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N his story “Active Service,” publish- 1 in 1999, Stephen Crane gave us a nce which contained some strik- pictures of the fighting be- Turks and Greeks. Mr. story showed the possibilities of field, but all in rather a isfactory way. It served entertainment, however, awakened the interest of n a period so replete with vet so seldom made a sub- many a reader and son for the meglect by of so fruitful an epi- A mmedan massacre of is that they were all busy ects and in different ime. A man cannot write that he has never seen heard little. st man to deal with s that man who has just Ancther Heien.” George r five years United States for that matter, he has part of his life on stud- ical experiences which thority on Gre- d customs. rning and experience, follow that he can will hold the novels from flat failures, In fact, generally is a most striking exception. fon. are such but here Mr orton writes as graphically and powerfully of war as Stephen Crane did at his b His historical facts are all there, but they are put in as a rich set- g for his characters and in no part of s work is plot or person subordinated tions whose only object would show the author's intimate knowl- f his subiect. half a dozen characters seration in “‘Like Another only one the reader will find the American, John Cur- And for Curtis we can hardly blame a matter of national pride sorry that he has to be an nd yet we must admit that he is is a hero in a way way is that of a very are with a vessel loaded s way from Athens to On board ber are three prominent es of the book. One is a Cretan stu- i0 is going home to fight for lib- second is John Curtis, an Amer- coliege graduate and the son of the wner of a Massachusetts shoe factory, and the third is Lieutenant Lindbohm, a soldier of the world and ever a partisan de. sunk by a British gunboat men finally manage to get swimming. The young Cretan ts as their guide and pilots them to a le village high up in the mounzains of There they meet for the first time modern Helen for whom this peaceful amlet is afterward destroyed. No Curtis loses his heart at once i openly—while the lieuten- o falls in love, but keeps his secret himself. arpeared to r standing on the top wall Ehe floating in sunlight; was _ glorified i, straight, deep-bo- she wore a skirt of blue homespun t Jacket of the same material, with that were white from the elbows down. Her hair, that was in reality a soft brown, seemed of gold; one massive strand fell over her bosom quite to her knees. *Her fece was oval, the features as clearly cut as those of & goddess. Her large brown eyes, wide apart bemeath a low, broad forehead, amed with fearless innoccnce and wonder. On her left shoulder rested @ huge earthen water Jug, t ndled, bulging near the toyp and dwindling at each end. Her right hand beld this in place, and her left rested on her This is Panayota, the daughter of the village priest. There is another lcver, however, who S00n appears on the scene; one that brings death in his wake for many a brave Cre- peasant. This one is Kostakes Effen- the h commandant of the dis- has sworn that Panayota shall become a member of his harem. In fact he ,will do mere thaa that for her, he will make her hi§ wife and If need be renounce his own religion for her. Panayota cannot tolerate him and a raid follows. 1t 1s a frightful chapter this; one rn strong that it is almost painful read- ng. Curtis has hurt &is foot and =0 can take no active part. but Lindbohm, the trained soldier, is :a his element. There is plenty of heroisin, but strength wins in the end and finaily the scene shifts un- tll Panayota and Curtis find themselves prisoners. Curtis passes himself off as a newspaper correspondent and is allowed some liberty, which he finally succeeds in putting to such good use that both he and Panayota are rescued by Lindbohm. As breathless an escape as this is it is but tie beginning of worse difficulties. Kostakes, as an animal ereation, is cer- tainly to be admired. He is not the sort to give up the pursuit of so fine a prize as Panayota withoug first making the ef- fort of his life, be 1t for good or evil. Incidents pile one on top of the other and yet are so clearly told that there is no confusion of events. Curtis plays the part of a hero and a lover with plenty of dash when the presence of his beloved and the general excitéement of the moment cerry him along. But Svhen he finds that his beloved, to escape capture, has hidden in a leper settlement it is a little more than his cautious, practical nature can stand and he begins to think of his New England home and what the “governor” will say. It is then that the true, self-sacrificing character of the Swedish lieutenant is brought out in clever and strong contrast. As the friend cf the American and realiz- ing the other’s attachment he has never spoken of his love for Panayota, but whea he learns that Curtis is about to abandon her he feels relieved from the duty of comradeship. His act of .bravery is for Mr. Horton to tell, out the reader will find that he has not been mistaken in his esti- mate of the true character of this soldier of fortune, whose heart and sword were ever ready to serve the weak or oppressed. (Published