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lloppin, at once commemorates an heroic 

 oharni-trr, ivror.ls an important part of tlio 



rions liy which tho military power of tin- 

 roni'i-di-raoy was broken, and adds to our liter- 



oasures one of the most charming of biog- 

 raphies. Of similar interest, but subordinat- 

 ing public to personal topics, is "Personal Ri-m- 



:ivs, Anecdotes, and Letters of Goueral 

 Uok-rt K. Leo," by the Rev. J. William -Jun, s 

 D. I). A work making no pretension to tlio 

 dignity of history, but giving a clearer insight 

 into the spirit of the Confederate soldiers than 

 many formal histories, is the volume entitled 

 A Rebel's Recollections," by George Gary 



-ton. The defeated "rebel" eats no hum- 

 hie p'u- tor the propitiation of the "loyal," but 

 tolls in manly fashion why and how they fought, 

 and ho\v they took the inevitable defeat when 

 it came. In the department of ecclesiastical his- 

 tory there have appeared some works of per- 

 manent value. " The History of the Missions 

 of the American Board of Commissioners for 

 Foreign Missions in India," by the Rev. Dr. 

 Anderson, for forty years Corresponding Sec- 

 rotary of the Board, is of the highest authority 

 as to the facts it embodies ; the venerable 

 author, besides having access to the records of 

 his office, interpreting them in the light of 

 his protracted administrative experience, and 

 bringing to their exposition a sagacious judg- 

 ment and a high degree of literary culture. 

 "The Genesis of the New England Churches," 

 by the Rev. Dr. Leonard Bacon, is written in 

 sympathy with the religious movement it re- 

 counts, but without bitterness toward those to 

 whom he is antipathetic. The story he tells 

 has been told before, but scarcely ever so well 

 told. A work of much value in the philosophy 

 of history is " Democracy and Monarchy in 

 France, from the Inception of the Great Rev- 

 olution to the Fall of the Second Empire," by 

 Prof. 0. K. Adams, of the University of Mich- 

 igan. The publication of a new edition of the 

 historical works of William H. Prescott, with 

 his final revisions, gives a new lease of pop- 

 ularity to a series of productions which men 

 should not willingly let die. We find also the 

 following, which can be only mentioned : 



Outlines of the World's Historv, Ancient, Me- 

 diaeval and Modern, with Special Reference to the 

 History of Civilization ana the Progress of Mini- 

 kind. By William Swinton, M. A., Professor in the 

 University of California. 



The Four Civilizations of the World. An Histori- 

 cal Retrospect. By Henry Wikoff. 



Phoenicia and Israel. An Historical Essay. By 

 Augustus S. Wilkins, M. A. 



Ancient Greece, from the Earliest Times, down to 

 the Death of Alexander. By R. F. Pennell, In- 

 structor in Phillips Exeter Academy. 



A Manual of Universal Church History. By Rev. 

 John Alzog, D. D. Translated from the German 

 by F. J. Pabisch, D. D., and Bev. Thomas 8. Byrne, 

 of Mount St. Mary's of the West. 



A Comparative History of Religions. By J. C. 

 Moffat. Vol. II., completing the work. 



The Presbyterian Church throughout the World, 



om the Earliest to the Latest Times, in a Series of 



Utorical and Biographical Sketches. 



History of the German Emperora and their Coo- 

 ti Miporariui. Translated from the German, arid 

 - .IIIJM| -i from Authentic Sources, by Elizabeth 

 Peuke. 



A History of Germany, from the Earliest Time*. 

 ii-d on Dr. David Mailer's llintory of the Ger- 

 man lYoplo. By Charlton T. Lewii. 



i<>l Ih-iury of Germany, from the Earliest 

 IVri'xl to tin; Establishment of the German Empire 

 in 1871. By Bayard Taylor. 



America not discovered by Columbus. An His- 

 torical Sketch of the Discovery of America by the 

 Norsemen in the. Tenth Century. By R. B. Ander- 

 son. A. M. ? of the University of Wisconsin. With 

 .in Appendix on the Historical, Linguistic, Literary, 

 and Scientific Value of the Scandinavian Languages. 



A History of the Origin of the Appellation " Key- 

 stone Stat-'," as applied to the Commonwealth of 

 Pennsylvania. Together with Extracts from Many 

 Authorities relative to the Adoption of the Declara- 

 tion of Independence by the Continental Congress, 

 etc. 



The Heroism of Hannah Duston, together with 

 the Indian Wars of New England. By Robert B. 

 Caverly. 



The History of the College of William and Mary 

 (including the General Catalogue), from its Founda- 

 tion, in 1660, to 1874. 



The Secret Service in the Late War. By General 

 L. C. Baker, Late Chief of the National Detective 

 Police. 



History of the American Ambulance in Paris. 

 By T. W". Evans. 



BIOGRAPHY." The Life of Thomas Jeffer- 

 son," by James Parton, like others of Mr. 

 Parton's works, but in an eminent degree, is 

 readable. He has the art of effective selec- 

 tion, and of so presenting the facts which 

 make for his purpose as to win the unsuspect- 

 ing reader's confidence. At the same time he 

 undoubtedly deserves the credit of sincerity 

 and the full purpose of dealing fairly with his 

 subject and with all other men. But his ad- 

 miration for his hero is too great to make his 

 representations of those who held antagonis- 

 tic positions toward him altogether trust- 

 worthy. The late Chief-Justice Chase selected 

 beforehand his biographer. He was said by 

 some who most admired him to have been a 

 poor judge of character, and readers of the au- 

 thorized biography will think that selection an 

 instance in proof. While Judge Waldron is un- 

 doubtedly a man worthy of the respect with 

 which Judge Chase regarded him, the most 

 amiable critic would find it impossible to re- 

 gard his book as successful. Another acconnt 

 of the " Life and Public Services " of Mr. 

 Chase, by J. W. Schuckers, his private secre- 

 tary, is a much more creditable piece of work, 

 very full on the public, and sufficiently so on 

 the private and domestic relations, of the 

 Chief-Justice. The life of Theodore Parker 

 was written by Mr. Weiss in two volumes that 

 without much literary skill, yet with great 

 fullness, gave the thoughtful reader the means 

 of fairly estimating their subject. ' But tin- 

 work was too voluminous for extensive circu- 

 lation, and is not likely to be republished. A 

 more serviceable life of Parker for the general 

 reader, more compact in plan and more at- 

 tractive in style, is the volume by the Rev. 



