HE STORY OF WASHINGTON. THE By ELIZA- "One of the best accounts of the incidents of Washington's life for young people." -New York Observer. "The Washington described is not that of the demigod or hero of the first half of this century, but the man Washington, with his defects as well as his virtues, his urattractive traits as well as his pleasing ones. . There is greater freedom from errors than in more pretentious lives."-Chicago Tribune. "The illustrations are numerous, and actually illustrate, including portraits and views, with an occasional map and minor pictures suggestive of the habits and customs of the period. It is altogether an attractive and useful book, and one that should find many readers among American boys and girls."-Philadelphia Times. "A good piece of literary work presented in an attractive shape."-New York Tribune. "Will be read with interest by young and old. It is told with good taste and accuracy, and if the first President loses some of his mythical goodness in this story, the real greatness of his natural character stands out distinctly, and his example will be all the more helpful to the boys and girls of this generation."-New York Churchman. "The book is just what has been needed, the story of the life of Washington, as well as of his public career, written in a manner so interesting that one who begins it will finish, and so told that it will leave not the memory of a few trivial anecdotes by which to measure the man, but a just and complete estimate of him. The illustrations are so excellent as to double the value of the book as it would be without them.”— Chicago Times. HE STORY OF COLUMBUS. THE By ELIZABETH EGGLESTON SEELYE. Edited by Dr. Edward Eggleston. With 100 Illustrations by Allegra Eggleston. "Delights of History" Series. 12mo. Cloth, $1.75. "A brief, popular, interesting, and yet critical volume, just such as we should wish to place in the hands of a young reader. The authors of this volume have done their best to keep it on a high plane of accuracy and conscientious work without losing sight of their readers."-New York Independent. "In some respects altogether the best book that the Columbus year has brought out."-Rochester Post-Express. "A simple story told in a natural fashion, and will be found far more interesting than many of the more ambitious works on a similar theme."-New York Journal of Commerce. "This is no ordinary work. It is pre-eminently a work of the present time and of the future as well."-Boston Traveller. "Mrs. Seelye's book is pleasing in its general effect, and reveals the results of painstaking and conscientious study."-New York Tribune. "A very just account is given of Columbus, his failings being neither concealed nor magnified, but his real greatness being made plain."-New York Examiner. "The illustrations are particularly well chosen and neatly executed, and they add to the general excellence of the volume."-New York Times. New York: D. APPLETON & CO., 72 Fifth Avenue. JOHN BACH MC MASTER. HISTORY OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, from the Revolution to the Civil War. By JOHN BACH MCMASTER. To be completed in five volumes. Vols. I, II, and III now ready. 8vo, cloth, gilt top, $2.50 each. In the course of this narrative much is written of wars, conspiracies, and rebellions; of Presidents, of Congresses, of embassies, of treaties, of the ambition of political leaders, and of the rise of great parties in the nation. Yet the history of the people is the chief theme. At every stage of the splendid progress which separates the America of Washington and Adams from the America in which we live, it has been the author's purpose to describe the dress, the occupations, the amusements, the literary canons of the times; to note the changes of manners and morals; to trace the growth of that humane spirit which abolished punishment for debt, and reformed the discipline of prisons and of jails; to recount the manifold improvements which, in a thousand ways, have multiplied the conveniences of life and ministered to the happiness of our race; to describe the rise and progress of that long series of mechanical inventions and discoveries which is now the admiration of the world, and our just pride and boast; to tell how, under the benign influence of liberty and peace, there sprang up, in the course of a single century, a prosperity unparalleled in the annals of human affairs. "The pledge given by Mr. McMaster, that 'the history of the people shall be the chief theme,' is punctiliously and satisfactorily fulfilled. He carries out his promise in a complete, vivid, and delightful way. We should add that the literary execution of the work is worthy of the indefatigable industry and unceasing vigilance with which the stores of historical material have been accumulated, weighed, and sifted. The cardinal qualities of style, lucidity, animation, and energy, are everywhere present. Seldom indeed has a book in which matter of substantial value has been so happily united to attractiveness of form been offered by an American author to his fellowcitizens."-New York Sun. "To recount the marvelous progress of the American people, to describe their life, their literature, their occupations, their amusements, is Mr. McMaster's object. His theme is an important one, and we congratulate him on his success. It has rarely been our province to notice a book with so many excellences and so few defects."-New York Herald. "Mr. McMaster at once shows his grasp of the various themes and his special capacity as a historian of the people. His aim is high, but he hits the mark."New York Journal of Commerce. The author's pages abound, too, with illustrations of the best kind of historical work, that of unearthing hidden sources of information and employing them, not after the modern style of historical writing, in a mere report, but with the true artistic method, in a well-digested narrative. If Mr. McMaster finishes his work in the spirit and with the thoroughness and skill with which it has begun, it will take its place among the classics of American literature."