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The French," were the theme of a booklet by Mrs. 

 Mary Hartwell Catherwood, intended for young 

 people; and "The Colonies," by Helen Airislie Smith, 

 was edited by S. T. Dutton. "in the " Harvard His- 

 torical Studies" "The Provincial Governor in the 

 English Colonies of North America " was the theme 

 of Evarts Boutell Greene. Two handsome volumes 

 contain " The Story of the Revolution," by Henry 

 Cabot Lodge, the illustrations of which were nearly 

 200 in number; William S. Stryker made studies of 

 " The Battles of Trenton and Princeton " ; and Mary 

 Shelley Pechiri compiled the " Anniversary Book of 

 the American Revolution." " A French Volunteer 

 of the War of Independence," the Chevalier de 

 Pontgibaud, gave a striking view of the men and 

 times, as translated and edited by Robert Douglas. 

 Edward Channing wrote " A Student's History of 

 the United States " ; Wilbur P. Gordy, " A History 

 of the United States, for Schools " ; Edward S. Ellis 

 " A History of our Country " ; and a new revised 

 and enlarged edition was issued of " The Story of 

 America," by Hezekiah Butterworth, reviewing, in 

 particular, the attitude of the United States toward 

 the liberation of Cuba. James Morton Callahan 

 considered " The Neutrality of the American Lakes 

 and Anglo-American Relations" in the "Johns 

 Hopkins University Studies." An illustrated edi- 

 tion of. John Fiske's history of " The Begin- 

 nings of New England" was issued, and to early 

 days belonged a " History of Brule's Discoveries 

 and Explorations, 1610, 1626," by Consul Willshire 

 Butterfield. a narrative of the discovery by Stephen 

 Brule of Lakes Huron, Ontario, and Superior, and 

 of his explorations (the first made by civilized man) 

 of Pennsylvania and western New York, etc., ac- 

 companied with a biographical notice. " A Quaker 

 Experiment in Government," by Isaac Sharpless. 

 traced the connection of this religious sect with the 

 government of Pennsylvania from 1682 to 1756 ; 

 Charles Orr edited with notes and an introduction 

 the " History of the Pequot War'' ; a reprint of the 

 contemporary accounts by Mason, Vincent, Garde- 

 ner, and Underbill, from the " Collections of the 

 Massachusetts Historical Society"; andVols. X to 

 XXXII inclusive were issued of " The Jesuit Rela- 

 tions and Allied Documents," edited by Reuben 

 Gold Thwaites. " Red Patriots," by Charles H.Coe, 

 contained the story of the Seminoles, and " Indians 

 and Pioneers," by Blanche E. Hazard, was intended 

 as a historical reader for the young. " Leading 

 Events of Wisconsin History," by Henry E. Legler, 

 contained the story of the State; Royall Bascom 

 Smithey wrote a " History of Virginia " for schools ; 

 a new edition was published of " Florida : Its His- 

 tory and its Romance," by George R. Fairbanks ; 

 and " West Florida and its' Relations to the Histor- 

 ical Cartography of the United States," was briefly 

 considered by Henry E. Chambers in the "Johns 

 Hopkins University Studies," another issue of which 

 was " The Transition of North Carolina from Col- 

 ony to Commonwealth," by Enoch Walter Sikes. 

 " The Secession and Reconstruction of Tennessee " 

 was the subject of a dissertation submitted by James 

 Walter Fertig in candidacy for the degree of doc- 

 tor of philosophy of the University of Chicago ; Al- 

 bert Bushnell Hart contributed an introduction to 

 " The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Free- 

 dom." by Wilbur H. Sievert ; " The Liberty and Free 

 Soil Parties in the Northwest " were the theme of 

 the Toppan prize essay of 1896, by Theodore Clarke 

 Smith, published in the "Harvard Historical Stud- 

 ies" ; and from William Archibald Dunning we had 

 a collection of "Essays on the Civil War and Re- 

 construction, and Related Topics." Part I [ of " The 

 Origin and Growth of the English Constitution. "as 

 traced by Hannis Taylor, covered " The After- 

 growth of the Constitution," and brought us down 



to the legislation of the last few years. Two vol- 

 umes were devoted by Charles McLean Andrews to 

 the " Historical Development of Modern Europe 

 from the Congress of Vienna to the Present Time," 

 and from Ferdinand Schwill we had a " History of 

 Modern Europe " with maps and genealogical tables. 

