great Rebel- 

 lion, its Secret History, Rise, Progress, and Dis- 

 astrous Failure." 



The histories of the Colonial and Revolu- 

 tionary periods .of our National History were 

 not very numerous. The most important, by 

 far, of them, though issued near the close of 

 the year, was the ninth volume of Hon. George 

 Bancroft's " History of the United States " (the 

 third volume of his History of the Revolution). 

 The following were the other most important 

 works of this department : " The Orderly Book 

 of the Siege of Yorktown, from September 26, 

 1781, to November 2, 1781;" "Philip Fre- 

 neau's Poems relating to the American Revolu- 

 tion, with an Introductory Memoir and Notes," 

 by E. A. Dnyckinck; "The Hamiltoniad," and 

 the "Life of Alexander Hamilton," both by 

 Anthony Pasquin (John Williams), reprints 

 from the edition of 1804 ; " Addresses from the 

 Roman Catholics of America to George Wash- 

 ington, Esq., President of the United States" 

 (reprint from the edition of London, 1790); 

 " The History of the Life and Times of James 

 Madison," by William C. Rives; "The Battle 

 of the Kegs," by Francis Hopkinson (privately 