by the Bowen-Merrill Com- pany, Indianapolis. Price $1 50.) Harper & Brothers have undoubtedly made a find in the person of John Far- quhar Payson, author. If he can even equal his third book, “John Vytal,” Mr. Payson a bright future before bim in the liter- world. True, this story is a historical novel in the generally accepted meaning of that much used and fll used term. Readers are, however, aiready beginning to turn aside and scent danger when the word “historical” is even hinted at in connection with a book, so it may be wise and only* fair to Mr. Pavson to immediate- Iy explain that in this case the “histor- ical” is a very light attack and the book may be heartily recommended. To further reassure the rcader let it be ctated that, as the author self says in his foreword, the historical part is largely contained in this same explana- tory preface, which calls the readér’s at- tention to that romantic period of history when the first colonists of America on Roanoke Island were neglected, aban- doned by their own countrymen and were finally adopted into a dtribe of Hatteras Indians. Mr. Payson has retained a few historical persons in his pages. but there is no painful following of exact history ror detailed accounts of manners and cus- toms. He has chosen this place and time simply because It is “mystical and myste- rious and paramountly inspires romance,” and not because he wishes his book to be added as a supplementary on the reading course of a history class. As a well conceived, well written, inter- esting story and as a tale wherein you will find many friends worth adding to your list. of striking personalities in fic- tion, the book stands high on the list. The leading character, John Vytal, is an English Cyrano de Bergerac—lean of body 2nd visage but with a heart of gold and a sword arm of stecl. He has few fries and of these there is not one but”would die to serve him. He has many enemies, and of these many wouid die to slay him. Of his friends there i slow-witted but true-as-steel £ glant, and an- other, a man f, like a stage buf- “fat, foon, he had swuifed a pillow in his dou- and these two are sugge tive of the three guardsmen, made famous by Dumas, and their feats of war marvelous. A fourth friend is Christopher Marlowe, the poet, whb plays a strong second to the hero in his adventures in England and later in the colony. The author explains in a foot- note: *As there is absolutely no reliable record of Mariowe's personal life and dweiling place at this time, I have felt justified in attributing his generally ac- knowledged absence from London to a Virginia voyage.” The heroine is Eleanor Dare, daughter of the future Governor of the new colony founded by Sir Walter Raleigh. a young woman for whom Vytal develops a pure and all-sacrificing love. She unfortunate- Iy brings on her head the wrath of Queen Elizabeth, and to save her father s obliged to marry against her will a harm- less but drunken and entirely repellant in- dividual. This little literary ruse has been fre- quently used in varying form, but it is still ever new and a success. There i= one other besides Vytal who loves Eleanor, but this one would win her for himself despite the impediment of the marital bonds. He Is the arch villain of the book —absolutely unprincipled and yet with a dash of courage, pertinacity and grit in his make-up that made him a foeman worthy, in every sense of the word, of the steel of such a hero as Vytal. In the first few pages Vytal, by brilllantly described sword play, saves Eleancr from the cluiches of this man, who is to be his life-long foe. After the opering chapters, with this as a climax, the scene shifts to the English ships, with all sails set for the new colony, and by a coincidence all the leading characters are, for one reason or another, found making their ‘way over the broad ocean to the promised land beyond. There is many a stirring adventure before these pilgrims eventually find their new home, but these escapes are mere play to the trying events which develop in this strange land of their own seeking, and which is to prove the grave of so many of these English pioneers. There is one other character which must not be passed without mention, and that is Gyll Croyden, an alluring siren of the stage, who, even in the fastnesses of the forests, wears her gorgeous theatrical gowns and lightens the days with her care-free songs. With such a picturesque period of time and place, such forcefully penned charac- ters and such a rapid flow of dramatic events, it is not to be wondered at that there are no dry pages in Mr. Payson's book. But more than this, the author, with consummate skill, holds the real cli- max for the very end, and it will be a cold reader indeed who does mot thrill with breathless Interest over fhese last few pages. Vytal's terrible fight with imag- inary foes over the body of his loved one g most HE New York State Library each January prints-a list of 500 of the leading books of the previous year, and submits it to the librarians of the State and others interested, for a vote as to which are the best fifty books to be added to a village library. About 200 people usually express these opinions, which are tabulated below. Eight books not included in the original list had each one vote, In the list printed below, the books are arranged in the order of their rank as to the number of votes given for them. Obviously, this list must not be received as authoritative, but simply as an ex- pression of the opinions of persons so sit- uated as to know what books are most in demand, even if they are not intrin- sically the best. The vote depends en- tirely on the voter's idea of what should determine the additions to a village li- brary, many believing it better to add a second-rate book that will be widely read than a better one which will be | called for less than half as often. Rank. Votes. 