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(Wilstach, Baldwin & Co., Cincinnati) have 

 not, it is thought by good judges, impeached 

 successfully the distinguished author's credit as 

 an accurate annalist of the events in which he 

 bore so great a part. The " History of the 

 Civil War in America," by the Comte de Paris, 

 has been, so far as published, admirably trans- 

 lated by Mr. L. F. Tasistro, with the editorial 

 supervision of Prof. Henry Coppee (Coates, 

 Philadelphia), with the exception of the ill- 

 advised retention of the metric measurement 

 of distances and quantities. The system may 

 be legal in this country, but is not generally 

 intelligible. But for this peculiarity, it would 

 have little to denote that it is a translation. 

 The history itself it hardly comes within the 

 compass of this article to criticise, but it is 

 only justice to the author to say that his work 

 in its proper character, as a military history, 

 is superior to any account of the war produced 

 by native authors. Other works relating to 

 the war are worthy of mention : 



Eeminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 

 1860-'61. By Abner Doubleday, Brevet Major-Gen- 

 eral U. S. A. (Harpers.) ' 



The Siege of Savannah, in December, 1864, and 

 the Confederate Operations in Georgia and the Third 

 Military District of South Carolina, during General 

 Sherman's March from Atlanta to the Sea. By 

 Charles C. Jones, Jr., late Lieutenant-Colonel, Ar- 

 tillery, C. S. A., etc. (Munsell. Albany.) 



History of the Second Massachusetts Eegiment of 

 Infantry. By George H. Gordon. (A. Williams, 

 Boston.) 



Battles for the Union. Comprising Descriptions 

 of many of the most Stubbornly-contested Battles 

 in the War of the Great Eebellion ; together with 

 the Incidents and Eeminiscences of the Camp, the 

 March, and the Skirmish Line. By Willard Glazier. 

 (Dustin, Gilman & Co., Hartford.) 



Also the following publications in general, 

 local, or special history : 



Historical Scenes from the Old Jesuit Missions. 

 By the Et. Eev. William Ingraham Kip, D. D., LL.D. 

 (Randolph.) 



Public Men and Events. From the Commence- 

 ment of Mr. Monroe's Administration, in 1817, to 

 the Close of Mr. Fillmore's Administration, in 1857. 

 By Nathan Sargent ["Oliver Oldschool"]. Two 

 volumes. {Lippincott, Philadelphia.) 



Antiquities of Long Island. By Gabriel Furman. 

 To which are added, Notes on the Town of Brook- 

 lyn, by the same Author, and a Bibliography, by 

 Henry Onderdonk, Jr. Edited by Frank Moore. 

 (Bouton.) 



Historical Oollections of Louisiana and Florida. 

 Second Series. By Colonel B. F. French. (A. Mason.) 



The Pioneers of Maryland. By Joseph Banvard, 

 D. D. (Lothrop, Boston.) 



East Jersey under the Proprietary Governments. 

 A Narrative of Events connected with the Settle- 

 ment and Progress of the Province until the Surren- 

 der of the Government to the Crown in 1703. By 

 VV. A. "Whitehead. With an Appendix, containing 

 the Model of the Government of East New Jersey 

 in America, by George Scott, of Pitlochie, from the 

 Original Edition of 1685. (M. E. Dennis & Co., New- 

 ark, N. J.) 



Fusang ; or, The Discovery of America by Chinese 

 Buddhist Priests in the Fifth Century. By Charles 

 G. Leland. (Bouton.) 



General Sullivan not a Pensioner of Luzerne. (A. 

 Williams & Co., Boston.) 



History of the United States Marine Corps. By 

 M. Alrny Aldrich. From Official Eeports and other 

 Documents, compiled by Captain E. S. Collum. 

 (Van Nostrand.) 



A Legacy of Historical Gleanings, compiled and 

 arranged by Mrs. Catharine V. E. Bonney. With 

 Illustrations and Autographs. Two volumes. (Mun- 

 sell, Albany.) 



A History of the Town of Northfield, Mass., for 

 One Hundred and Fifty Years. With Genealogies, 

 Portraits, and Engravings. (Munsell.) 



History of the American Missionary Association : 

 its Churches and Educational Institutions among 

 the Freedmen, Indians, and Chinese. With Illus- 

 trative Facts and Anecdotes. (Missionary Associa- 

 tion.) 



American State Universities : their Origin and 

 Progress. A History of Congressional University 

 Land-Grants ; a Particular A cc unt of the Eise ana 

 Development of the University of Michigan, and 

 Hints toward the Future of the American University 

 System. By Andrew Ten Brook. (Clarke, Cincin- 

 nati.) 



The Disruption of the Methodist Episcopal 

 Church, 1844-'46. Comprising a Thirty Years' 

 History of the Eelations of the Two Methodisms. 

 By Edward H. Myers, D. D. With an Introduc- 

 tion by T. 0. Summers, D. D. (Southern Meth- 

 odist Publishing House.) 



The Early History of the Disciples in the Western 

 Eeserve, Ohio. By A. Sutton Hayden. (Chase & 

 Hall, Cincinnati.) 



BIOGEAPHY. A few works of a high order 

 of 'merit have appeared in this department of 

 literature, including some that are of histori- 

 cal value. Of the " Memoirs of John Quincy 

 Adams," noticed last year, additional volumes 

 have appeared, forming a comment by a most 

 vigilant and sagacious observer on the public 

 events in which he was a leading actor. Mr. 

 Charles Francis Adams has also published the 

 familiar letters of John Adams, together with 

 a reprint of those of Abigail Adams, the wife 

 of John Adams, and a memoir of Mrs. Ad- 

 ams (Hurd & Houghton). Another Revolu- 

 tionary biography is the " Life and Times of 

 Joseph Warren," by Eichard Frothingham 

 (Little, Brown & Co., Boston). In ecclesi- 

 astical biography the "Life of the Eev. Ezra 

 Stiles Gannett " (Eoberts), and of the " Eev. 

 John Todd" (Harpers), each records the ca- 

 reer of a typical divine, of a type that has dis- 

 appeared, or has, at any rate, few representa- 

 tives extant, and is thus an historical monu- 

 ment ; and both, it may be added, exhibit, in 

 different styles, a high order of biographical 

 skill. Some in the following list merit more 

 than a mere mention, with which we must be 

 content : 



A Memoir of Commodore David Porter, of the 

 U. S. Navy. By Admiral David D. Porter. (Mun- 

 sell, Albany.) 



From Everglade to Canon with the Second Dra- 

 goons (Second U. S. Cavalry). An Authentic Ac- 

 count of Service in Florida, Mexico, Virginia, and 

 the Indian Country. Compiled by Theodore F. Bo- 

 denbrough, Colonel and Brevet Brigadier-General 

 U. S. Army, and late Captain Second Cavalry. (Van 

 Nostrand.) 



Life and Public Services of Henry Wilson. By 

 Eev. Elias Nason and Thomas Eussell. (B. B. Eus- 

 sell, Boston.) 



Memorials of Charles Stoddard. By his Daughter, 



