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interior view of important measures and an intimate knowledge of the prominent 
men of his day. His account of the acts of the old Whig party, the evolution 
of the Republican party, the progress of Republicanism, the administration of Lin- 
coln and the war, reconstruction and suffrage, impeachment, the Grant and 
Greeley campaign, and the numerous stirring incidents involved in all these 
wonderful changes in the affairs of the country, is necessarily interesting, doubly 
so from the familiar and impressive way in which it is handled. Aside from a 
somewhat undue airing of personal grievances, the whole account is decidedly 
attractive and valuable, especially in view of the many notices and anecdotes of 
the distinguished actors of the time, which doubtless are perfectly reliable. 
To all readers whose recollection extends backwards over the period included, 
Mr. Julian's book will be a valued reminder of an exciting and important por- 
tion of their lives. 
Knight's New Mechanical Dictionary. Section IV : Octavo, pp. 240. Il- 
lustrated. By Edward H. Knight, A. M., LL.D. Houghton, Mifflin & 
Co., Boston, 1883. $2.00. 
Though Mr. Knight died just one year ago, before he had fully completed 
this the last volume of this valuable work, it was found after his death that he had 
left the remainder in such a forward state of preparation that the task of editing 
was confined chiefly to such arrangement of his material as would put it into the 
shape intended by him. The volume begins at " printing press" and ends with 
" zoogyroscope," and includes almost every imaginable machine between them. 
There are fifty-six full page plates, besides hundreds of smaller engravings and 
illustrations. Seemingly, no mechanical dictionary can be more complete than 
this, either in titles, references or descriptions. It is printed on most excellent 
paper and the engravings are admirable. The publishers certainly have done all 
in their power towards supplementing the labors of the accomplished and lamented 
editor. 
Ballads of Home : Ballads of Beauty : Ballads of Bravery : Edited 
by Geo. M. Baker. Lee & Shepard, Boston, 1883. For sale by M. H. 
Dickinson. 
These three handsome volumes contain the choicest gems of poetry in the 
English language in the classes named, and their mechanism is fully worthy of 
their contents. Each volume comprises about one hundred and seventy-five 
pages, and is illustrated with forty full page illustrations. Among the authors, 
from whose works selections are given, we note Leigh Hunt, Tennyson, Brown- 
ing, Read, Fitz James O'Brien, Rogers, Mrs. Hemans, Sheridan Knowles, 
Heine, Longfellow, Burns, Mary Howitt, Holmes, Spencer, Kingsley, Moore 
Saxe, Phoebe Gary, Bryant, Campbell, Aldrich, Willis, Wordsworth, Byron, Bul- 
wer, and scores of other poets less known to fame. 