1. JOHNSTON, MARY-To Have and to is slightly reminiscent of the tragic death of De Bergerac, but then it is so well done that no reader will bother his head about originality. (Published by Harper & Brothers, New York. Price $1 50.) B. ‘G. LATHROP. For the Blue and Gold. The best book that has appeared on the market In the way of college litera- ture is “For the Blue and Gold,” by Joy Lichtenstein. Last year we had two works on themes somewhat related to this subject—one was a book of short Stanford storles by Messrs, Field and Ir- win, and . the other was “Under the Berkeley Oaks The Stanford storles were an approxi- mation of the proper spirit, for they dealt entirely with happenings in or about Stanford, or in some way connected with the life of students of that institution. “Under the Berkeley Oaks” had some capital storles among the number that went to make the volume, but it could hardly be considered an out and out col- lege,book, for though the authors of all the stories had at one time been students at the University of California, still their themes In the majority of cases had noth- ing whatever to do with college life. In a word, Mr. Lichtenstein’'s story has this merit over all its predecessors, it is a complete novel whose hero runs the entire gamut of university experiences. As a work cof fiction it is a success, but its main interest lies in the fact that it is a tale entirely devoted to life at the Uni- versity of California. Mr. Lichtenstein takes as his leading character the best possible type—the poor boy from the country who puts himself through college by his own individual ef- fort. James Rawson not only supports himself during his college term, but finds time to acquit himself creditably in his studies and also take a prominent part in all the dojngs of his class and in the college games as well. In his first days he makes himself pop- ular by saving some of his fellow fresh- man from the wily sophomores, and then is rewarded by heing appointed class cap- tain for the freshman-sophomore rush. Mr. Lichtensteln has evidently taken great care to have all the detalis of col- lege life correct in every particular, and he describes the customs of daily life, the class affairs and the greater college events, all with a spirit that will entertain even the casual reader and will delight the man who holds the University of Cali- fornia as his Alma Mater. The illustrations for the book have been we!l chesen. They are remarkably good prints of actual photographs taken of scenes in and around the university and of class rushes, . football, etc. (Published by A. M. Robert- son, San Francisco. $1.50.) Speeches and Addresses by D. M. D-elmas. It was a happy inspiration that led to the publication of the speeches and addresses of D. M. Delmds. This emi- nent jurist has long been Tecognized as the golden-tongued orator:of the Golden State, but it bas probably been a mis- taken idea of many that Mr. Delmas’ successes In addressing juries were ow- ing to his splendid delivery and person- ality mcre than to the actual words and logic of his speeches. Now that the op- portunity is offered of reading his collect- ed addresses of importance this false im- pression will undoubtedly be swept away. The arguments included in the contests of the volume include six of the best known and greatest cases in the legal his- tory of California. Mr. Delmas’ speech at Santa Cruz on the evening of Mon- day, November 5, 1%0—the day before the Presidential election, is given; also bis address on education, addresses be- fere the Sons of the Revolution, a* Eiks’ memorial service, before the Chit-Chat Club on Independence day, on Walter Scott before the Saint Andrew’s Society, on the inauguration of the Hon. Horace Davis as president of the University of California, and his address before the Legislature of California for the preser- vation of the ziant redwoods. Writings of such a character are gen- erally considered heavy reading, but in this case the style is 8o clear and the dic- tion so pure, forceful and elegant that the book cannot fa:l to interest. To the peo- ple of California, who are familiar. with the subject matter, the volume should ap- peal most strongly. 4 In the matter of book-making, the work can be taken as a model and shows that Eastern publishers may well look to San Francisco for hints on elegant and artistic printing and binding. There is a very good steel engraving of Mr. Del- mas as a front page. (Published by A. M. Robertson, 126 Post street, San Francisco. $2.50.) An Acad:mic Algebra. “The Academic Algebra” is a worthy addition to the serles of mathematic texthooks prepared by Dr. Milne and very widely used in schools. The treatment of the subject throughout is bared upon the most modern presentation of the scienve. 