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by E. Oswald; "The Penniless Girl," by 

 Heimburg; U A Sheep in Wolfs Clothing," 

 by Debans; "Raymond's Atonement," by 

 Ernst Werner ; " The Lady of the Rubies," by 

 E. Marlitt ; " The Count of Talavera," by Van 

 Lennep; " Red-Letter Stories," from the Ger- 

 man of Johanna Spyri ; and " Anna, the Pro- 

 fessor's Daughter," from the Dutch of Marie 

 Daal. " A Captive of Love " is an adaptation 

 of Bakin's Japanese romance, by Edward Greey. 



History. The sixth volume of Bancroft's 

 " History of the United States," issued tins 

 year, completes the author's final revision of 

 his great work. His " History of the Forma- 

 tion of the Constitution of the United States " 

 has also been republished, in one volume, with 

 an appendix containing the Constitution and 

 amendments. Hubert H Bancroft has added 

 three volumes to his " History of the Pacific 

 Coast "vol. ii of " The Northwest Coast," and 

 vols. iv and v of "Mexico." J. B. McMaster 

 has finished the second volume of his " His- 

 tory of the People of the United States." T. W. 

 Higginson has collected his papers on Ameri- 

 can historical subjects into " A Larger History 

 of the United States," which comes as far down 

 as Jackson's administration. J. A. Schouler's 

 " History of the United States under the Con- 

 stitution " has reached its third volume. The 

 first volume has appeared of " A Narrative and 

 Critical History of America," to be edited by 

 Justin Winsor, and to be completed in eight 

 volumes. A short United States history, de- 

 signed for a text-book, and admirable for ready 

 reference, has been prepared by Prof. Alexan- 

 der Johnston. 



"The Huguenot Emigration to America," 

 by C. W. Baird, is a work of great and appar- 

 ently careful research in a new field. "An 

 Inglorious Columbus," by Edward P. Vining, 

 presents the evidence tending to show that 

 Hwui Shan anl a party of Buddhist monks 

 from Afghanistan discovered America in tho 

 fifth century, crossing the Pacific just south 

 of the Aleutian Isles, and passing southward 

 along the coast to Mexico. In connection with 

 this may be mentioned a translation from the 

 Chinese of Hiuen Tsiang, of the " Buddhist 

 Records of the Western World." 



Of books relating to the civil war, besides 

 those mentioned under the head of Biogra- 

 phy, are " Incidents of ths Civil War," by Ad- 

 miral D. D. Porter ; " Narrative of Military 

 Service," by Gen. W. B. Hazen; " History of 

 the Forty-eighth Regiment, New York Volun- 

 t2ers, 1861-'65," by A. J. Palmer, D. D. ; " New 

 York and the Conscription of 1863," by Gen. 

 J. B. Fry ; " Where Men only Dare to Go," the 

 story of a company in the Confederate army 

 composed mostly of boys under military age, 

 and u In Camp and Battle with the Washington 

 Artillery of New Orleans," by W. M. Owen; 

 and, most important of all, the first volume of 

 Gan. Grant's memoirs, noticed under Biog- 

 raphy, as are also some other memoirs of sol- 

 diers. 



A large number of State and local histories, 

 and monographs on special subjects, appear 

 among this year's publications. Four volumes 

 have been added to the series of " American 

 Commonwealths" " Michigan," by Judge T. 

 M. Cooley; "Kansas," by Prof. Leverett W. 

 Spring; "California," by Dr. Josiah Royce; 

 and "Tennessee," by Dr. James Phelan. 

 Among other State and local histories are 

 "The History of Louisiana," by 0. Gayarre; 

 the third volume of the "Documentary His- 

 tory of Maine," edited by J. P. Baxter; "His- 

 tory of Detroit and Michigan," by S. Farmer; 

 "Local History of Virginia," by E. Ingle; 

 "Deutsch-Pennsylvanische Geschichte," by O. 

 Seidensticker ; " Concord in the Colonial Pe- 

 riod," by 0. H. Walcott; "Memorial History 

 of Hartford County, Conn.," edited by Dr. J. 

 H. Trumbull ; " The Baptismal Register of Fort 

 Duquesne, from June, 1754, to December, 1756," 

 by Rev. A. A. Lambing ; " Historical Collec- 

 tions relating to Gwynedd, Montgomery Coun- 

 ty, Pa.," edited by H. M. Jenkins ; " Old St. 

 Augustine : a Story of Three Centuries " ; " The 

 Trumbull Papers," from the Massachusetts His- 

 torical Society; "History of the Ojibways," 

 from the Minnesota Historical Society; "The 

 Influence of the Proprietors in founding the 

 State of New Jersey," a lecture by Austin 

 Scott ; " Curiosities in American History : the 

 Green Mountain Boys, or Vermont and New 

 York Land-Jobbers," by P. H. Smith; "Foot- 

 prints; or, Incidents in the Early History of 

 New Brunswick" (the city of), by J. W. Law- 

 rence ; " History of Albany," by A. J. Weise ; 

 "History of Chicago," by A. T. Andreas; and 

 "The Old South Church, Boston: Memorial 

 Addresses." A publication from the papers of 

 the late O. H. Marshall gives interesting infor- 

 mation concerning the aboriginal and pioneer 

 history of western New York. 



The American Historical Association is a 

 new society, which proposes to publish from 

 time to time original contributions to history 

 in the form of serial monographs, which will 

 afterward be made up into volumes. The first 

 publications issued are a report of the organi- 

 zation and proceedings, by the secretary, Prof. 

 Herbert B. Adams ; " Studies in General His- 

 tory and the History of Civilization," by the 

 President, Andrew D. White; and "History 

 and Management of Land-Grants in the North- 

 west Territory," by Prof. G. W. Knight. Prof. 

 H. B. Adams has also published " Maryland's 

 Influence upon Land Cessions to the United 

 States, with Minor Papers on George Wash- 

 ington's Interest in Western Lands, the Poto- 

 mac Company, and a National University." 

 Other special studies in this department are 

 " Mining Camps," by Charles H. Shinn, an im- 

 portant contribution to the history of American 

 frontier government ; " The Monroe Doctrine," 

 by George F. Tucker ; " History of the Surplus 

 Revenue of 1837," by E. G. Bourne; "Rail- 

 road Transportation : its History and its Laws," 

 by Arthur T. Hawley; "American Constitu- 



