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LITERATURE, AMERICAN, IN 1891. 



Webb, " The Electric Transmission Hand-book," 

 by F. B. Badt, " A Practical Treatise on the In- 

 candescent Lamp," by J. E. Randall," Telephones, 

 their Construction and Fitting," by F. C. Allsop, 

 and " The Electro- Plater's Hand-book," by G. E. 

 Bonney, were timely and useful volumes. " The 

 Electrical Boy," by the inimitable author for 

 boys, J. T. Trowbridge, conveyed scientific in- 

 formation in the most attractive manner, while 

 " Ethereal Matter, Electricity, and A kasa," was 

 a theory advanced by N. Kolkin. " Hints to 

 Power Users," by Robert Grimshaw, and " The 

 Chemical Analysis of Iron, "by Andrew A. Blair, 

 belong to applied science also. In mathematics 

 we have " Geodesy," by J. Howard Gore ; " An 

 Introduction to Spherical and Practical Astron- 

 omy," by Dascom Greene ; " Plane and Solid 

 Geometry," by Seth T. Stewart ; a " College 

 Algebra " and"" Six Place Logarithmic Tables," 

 by Webster Wells ; " A Higher Algebra," by G. 



A. W",ntworth ; and " The Sextant and other 

 Reflecting Mathematical Instruments," by F. R. 

 Brainerd. " The Young Astronomer," by James 

 H. Carlisle, supplied helps to a knowledge of the 

 constellations, and " Optical Projection,'' by Lewis 

 Wright, was a treatise on the use of the lantern 

 in exhibition and scientific demonstration. 



In mental philosophy we have " Hegel's Logic, 

 a Book on the Genesis of the Categories of the 

 Mind ; a Critical Exposition," by Hon. William 

 T. Harris, the accomplished metaphvsieian and 

 United States Commissioner of Education ; 

 " Mechanism and Personality : an Outline of 

 Philosophy in the Light of the Latest Scientific 

 Research," by Francis A. Shoup, D. D. ; " Outlines 

 of Physiological Psychology," by George Trum- 

 bull Ladd ; " Studies in Psychology," by S. G. 

 Burney ; " The Soul of Man, an Investigation 

 of the Facts of Physiological and Experimental 

 Psychology," by Paul Carus ; and a " Hand-book 

 of Psychology, Feeling, and Will," by James Mark 

 Baldwin. " Quickness of Perception," in the 

 " Memory and Thought Series," was by " Hans 

 Breitman " (Charles Godfrey Leland), while " Eye 

 and Ear Memory " consisted of chapters Rev. 

 Jesse L. Hurlbut, D. D., and others. In the 

 " Evolution Series " " The Scientific Method " 

 was set forth by Francis Ellingwood Abbot; 

 " Form and Color in Nature," by William Potts ; 

 " Herbert Spencer's Synthetic Philosophy," by 



B. F. Underwood. H. E. Haferkorn compiled 

 " Handy List of Books on Mines and Mining." 



History. Fewer works of history were pub- 

 lished in 1891 than in 1890, the total number 

 being 124. " Historical Essays," by Henry Ad- 

 ams, covered various periods, while, proceeding 

 chronologically, we have " The Defenses of No- 

 rumbega," by Eben Norton Horsford ; " The Pil- 

 grim Fathers in Holland," a paper read be- 

 fore the New England Historical and Genealogi- 

 cal Society, March 4, 1891, by William C. Wins- 

 low, D. D.'; "The Colonies, 1492-1750," by Reu- 

 ben Gold Thwaites, in the new series of " Epochs 

 of American History"; "Sir William Johnson 

 and the Six Nations'," by William Elliot Griffis, 

 in the " Makers of America " series ; two volumes 

 upon " The American Revolution," by John 

 Fiske, in continuation of his plan for a complete 

 history of the United States from 1492 to 1865 ; 

 " The French in America during the War of In- 

 dependence," by Thomas Balch (deceased), first 



printed in French, in Paris, and now translated 

 by Thomas Willing Balch (his son) : " Spanish 

 Institutions of the Southwest," by P'rank W. 