1t meets the requirements of the entrance examinations of any college or university. The natural method cf mathematical teaching has been followed, the student being led to make the proper inferences, to express these inferences briéfly ani correctly and to prove their truth by the method of deductive reasoning. The defia- itions are complete vet clear and conclse, and are in all cases fully illustrated. The examples are yery numerous and so grad- ed that the more difficult ones may be omitted if desired, thus furnishing a briefer and easier course at the option of the teacher. The treatment of the toplcs is of such a character that the proofs may be reserved until a second reading or r view without interfering ‘with the pup! clear comprehension of the principles of « ingly fatal The student’s knowledge of arithmetic has, in every instance, been used as a basis for a thorough knowledge of numbers as they are considered in ihe science of ‘algebra, so that progress to- ward the broader ideas of number is easy and algebraic truths arc readily compra- the sclence. hended. (Published by the American Book Company, New York. Price $125.) A King’s Pawn. “A King's Pawn,” by Hamflton Drum- mond, is a bright, ringing story of adven- ture of the time of Henry of Navarre and during the trouble between Spain and France. The book takes as a motif a journey by Henry himself and two gen- tlemen of his court, together with a valet, into Spain when feeling ran high between the two countries. The party travel in- cognito, but nevertheless meet with all kinds of hazardous escapes, and seem- predicaments are constantly arising. One of the most thrilling of these is a vendetta, with . which a Spanish woman rursues one of the King's com- panions. With all the clash of steel and clatter of horses’ hcofs the party manages, with one exception, to escape unscathed. The story is plausible, entertaining and carries enough of Cupid’s doings to give delicate contrast to the ring of arms. The cover design is done in a very effective poster style. (Published by Doubleday, Page & Co., New York. Price $150.) Through Stress and Storm. The author of “Through Stress and Storm” writes under the nom de plume of Gregory Brooke, but is in reality a promi- nent jurist who resides in one of the Cen- tral States. The story illustrates its title. Although written without any avowed moral purpose, it teaches a most whole- some moral and shows how character is composed and compacted through “stress and storm.” The part played by love in human life; the girl as a sweetheart; mis- consist of clever pen and ink sketches of the scenes, and over fifty half-tone por- traits in costume of the singers. In ad- dition are presented some strikingly fan- ciful pictures by such well known artists as Archie Gunn, Ray Brown and E. W. Kemble. Manual of the Constitution. There has just been published a “Man- ual of the - Consiitution of the United States,” by Israel Ward Andrews, D.D. LL.D., revised by Homer Morris, LL.B., of the Cincinnati bur. For twenty-five years Andrews' Manual of the Constitu- tion has been one of the leading works on the subject. The orlginal publication grew out of the author own necessity for a concise yet thorough and practical treat- ise, and in the revision the utmost care has been taken to keep to the original design of the book. It now includes the recent interpretations of the constitution by the courts and the important statutes caleulated to produce permanent political effect. In addition, such modern topics as our island possessions, the Interstate Commerce Commission, the law against trusts and the Civil Service Commission are fully treated, both as to their histories and their constitutional aspects. An ap- pendix gives, among other things, the constitution and the Declaration of In- dependence, while a complete index ren- ders possible ready reference to any topic. (Published by the American Book Com- pany, New York. Price $1.) The New Don Quixote. “The New Don Quixote,” by Mary Pacheco, is a novel of the dramatic type. It opens on the boundless prairies of the West; introduces a number of the dram- atis personae, including the villain of the story, and anon transports the reader to the conventional scenes of England, where the hero, a Western ranchman, is CGROREK HORTON. EORGE HORTON, author of “Like Another Helen,” was born in Fairville, Wayne County, N. Y., in the year 1859. Wlhile he was a small boy his parents cmi- grated to Michigan, where his fath- er bought a farm. Young Herton was educated at the district school and the Marshall high school. Then he was sent to Ann Arbor, where he graduated at the high school, and afterward at the University of Michigan in the classical course. Mpr. Horton was given a separate diploma for especial excellence in Greek and Latin. After graduat- i ing he taught school for awhile and then entered upon newspaper work in Chicago. In 1893 he was sent to Athens as Consul by President Cleveland. He remained in Greece five years and a half, during which time he made a careful