 " Twenty Centuries of English History " were con- 

 densed by James R. Joy for the " Chautauqua Read- 

 ing Circle Literature." " The Rise of the Dutch Re- 

 public : The Student's Motley," was the title of a 

 condensation by William Elliot Griffis of the work 

 of that historian, accompanied with an introduction 

 and notes, and with a sketch of the Dutch people 

 from 1584 to 1897. " Contemporary American Opin- 

 ion of the French Revolution " was the subject of 

 an essay by Charles Downer Hazen. " The Awaken- 

 ing of a Nation : Mexico of To-day," was the sig- 

 nificant title of Charles Fletcher Lnmmis's book 

 upon the recent development of that republic. " Ha- 

 waii's Story, by Hawaii's Queen," Liliuokalani, was 

 an autobiographical narrative of her relations to the 

 people of those summer islands, while " Hawaii and 

 a Revolution," by Mary II. Krout, contained the 

 personal experiences of a correspondent in the Sand- 

 wich archipelago during the crisis of 1893 and sub- 

 sequently. "The Spaniard in History" was a ter- 

 rible and truthful indictment, by Rev. James C. 

 Fernald, of the nation with which we were engaged 

 in conflict during the year. Moses Bernard chron- 

 icled " The Establishment of Spanish Rule in Amer- 

 ica," and " South America " was a popular illustrated 

 history of the struggle for liberty in the Andean 

 republics and Cuba, by Hezekiah Butterworth. 

 " Four Centuries of Spanish Rule in Cuba : or, Why 

 we went to War with Spain," by Italo Emilio Cani- 

 ni, brings us to the numerous histories of the recent, 

 conflict. These include " The War with Spain," by 

 Charles Morris, who wrote also of " The Nation's 

 Navy : Our Ships and their Achievements " ; "A 

 Short History of the War with Spain," by Marrion 

 Wilcox ; a "History of our War with Spajn," by 

 Henry B. Russell ; a " History of the Spanish-Amer- 

 ican "War," by Henry Watterson ; " The Conflict 

 with Spain," written with remarkable vividness of 

 description by Henry F. Keenan (Dunois), the au- 

 thor of " Trajan," "The Money-makers," etc. ; " The 

 Santiago Campaign," by Major-Gen. JosephWheeler ; 

 " Marching with Gomez," by Grover Flint, a war 

 correspondent's field note-book kept during four 

 months with the Cuban army, which had an histor- 

 ical introduction by John Fiske ; " Letters of a War 

 Correspondent," by Charles A. Page, edited, with 

 notes, by James R: Gilmore ; Richard Harding 

 Davis's review of " The Cuban and Porto Rican 

 Campaigns " ; " Cannon and Camera," sea and land 

 battles of the Spanish-American war in Cuba, camp 

 life, and the return of the soldiers, described and 

 illustrated by John C. Hemment ; " The Boys of 

 '98," by Jarnes Otis Kaler ; " In the Saddle "with 

 Gomez," by Capt. Mario Carrillo : " The Fall of 

 Santiago," by Thomas J. Vivian ; " The Gatlings at 

 Santiago," by Lieut. John H. Parker ; " Our Navy 

 in the War with Spain," by John R. Spears, au- 

 thor of "The History of our Navy;" "With 

 Dewey at Manila," edited by Thomas J. Vivian, 

 from * the notes and correspondence of an offi- 

 cer on board the flagship " Olympia " ; and " A 

 Gunner Aboard the Yankee,' " edited by H. H. 

 Lewis, from the diary of Number Five of the after- 

 port gun, which had an introduction by Admiral 

 W. T. Sampson. "The Story of the Philippines" 

 was written by Murat Halstead, who published also 

 "Our Country in Time of War, and Relations with 

 all Nations." "The Spanish Revolution, 1868- 

 1875," by Edward Henry Strobel, follows an inter- 

 esting period of Spain's modern history. Vol. IX 

 of "Historical Tales: The Romance of Reality," by 



