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The History of the Great Eepublic considered from 

 the Christian Stand-point, by Jesse T. Peck, D. D. 



The Railroads of the United States ; their History 

 and Statistics, by H. M. Flint. 



New General Atlas, in 54 Quarto Maps, containing 

 92 maps and plans, with Statistical Tables, by S. 

 A. Mitchell, Jr. 



Our Branch and its Tributaries ; a History of the 

 N. W. Sanitary Commission, by Mrs. Sarah E. 

 Henshaw. 



History of the Sanitary Commission, by Charles J. 

 Stille", new edition. 



History of the American Civil "War, by J. "W. 

 Draper, M. D., LL. D., Vol. II. 



The Pre-Columbian Discovery of America by the 

 Northmen, illustrated by the Translations from 

 the Icelandic Sagas, edited, with Notes and Intro- 

 duction, by B. F. De Costa. 



Of those appertaining to the Revolutionary 

 Period, or to the still earlier history of the 

 colonies, the following were the most impor- 

 tant: 



Historical sketch of the Chatham Artillery during 

 the Confederate Struggle for Independence, by 

 C. C. Jones, Jr. 



The Army Correspondence of Colonel J. Laurens 

 in 1777-'78 ; now first printed from Original Let- 

 ters addressed to his Father, Henry Laurens. 

 With a Memoir, by W. G. Simms. 



Eeport of a French Protestant Eefugee in Boston, 

 1687. Translated from the French, by E. T. 

 Fisher. 



History and General Description of New France, 

 by Eev. P. F. X. de Charlevoix, S. J. Trans- 

 lated, with Notes, by J. G. Shea, LL. D. Three 

 volumes published. 



Voyage of the St. John and Arms of Amsterdam, 

 1659, 1663. "With papers on the Slave-Trade un- 

 der the Dutch. Translated, with Notes, by E. B. 

 O'Callaghan. 



A Journal of the Late Actions of the French at Can- 

 ada, etc., impartially related by Colonel Nicholas 

 Eeyard and Lieutenant-Colonel C. Lodowick, 

 London, 1693, reprinted. 



Memoirs, Letters, and Journals of Major-General 

 Biedesel, during his Eesidence in America. 

 Translated from the original German of Max von 

 Eelking,by "W. L. Stone, 2 vols.j 8vo. 



History of the First New Hampshire Eegiment in 

 the "War of the Eevolution, by F. Kidder. 



The Fairfaxes of England and America in the Seven- 

 teenth and Eighteenth Centuries, by E. D. Neill. 



Historical Account of Bouquet's Expedition against 

 the Ohio Indians in 1764, with Preface, by F. 

 Parkman, and Translation of Dumas' Biographi- 

 cal Sketch of General Bouquet. 



The number of volumes appertaining to the 

 More Recent History of the United States, and 

 to the local history of States or towns, is of 

 course considerably larger than any other, 

 though there has been a remarkable diminution 

 of works specially devoted to the late war. 

 The following are the most important works of 

 this class : 



Annals of the U. S. Christian Commission, by Eev. 



L. Moss. 

 Life among the Mormons and a March to their 



Zion ; with a Chapter on the Indians of the Plains 



and Mountains of the "West, by an Officer of the 



U. S. Army. 

 The Great Southwest, or Plain Guide for Emigrants 



and Capitalists, embracing a Description of the 



States of Missouri and Kansas, by "W. Nicely. 

 Ohio in the "War: her Statesmen, her Generals, 



and Soldiers, by "Whitelaw Eeid, 2 vols. 

 . The Decisive Conflicts of the Late Civil "War or 



Slaveholders' Eebellion, the Pennsylvania-Mary- 

 land Campaign of June- July, 1863, by General 

 J. Watts de Peyster. 



Oregon and its Institutions, by Eev. G. Hines. 



National Map of the Territory of the United States 

 from the Mississippi Eiver to the Pacific Ocean, 

 by W. J. Keeler. 



The Tennessee Handbook and Immigrant's Guide, 

 by Hermann Bokum, Commissioner of Immigra- 

 tion. 



New_ Mexico: her Eesources, her Necessities for 

 Eailroad Communication, her Great Future, by 

 C. P. Clever. 



An Historical Discourse at WestBrookfield, Mass., 

 one hundred and fiftieth Anniversary of the First 

 Church, by Eev. Samuel Dunham. 



New Jersey in the Eebellion : A History of the 

 Services of the Troops and People of New Jersey 

 in aid of the Union Cause, by J. Y. Foster. 



Information for Immigrants into the State of Loui- 

 siana, by J. C. Cathman, Chief of the Bureau of 

 Immigration. 



South Carolina, a Home for the Industrious Immi- 

 grant ; published, with Supplement, by the Com- 

 missioner of Immigration. 



The Natural Wealth of California: its History, 

 Geography, Mines, etc., by Titus Fey Cronise. 



History of New York City, from the Discovery to 

 the Present Day, by W. L. Stone. 



Eecollections of the Earty Days of the National 

 Guard, comprising Prominent Events in the His- 

 tory of the Seventh Eegiment, N. Y. S. M.. by 

 an Ex-Orderly Sergeant, a Veteran of the Nation- 

 al Guard. 



A Picture of the Desolated States, brought up to 

 1868 ; with sketches of Grant and Colfax, and the 

 Impeachment Trial, by J. T. Trowbridge and 

 L. P. Brockett. 



The Military and Civil History of Connecticut dur- 

 ing the War, by W. A. Croffut and J. M. Morris. 



The History of Woburn, Mass., from 1640 to 1860, 

 by Eev. S. Sewall, with Sketch of the Author by 

 Eev. C. C. Sewall. 



Illustrations of the History of Lowell, by Charles 

 Cowles. 



History of the Town of Lexington, Mass., to 1868, 

 by Charles Hudson. 



The History of Massachusetts in the Civil War, by 

 Wm. Schouler. 



The Mariposa Estate, etc., its Past, Present, and 

 Future. 



Pictorial History of the Late Civil War. By Ben- 

 son J. Lossing. Vol. II. 



Pictorial History of the Eebellion. By E. Guern- 

 sey and H. M. Alden. 2 vols. 



The Histories of other Countries and Times 

 were generally valuable contributions to Eng- 

 lish literature, and some of them will be re- 

 garded as standard works on their several 

 topics. The following were those of most 

 value : 



Legends of the Wars of Ireland, by E. D. Joyce, M. 

 D., with the French in Mexico, by J. F. Elton. 



History of the United Netherlands, by J. L. Mot- 

 ley. Vols. III. and IV. 



History of Civilization in the Fifth Century ; trans- 

 lated from the French of Ozanam, by A. C. 

 Glyn. 2 vols. (Imported edition.) 



The History of the Kings of Eome, by T. H. 

 Dyer, LL. D. (Imported edition.) 



The Eepublic of Liberia ; its Geography, Climate, 

 Soil, and Productions, with a History of its Early 

 Settlement, by G. S. Stockwell. 



The Massacre of St. Bartholomew, by Henry White. 



History of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, 

 by J. Foster Kirk. 3 vols. 



The History of Ireland, from the Treaty of Lim- 

 erick to the Present Time. Being a Continuation 