study of the language and people. ~ Since his re- turn he has devoted himself to iiter- | ary work, and contributing to vari- ous periodicals. His publications are “Songs of the Lawl}',” poems (1892, published by subscription) ; “In Unknown Seas,” poems, 1895 “Aphroessa,” poems, 1897, (T. Fisher Unwin, London); “Con-~ stantine” was originally written in modern Greek by the author, and ran as a serial tn the Athens Asty; “A Fair Brigand,” 1900 (Ward, Lock & Co., London). understandings and entanglements coincl- dental with the sweet passion and an ua- expected denouement, hold the reader throughout the book. Published by The Abbey Press, New York. Price §L Stage Lyrics. “Stage Lyrics” is 4 Gelightful volume of verses by Harry B. Smith. We ali know Mr. Smith most iavorably as the author of the bright lines in those popu- lar modern operas, “Robin Hood,” *T' Mandarin,” “Rob Rov,” “The Casino Girl,” “The Highway,” etc. The present volume is composed of the most popu- lar songs taken from these different op- eras. The book is published in R. H. Rus- sell's usual attractive style, which places him well at the head as a purveyor uf artistic publications. The illustrations elevated to the Peerage. does unexpected things, breezy with Western freedom and shocking to the conservatism of the old country. How he nnmasks the villain and finally wins the love and hand of the heroine the reader must learn from the story itself. (Pub- lished by the Abbey Press, New York. Price §1.) In Spits of Foes. General Charles King, who, with the atd of his prolific pen, has created such hosts of military heroes in the last twenty years or 0, has produced in his last story, “In Spite of Foes,” a worthy conipanion for its predecessors. In addition to the old- time heart-stirrers, such as false accusa- tions, unfavorable court-martial, disgrace, despair, and the Indian fight, the hero is whirled through the vicissitudes of two exciting railroad strikes, and, after a long but ultimately successful struggie for a leading position at the bar in one of the far Northwestern States, he goes into the Spanish war at the head of a State regi- ment, and is sent to the Philippines. There he comports himself as an American offi- cer should and, after a long illness suc- ceeding a dangerous wound, is brought back to San Francisco, where the villain of the tale gets his final “come-uppance, and the hero finds the reward that a good hero cught always to receive. General King dashes into a story wi h the spirit he would put into a cavalry eharge, and there is no cessation of action from cover to cover. His hero usually has to swim in a sea of trouble, but the author never dips him so deep that he can't pull him out. In the abstract everybody but a misanthrope likes to see virtue rewarded and vice punished. Unfortunately, this is not alw: accomplished in real life, but it is possible in fiction, and General King—a health to him!—closes up his stories with dispensations of poetic justice that gladden the hearts of right-minded readers. “In Spite of Foes" is one of the best of its author’s romances—a book which. once begun, is difficult to lay down until fin- ished. Published by the J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia. Price, $1 25. Philosophy of Spirit or Psychology. Mr. C. H. Foster of Alameda has written a book which should appeal to all those interested in the study of metaphysics through the medium of spirit transmis- sion. His velume Is on “The Common- Sense Philosophy of Spirit or Psychology.” The author gées into the matter at some length and claims to have received all the thoughts therein expressed from some cne in the spirit world. He does not pose as i man of education, Lut says that all that h’e has to say has come through impres- lon. - Literary Notes. John La Farse, the artist, several years ago went on a journey through the islands of the Pacific with Henry Adams, the his- torian. He made many sketches, which have been since finished into pictures. Se- lections from Lis diary of the trip and also from the pictures which he has made will appear in the May and in the two succeeding months. giving giimpses of Hawali, Tahiti a ] In the April Literary Era, Willlam S. Walsh in his short essayv, which is a fea- ture of the macgazine, deals this month with “Critics and Sham,” and discusses in a virile but pleasanrt and sometimes humorous way the cxtent to which eriti- cal authority should be acknowledged in matters of literature. His estimate of “the heroism of antinuity”"—a sort of fetich to literary critics—may not con- vince them, but the force of Mr. Walsh's argument is not lessened by the humor he writes into it. S: - Dodd, Mead & Co. announce for early publication a novel by Professor W. H. Venable of Cincinnati, Ohio. It deals with Aaron Burr’s audacious scheme of found- ing an empire in the Southwest, for the furtherance of which the famous Blenner- hassett exrended his whole fortune and sacrificed his beautiful island heme in the Ohio River. Professor Venable is an ac- knowledged histcrical authority and in addition is thoroughly acquainted with all that portion of the country in which the scene of the story Is lala. ‘With its issue of April 18 the Youth's Companion will enter upon its