 Blackmar ; " The Spanish Conspiracy," kindred 

 in theme, by Thomas Marshall Green ; " The 

 United States and Spain in 1790 : an Episode 

 in Diplomacy described from hitherto Unpub- 

 lished Sources," edited, with an introduction, by 

 Worthington Chauncey Ford : and the " Evolu- 

 tion of the Ordinance of 1787," with an account 

 of the earlier plans for the government of the 

 Northwest Territory, by Jay A. Barrett, in the 

 " University of Nebraska Seminary Papers." 11 or- 

 ace E. Scudder wrote " A Short History of the 

 United States " for beginners, and Alexander 

 Johnston " A Shorter History of the United 

 States "for schools. Part IV of Vol. IV and 

 Parts I, II, and III of Vol. V "American His- 

 torical Association Papers" were published, and 

 the fifth and last volume of the ' History of the 

 United States of America under the Constitu- 

 tion," by James Schouler, saw the light, closing 

 with the election of President Lincoln. " The 

 Voice of the People," by W. H. F. Henry, coii- 

 tained valuable documents and information ; and 

 " Studies in American History," by Mary Shel- 

 don Barnes and Earle Barnes, were intended for 

 young students. " The Story of Kentucky " was 

 told by Emma M. Connelly in the " Story of the 

 States " series, and that of " New York in the War 

 of the Rebellion, 1861-'65 (Historical and Statisti- 

 cal)," was compiled by Frederick Phisterer. Other 

 histories of the civil war are : " Thirty Years 

 after," by Edwin Forbes, the famous war corre- 

 spondent, who modestly declares it an artist's 

 story ; " Battlefields and Victory," by Willis J. 

 Abbot; "The Battle of Gettysburg, 1863," by 

 Samuel Adams Drake ; " The Battle of Seven 

 Pines," by Maj.-Gen. Gustavus W. Smith, C. S. 

 A. ; a second edition of " The Defense of Charles- 

 ton Harbor," by Maj. J. Johnson ; " Recollec- 

 tions of a Private : a Story of the Army of the 

 Potomac," by Warren Lee Goss ; and, from con- 

 temporary newspaper columns, the account of the 

 " Kinston, Whitehall, and Goldsborough (North 

 Carolina) Expedition." Gouverneur Morris wrote 

 " The History of a Volunteer Regiment " (Sixth 

 New York), while the " Orderly Book of the 

 Maryland Loyalists Regiment, June 18, 1778, to 

 Oct. 12, 1778*" was edited by Paul Leicester 

 Ford. To the series of " Historic Towns " Henry 

 Cabot Lodge contributed " Boston " and Theo- 

 dore Roosevelt "New York." The first of four 

 volumes of " The Memorial History of the City 

 of New York from its First Settlement to 1892,'" 

 edited by James Grant Wilson, was issued, cov- 

 ering the period from 1492 to 1700. "A Classic 

 Town : the Story of Evanston. by an Old Timer," 

 came from the pen of Miss Frances E. Willard ; 

 Herman P. De Forest and Edward C. Bates were 

 joint authors of " The History of Westborough " 

 (Mass.), and J. J. Babson supplied a second series 

 of " Notes and Additions to the History of Glou- 

 cester " (also Mass.). " The Birth. Marriage, and 

 .Death Register, Church Records, and Epitaphs of 

 Lancaster, Mass., 1643-1850," were edited by 

 Henry S. Nourse, and the " History of St. George's 

 Parish," Spottsylvania County, Va., by Philip 

 Slaughter, D. D., was edited by R. A. Brack. " The 

 Communes of Lombardy from the 6th to the 

 10th Century " were treated by W. Klapp Will- 



