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versity in 1850 (1850); "Book of Romances, 

 Lyrics, and. Songs" (1851); "A Journey to 

 Central Africa, or Life and Landscape from 

 Egypt to the Negro Kingdom of the White 

 Nile" (1854; llth American edition, 1862); 

 "The Lands of the Saracens, or Pictures of 

 Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain " (1854 ; 

 20th American edition, 1862); "A Visit to In- 

 dia, China, and Japan in the Year 1853 " (1855 ; 

 16th American edition, 1862) ; "Poems of the 

 Orient " (1855) ; " Poems and Ballads " (1854) ; 

 " Poems of Home and Travel" (1855) ; " North- 

 ern Travel: Summer and Winter Pictures; 

 Sweden, Denmark, and Lapland" (London, 

 1857; New York, 1858); "Travels in Greece 

 and Russia, with an Excursion to Crete, 1859 " 

 (London, 1859 ; New York, 1869) ; "At Home 

 and Abroad, a Sketch Book of Life, Scenery, 

 and Men" (1859); "The Poet's Journal" (1862); 

 " Hannah Thurston, a Story of American Life " 

 (1863) ; " John Godfrey's Fortunes, related by 

 Himself, a Story of American Life " (1864) ; 

 " The Story of Kennett, a Tale of American 

 Life "(1866); "The Picture of St. John," a 

 poem (1866); "Colorado, a Summer Trip" 

 (186V); "Frithiof's Saga," from the Swedish 

 of Esaias Tegne>, Bishop of Wexio, by the Rev. 

 W. L. Blackley, edited by Bayard Taylor (1867) ; 

 " The Golden Wedding " (Joseph Taylor, Re- 

 becca W. Taylor, October 15, 1868; private- 

 ly printed, 200 copies, 1868) ; " By- Ways of 

 Europe " (1869) ; " Auerbach's Villa on the 

 Rhine," author's edition, with a biographical 

 sketch by Bayard Taylor (1869) ; " The Ballad 

 of Abraham Lincoln " (1869) ; " Illustrated Li- 

 brary of Travel, Exploration, and Adventure," 

 edited by Mr. Taylor (1872-'74) ; Goethe's 

 " Faust," Parts I. and II., translated into Eng- 

 lish verse, with a reproduction of the original 

 meters (1870-'71) ; " Joseph and his Friends " 

 (1870) ; " The Masque of the Gods " (1872) ; 

 " Beauty and the Beast " and " Tales of Home " 

 (1872) ; " Lars, a Pastoral of Norway " (1873) ; 

 " Egypt and Iceland in the Year 1874, with an 

 Account of a Visit to Fayoum " (1874) ; " The 

 Prophet, a Tragedy " (1874) ; " School History 

 of Germany " (1874) ; " Home Pastorals, Bal- 

 lads, and Lyrics " (1875) ; " The National Ode," 

 read at Philadelphia, July 4, 1876 (1876); 

 " Boys of Other Countries, Stories for Amer- 

 ican Boys" (1876); "The Echo Club, and 

 other Literary Diversions " (1876) ; " Bismarck, 

 his Authentic Biography," by George Heze- 

 kiel, with an "Historical Introduction" by 

 Bayard Taylor (1878) ; " Prince Deukalion " 

 (1878). Mr. Taylor also prepared a " Cyclo- 

 paedia of Modern Travel " (1857), and wrote 

 an introduction to the "Life, Travels, and 

 Books of Alexander von Humboldt " (1860). 

 Several uniform editions of his books have 

 been published. 



TENNESSEE. The reports of the Comp- 

 troller and Treasurer show that the receipts 

 during the two years ending December 19, 

 1878, with a balance of $139,332.19 in the 

 Treasury on December 19, 1876, amounted to 



$2,000,883.64, of which $238,077.95 was de- 

 rived from the levy of a State tax of ten cents 

 during the year 1877-'78. Tho disbursements 

 for the same period amounted to $1,661,869.- 

 79, leaving a balance of $478,346. From this 

 are to be deducted the warrants outstanding, 

 $99,720.23, and balance appropriated by the 

 Fortieth General Assembly, but not expended, 

 amounting to $87,521.86, leaving in the Trea- 

 sury an actual balance of $291,103.95. The 

 Comptroller's books have for years carried an 

 outstanding warrant account which, it is be- 

 lieved, has no existence, and there is no doubt 

 that it is the result of an error of calculation, 

 by whom or when committed it is impossible 

 to tell. On the 19th of December, 1876, this 

 outstanding warrant account amounted to 

 $129,060.21. There have been presented and 

 paid on this account warrants amounting to 

 $33,930.87, showing that the outstanding war- 

 rants not presented in two years amounted to 

 $95,129.34, at a time when the Treasurer was 

 paying all warrants upon presentation. Of the 

 warrants issued since December 19, 1876, 

 amounting to $1,632,529.81, the Treasurer has 

 paid $1,627,938.92, leaving only a balance of 

 $4,590.89 outstanding. 



The current expenses of the State govern- 

 ment for the past two years amount to $1,044,- 

 414, or $522,207 for each year, showing a ma- 

 terial reduction in the current expense account. 

 This account reached $1,943,663 in 186&-'69, 

 $1,519,088 in 1870-71, $1,324,934 in 1873-'74, 

 and $1,278,908 in 1875-'76. The tax levied 

 for the year 1878 amounts to $223,212, of 

 which $13,286.46 had been paid at the close of 

 the year, leaving a balance of $209,925.69 not 

 collected or paid. Including the delinquent 

 list of former years, amounting to $493,000, 

 there was at the close of 1878 a total uncol- 

 lected revenue of $702,925.69. The total value 

 of the property of the State assessed for tax- 

 ation for the year 1878 amounts to $223,212,- 

 153, showing a decrease since 1877 of $13,- 

 696,695. The personal property assessed for 

 the year 1878 amounts to $20,871,338. In 

 1875, the year of the greatest depression in 

 business, the personal property of the State 

 was assessed at $37,231,908. The tax aggre- 

 gates for 1878 were as follows : 



The decrease in taxation as compared with 



1877 was $13,696. 



The return of the local indebtedness for 



1878 was as follows : 



For counties 



For cities and towns 



The return of the local taxes was as fol 

 lows: 