seventy- fifth year. To celebrate this event the Companion of that date will be a double “seventy-fifth birthday number,” contain- ing contributions by Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt, Mary E. Wilkins, Sarah Barnwell Eliott and a half-dozen others. To further com- memorate this anniversary the publishers have prepared a richly printed souvenir-il- lustrating the growth of the nation and of the Youth's Companion since the year the Cempanion was founded, 1827. Little, Brown & Co. have now ready Richard Le Gallienne’s new romance, “The Love Letters of the Kipg,” and “Truth Dexter,” by Sidney McCall. These volumes will be followed early in April by Mrs, Campbell’s striking new novel, “Ballantyne,” Elis Meredith's “The Mas- ter Knot of Human Fate” and new edi- tions of Mrs. Fawcett's “Life of Queen Victoria,” and Professor Wells' “Modern German Literature.” 1he new colonial ro- mance by Maud Wilder Goodwin, “Sir Christopher’"—one of the strongest works that Mrs. Goodwin has written—will ap- pear later in Apri There is a short story. “The Polnt at Issue,” in the April number of Harper's Magazine, by William Farquhar Payson, author of “John Vytal.” Since the pub- lication of Mr. Payson's hovel the pub- lishers have received a number of letters expressing satisfaction that Raleigh's lost colony on Roanoke Island had at length served as material for the novelist, and expressing surprise that it had not done so before in 'w of the romantic charm of the subject. Mr. Payson is a young man who has two previous novels to his credit, but “John Vytal” is his most am- bitious and successful effort. We learn that the ‘“Personal Edition* of George Eliot's works, which Double- day, Page & Co. have just published com- plete in a twelve-volume subseription edi- tion, is to appear also in another edition issted one volume a month through the regular trade. The volume to be imme- diately so published is ““Adam Bede,” and, like others of the set, contains much hit erto unpublished matter. It may be re- called that this masterplece of the great- est woman author was first published on the 1st of February, 1859. George Eliot 'had sold the copyright to Messrs. Black- wood for £800; but in consideration of ‘ts He says and great success they paid her a second sum of £300 the. folfpwing year. The book ran into five editions within six months of pub- lication and within twelve months 16,000 copies were sold The fourth edition of 5000 was exhausted in a fortnight. 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Accurate as is its rendering of historic scenes and persons, faithfully as it records the lovelin of tide-wat Virginia, the power of- “Audrey” lies its appeal to that lastinct for true ro- mance which abides in every unspoiled heart. It will prove a memorable serial. During the spring season McClure, Phil- & Co. will publi A Sack of Shakings,” short stories and essays of sea life by Frank T. Bullen, whe 1s so well known as a master of sea ature through his “Cruise of the Cache- lot” and other notable books. A volume of short stories by Jack Lon- don, author of “Sen of the Wolt.” The present collection of stories deals with the Northwest and the Klondike, and the book will probably take the name of initial story, “The God of His Father: “The Cruise of the Petrel,” a novel of sea life, treating of the period of the war of 1512, and dealing largely with the ro- mances and adventures arising from the privateering so common at that time. 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The primary purpose of this book is to give a detailed and crfuical study of the actual working out in its different phases—political, eco- nomie, social and legal—of the so-called Presidential and Congressional policies of reconstruction in Mississippl. As a scrt of preliminary study the author has de- voted several chapters to the gerifod of secession and the Civil War, is®Nwhich is discussed with more or less fullgess the development of the secession s®.timent, the leading military campaigns and raids, the political and economic aspects of the war, government of occupled territory by the military commangers, the development of the peace sentiment, the final collapse of the Confederacy and the public and private law status at the conclusion of peace. The chapters on the Presidential policy deal with the administration of Provis- ional Governor Sharkey, the Reconstruc- tion Convention of 1365, conflicts between the civil and military authorities and the status of the freedmen in 1865. In suc- ceeding chapters the author discusses the economic problems of reconstruction, the Congressional policy of reconstruction, in- cluding the military administrations of Generals Slocum, Wood, Ord, Gillem, Me- Dowell and Ames: the registration of the new electorate and the Reconstruction Convention of 1868; politics in 1367, 1363 and 1869; the freedmen's bureau, and the re- establishment of civil government in 1570. Belleving it necessary to an intelligent judgment of the merits or demerits of the Congressional policy, the author has carried this narrative down to the over- throw of the carpet-baggers, an event lo- cally known as the Revolution of 1875. 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