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LITERATURE, AMERICAN, IN 1898. 



of political and social science were also issued, 

 more of history and general literature, and, espe- 

 cially, more juvenile books were sent out, while 

 t la-re was a marked increase in books on the fine 

 arts and illustrated books, and a slight increase of 

 fiction. The principal decrease shown was in law, 

 theology, education, general science, biography, and 

 mental and moral science. There were no really 

 notable books in any department. The literature 

 of the year was largely colored by the war with 

 Spain, though few of the books called forth by it 

 possess permanent interest or value. 



BIOgTHphy. William Spohn Baker gave a mi- 

 nute presentation of " Washington after the Revolu- 

 tion. 1784-1 ?!>!." supplementing his previous com- 

 pilation, "The Itinerary of General Washington" 

 ilurinu' tin- Involution, and from Sydney G. Fisher 

 we hud a ulimpse of "The True Benjamin Frank- 

 lin"; "Benjamin Franklin. Printer, Statesman, 

 Philosopher, and Practical Statesman, 1706-1790," 

 by Edward Robins, appeared in the " American Men 

 ..f Energy Scries"; Elbridge Streeter Brooks told 

 "TheTriie Story of Benjamin Franklin "for the 

 Children's Lives of Great Men," and " The Life 

 of Benjamin Franklin, by Himself," edited by John 

 Bigelow, went through a new fourth edition, revised 

 and corrected, with additional notes, in three vol- 

 umes. Abram English Brown gave us " John Han- 

 cock: His Book," a biography based upon the 

 manuscript letters of the great patriot, and from 

 Mellon Chamberlain we had " John Adams, the 

 Statesman of the American Revolution," with other 

 essays and addresses, historical and literary. " The 

 Life of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, 1737-1832," 

 with his correspondence and public papers, filled 

 two volumes for which we are indebted to Kate 

 Ma<on Rowland, and a second edition, revised and 

 enlarged, appeared of " The Life of John Paterson, 

 Major-General in the Revolutionary Army," by his 

 grandson, Thomas Egleston. Vol. I of " Letters to 

 George Washington and Accompanying Papers," 

 published by the Society of Colonial Dames of 

 America, and edited by Stanislaus M. Hamilton, 

 covered the period from 1752 to 1756. Vol. V was 

 issued of " The Life and Correspondence of Rufus 

 Kiiiu'." edited by his grandson, Charles li. King, 

 M. 1). Klbert llubbard conducted us on "Little 

 Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen," 

 and Thomas Allen Glenn edited the first of three 

 volumes devoted to " Some Colonial Mansions and 

 those* who Lived in them," with genealogies of the 

 various families merit ioned. The "Life and Ad- 

 ministration of Sir Robert Eden," Governor of the 

 Province of Maryland. 1708-'76, was the subject of 

 a monograph by Bernard Christian Steiner. in the 

 -lohns Hopkins University Studies." Much in- 

 terest attaches to Charles A. Dana's " Recollections 

 of the Civil War; with the Leaders at Washington 

 and in the Field in the Sixties," and to James R. 

 (Jilmore (Edmund Kirke) we are indebted for "Per- 

 v-nal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln and the 

 Civil War." "Best Lincoln Stories" were tersely 

 told by James E. Gallaher, and llamlin Garland 

 added to the biographies of Grant "Ulysses S. 

 (iraiit : His Life and Character." The " Life and 

 Ijettersof Thomas Kilby Smith. Brevet Major-Gen- 

 eral U. S. Volunteers, 1820-1887," came from his 

 son, Walter <i. Smith. Reminiscences of the Old 

 Navy," from the journals and private papers of 

 Captain Edward Trenchard and Bear-Admiral 

 Stephen Trenchard. by Edgar Stanton Maelay, in 

 an edition limited to 750 copies, cover a period of 

 eighty years and contain the inside hi>tory of the 

 navy during that time. Martin I. J. Griffin wrote 

 "The History of Commodore John Barry," in an 

 edition limited to 200 copies, and from Admiral S. 

 R. Franklin we have " Memories of a Rear- Admiral 



who has served for more than Half a Century in 

 the Xavy of the United States." James Barnes 

 commemorated " The Hero of Erie (Oliver Hazard 

 Perry)." " Here. There, and Everywhere " was the 

 title of delightful reminiscences of Mrs. Mary E. 

