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tions," by IJ. Davis; "The Panama Canal: its 

 History, Political Aspects, and Financial Diffi- 

 culties," by J. C. Rodriguez; " History of the 

 University of Michigan, 7 ' by Elizabeth M. Far- 

 rand ; and " History of the Boston Latin 

 School," by Rev. Phillips Brooks. 



A new series, "Stories of Nations," begins 

 with " The Story of Greece," by Prof. J. A. 

 Harrison, followed by " The Story of Rome," 

 by Arthur Gilman. These are intended to be 

 brief histories, giving prominence to the pict- 

 uresque and story element, and specially de- 

 signed for young people. George M. Towle 

 contributes to the understanding of the com- 

 plications in the East, "England and Egypt," 

 and " England and Russia in Asia," and Ed- 

 mund Noble " The Russian Revolt." " Italy, 

 1815-1878," by J. W. Probyn, covers an in- 

 teresting and not very well recorded period. 

 " The Peace of Utrecht," by J. W. Gerard, is 

 an " Historical Review of the Great Treaty of 

 1713-'14, and the Principal Events in the War 

 of the Spanish Succession." A translation of 

 Rambaud's "History of Russia," with a con- 

 tinuation by N. H. Dole, supplies the want of 

 a good history of that country. J. Savage has 

 published " '98 and '48 : Modern Revelations in 

 the History and Literature of Ireland," and J. 

 Gillow the first volume of a " History of Eng- 

 lish Catholics." On the border-land between 

 history and travel is "Afghanistan and the 

 Anglo -Russian Dispute," by T. F. Roden- 

 bomrh. 



"Greece in the Times of Homer," by T. T. 

 Timayenis, gives a picture of the life, customs, 

 and habits of the ancient Greeks; Dr. John 

 Lord publishes his lectures under the title 

 "Beacon Lights of History"; J. M. Ludlow, 

 D. D., has prepared a " Concentric Chart of 

 History " for reference ; and Mrs. M. R. Gard- 

 ner, " English History in Rhyme." 



In biblical history we have " The Terrible 

 Catastrophe or Biblical Deluge, illustrated and 

 corroborated by Mythology, Tradition, and 

 Geology," by Rev. G. C. Hasskarl ; " Buried 

 Cities Recovered," by F. S. De Haas, D. D. ; and 

 " Coins of the Bible." Histories of churches 

 will be found under the head of Religion. 



Other books that may be mentioned here are 

 " An Illustrated History of United States and 

 Colonial Coins," by C. Steigerwalt, " The Colo- 

 nial Jetons of Louis XV," and the 4th volume 

 of Yon Hoist's " United States." 



Biography. The first place under this head 

 is due to the " Personal Memoirs of Gen. U. S. 

 Grant," the first volume of which was issued 

 Dec. 1, and reached a sale of over 300.000 

 copies. Several short biographies of Gen. 

 Grant have been published during the year. 

 Other lives of soldiers of the civil war are: 

 " The Life and Times of Gen. Emory Upton," 

 by Prof. Peter S. Michie, and " The Life and 

 Campaigns of the Confederate General J. E. 

 B. Stuart," by H. B. McClellan, who was 

 an officer on his staff. George Ticknor Curtis 

 has published a pamphlet, " McClellan's Last 



Service to the Republic, together with a Trib- 

 ute to his Memory." Other biographies of 

 actors of the war period and that just preced- 

 ing are F. B. Sanborn's " Life and Letters of 

 John Brown," and the " Life of William Lloyd 

 Garrison," by his sons. 



" The Life and Times of Samuel Bowles " 

 of the Springfield " Republican," by G. S. Mer- 

 riam, is one of the most noteworthy of recent 

 biographies. Two of the most interesting are 

 " Agassiz," by Mrs. E. C. Agassiz, and "Boots 

 and Saddles," a sketch of Gen. George A. Glis- 

 ter, by Mrs. E. B. Custer. "Colonial New 

 York Philip Schuyler and his Family," is by 

 G. W. Schuyler. An admirable political and 

 military " History of Napoleon " is furnished 

 from a course of lectures before the Lowell In- 

 stitute, by John C. Ropes. 



44 Samuel Adams." by James K. Hosmer, and 

 " John Marshall," by Allan B. Magruder, have 

 been added to the " American Statesman " 

 series, and " Nathaniel Parker Willis," by 

 Henry A. Beers, and "Edgar Allan Poe," by 

 G. E. Woodberry, to the series " American 

 Men of Letters." To the " Famous Women" 

 series but one volume has been added, " Har- 

 riet Martineau," by Mrs. F. Fenwick Miller. 

 " The Life and Letters of Thomas Gold Apple- 

 ton," edited by Susan Hale, is one of the best 

 biographies of the year. Grace A. Oliver has 

 written a very satisfactory biography of "Ar- 

 thur Penrhyn Stanley." From papers fur- 

 nished by the author's family, Blanche Roose- 

 velt (Macchetta) has prepared the " Life and 

 Reminiscences of Gustave Dore." Dr. E. E. 

 Beardsley has written of William Samuel John- 

 son, LL. D., first U. S. Senator of Connecticut 

 and a President of Columbia College. J. E. 

 Sibley has published " Biographical Sketches 

 of Harvard Graduates from 1678 to 1689," and 

 F. B. Dexter has done a like office for Yale, 

 1701 to 1745. 



Of biographies of musicians, J. A. F. Mait- 

 land is the author of " Schumann," and Pau- 

 line D. Townsend of " Joseph Haydn." Presi- 

 dent Noah Porter has published his sketch of 

 Bishop " Berkeley," and Dr. William M. Taylor 

 one of "John Knox." J. W. Wilstach has 

 written of " Montalembert," Mrs. A. Witten- 

 myer of the "Women of the Reformation." 

 Frances Hayes has sketched the " Women of 

 the Day," and Mrs. Ellen M. O'Connor has 

 written the life of " Myrtilla Miner," who 

 opened the first school for colored children in 

 the District of Columbia. 



Other biographies and memorials are " Joseph 

 Henry and the Magnetic Telegraph," by E. N. 

 Dickerson ; " Rev. Warren H. Cudworth," by 

 his sister ; " Jerry McAuley," by Rev. R. M. 

 Offord ; " Life of Levi Scott," a bishop of the 

 M. E. Church, by Dr. D. P. Kidder ; and one 

 of " Edward Thomson," another bishop in the 

 same church, by his son ; " Mrs. L. B. Coan,' 

 by Titus Coan ;" " Rev. John G. Landrum," by 

 H. P. Griffith ; " William E. Burton," by W. I 

 Keese ; and a " Life of Sidney Lanier," by 