 W. Sherwood, Col. Thomas Wentworth Higginson 

 recalled his " Cheerful Yesterdays," and " Prince- 

 ton, Old and New," by James W. Alexander, con- 

 tained recollections of undergraduate life. " Auto- 

 biographical Reminiscences" of Henry Ward 

 Beecher were edited by T. J. Ellinwood from ser- 

 mons and lecture-room talks ; " Recollections of a 

 Nonagenarian," by John C. Holbrook. D. D., and 

 " Led on. Step by Step," by Anthony Toomer Por- 

 ter, D. D., belong to clerical autobiography, and 

 contain the experience of well-known and repre- 

 sentative men ; while from Henry Clay Trumbull, 

 D. D., we have "War Memories of an Army Chap- 

 lain," which made their appearance at a peculiarly 

 fitting time. " Seven Months a Prisoner, by J. V. 

 Hadley, belonged to the same period. In the 

 " American Explorers Series " appeared " Forty 

 Years a Fur Trader on the Upper Missouri." the 

 personal narrative of Charles Larpenteur, 1833- 

 72, in two volumes, and " The Journal of Jacob 

 Fowler," narrating an adventure from Arkansas 

 through the Indian Territory, Oklahoma, etc., to 

 the sources of the Rio Grande del Norte, 1821-'22, 

 both edited, with notes, by Dr. Elliott Coues, in 

 editions limited to 950 copies. "Anti-Slavery 

 Leaders of North Carolina " were the theme of John 

 Spencer Bassett in the " Johns Hopkins University 

 Studies." " Passages from the Correspondence and 

 Other Papers of Rufus W. Griswold " were edited 

 by his son, W. M. Griswold ; " Memoirs and Let- 

 ters of James Kent, L.L. D., late Chancellor of the 

 State of New York," by his great-grandson and 

 namesake, James Kent ; and " Early Letters of 

 George William Curtis to John S. Dwight: Brook 

 Farm and Concord," by George Willis Cooke. A 

 " Life of Samuel Sullivan Cox " was written by his 

 nephew, William Van Zandt, and his friend Milton 

 llarlow Northrup, and " Samuel E. Sewall : A 

 Memoir," was from the pen of Nina Moore Tiffany. 

 "The Life of David Dudley Field," by Dr. Henry 

 M. Field, was a remarkable tribute from one brother 

 to another of a distinguished family. Little need 

 be said to recommend " Charles Carleton Coffin, 

 War Correspondent, Traveler, Author, and States- 

 man," by Dr. William Elliot Griffis, or "Joseph 

 Jefferson at Home," by Nathan Haskell Dole. M. 

 A. De Wolfe Howe published sketches of "Amer- 

 ican Bookmen," and Mrs. Ilattie Tyng Griswold 

 " Personal Sketches of Recent Authors," while Ida 

 Comstock Below gave a charming portrait of " Eu- 

 gene Field in his Home." " Horace Mann and the 

 Common School Revival in the United States" was 

 contributed by Burke Aaron- Hinsdale to the 

 " Great Educators Series." " Eighty Years and 

 More " (1817-1897) is the title of reminiscences of 

 Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, which are supple- 

 mented by " The Life and Works of Susan B. An- 

 thony," in two volumes, by Ida I lusted Harper; 

 " Frances E. Willard " was a memorial volume by 

 Anna A. Gordon, which had an introduction by 

 Lady Henry Somerset, with character studies and 

 memorial tributes from all parts of the world : and 

 " Frances E. Willard : The Story of a Noble Life." 

 came from Florence Witts. " Eminent Missionary 

 Women " were the subject of a small volume by M i>. 

 Annie Ryder Gracey. "Tennyson : His Home, his 

 Friends, and his Work" were carefully reviewed by 

 Elizabeth Luther Gary. "Jerome Savonarola: A 

 Sketch," was written by Rev. J. L. O'Neil in com- 

 memoration of the fourth centenary of the death of 

 the famous preacher, and " Petrarch : The First Mod- 

 ern Scholar and Man of Letters," had a selection of 