-Christian Union. New York: D. APPLETON & CO., 72 Fifth Avenue. A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY, from 1775 to 1894. By EDGAR STANTON MACLAY, A. M. With Technical Revision by Lieutenant Roy C. SMITII, U.S. N. In Two Volumes. Volume I. With numerous Maps, Diagrams, and Illustrations. Svo. Cloth, per volume, $3.50. This is the only complete history of the American Navy. There are mary books dealing with phases of naval history, but no comprehensive narrative has been published since the days of Cooper, and Mr. Maclay's book, which tells the story of our navy from 1775 to 1894, has the field to itself. For nine years the author has devoted himself to the task of supplying the want of a complete history of our navy. His researches in France, with the assistance of Admiral Aube, Minister of the Colonies and the Marine, and in England with the aid of the late Sir Provo Wallis and others, together with the use of private papers and unpublished documents in this country, the aid of descendants of naval heroes and the suggestions of naval officers who have taken part in some of the events described, render the results of his diligent labor complete and authoritative. The appearance of this standard history is a peculiarly happy accompaniment of the development of our new navy. In addition to the spirited illustrations of Mr. J. O. Davidson, who has earned the title of the artistic historian of our navy, there are many carefully prepared diagrams of important battles, showing the respective po: itions of the ships throughout the contest, and there are many small maps of the scenes of naval operations. * * * Volume II, containing the naval history of the Rebellion, revised by Rear-Admiral Jouett and other distinguished naval officers, will be published within a few weeks. OUTLINE OF CONTENTS, VOLUME 1. PART FIRST.-THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION. Chapter I. The United States a Maritime Nation. II. Development of Naval Warfare. III. Outbreak of the Revolution. IV. The American Navy in Europe. V. The Struggle in American Waters. VI. Second Cruise of Captain John Paul Jones. VII. The Bonhomme RichardSerapis Fight. VIII. Closing Naval Actions of the Revolution. PART SECOND.-WARS WITH FRANCE AND TRIPOLI. Chapter I. Outbreak of the War with France. II. A Vigorous Naval War against France. III. The War with France in 1800. IV. The Beginning of the War with Tripoli. V. The War in the Mediterranean. VI. The Frigate Philadelphia. VII. Bombardment of Tripoli. VIII. Conclusion of the War with Tripoli. PART THIRD.-THE WAR OF 1812. Chapter I. The Outbreak. II. First Naval Efforts of 1812. III. First Frigate Action. IV. Second Frigate Action. V. The ConstitutionJava Fight. VI. First Sloop Actions. VII. The Chesapeake and the Shannon. VIII. Operations on the Great Lakes. IX. Battle of Lake Erie. X. Active Naval War of 1813. XI. Captain Porter's Cruise in the Pacific. XII. Heroic Defense of the Essex. (War of 1812 continued in Volume II.) New York: D. APPLETON & CO., 72 Fifth Avenue. THE HE HISTORY OF BIMETALLISM IN THE UNITED STATES. By J. Laurence Laughlin, Ph. D., Assistant Professor of Political Economy in Harvard University; author of "The Study of Political Economy," etc. With Sixteen Charts and numerous Tables. 8vo. Cloth, $2 25. "Prof. Laughlin's excellent work is timely and valuable. It re-enforces the sugges tions of political sagacity and business prudence by the warnings of scientific investigation and foresight."-New York Times. "The book is not a treatise on the theory of bimetallism, but is a history of bimetallism, the theory being discussed only so far as the hard facts in the country's experience have directly borne upon some part of the theory."—Chicago Evening Journal. FINAL INANCIAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED FINANCIAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, FROM 1789 TO 1860. By ALBERT S. Bolles. 8vo. Cloth, $3.50. FINANCIAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, FROM 1861 TO 1885. By Albert S. Bolles. 8vo. Cloth, $3.50. "The difficulties, dangers, and triumphs of the Government's fiscal operations early in the war are well portrayed, and the wonderful course of the debt-paying outlined. The inception and progress of the national banks are described; also the system of internal taxation, the tariff, the whisky frauds, etc. The book is the best financial history the country has thus far."-Chicago Tribune. "These volumes have been accepted as standard authorities on the subject-matter treated, both in this country and in Europe. We are thus put in possession of the entire facts in the fiscal policies of the latest born among the nations of the earth. It is manifest that they must embrace a mass of events which in their relations and sequence are of the highest interest and value to the student of human society."-Philadelphia Times. A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF OUR FL NANCIAL POLICY DURING THE SOUTHERN RE- "The objects of the essay are to trace our present financial system to its effects on the power of our Government, the permanence of our institutions, the future well-being of society, and other great national interests; to show how certain principles of social science are illustrated in its workings; and incidentally to inquire in what ways it may be improved."-From the Preface. New York: D. APPLETON & CO., 72 Fifth Avenue. HE FARMER'S SIDE. THE By Hon. W. A. Peffer, U. S. Senator from Kansas. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00. "This politico-economical treatise discusses such subjects as the General Average Progress of the Country, the Progress of Agriculture, the Mortgage Burden, the Changed Condition of the Farmer, the Farmer's Competitors, the Settlement of the New West, the Destroying Power of Usury, Contraction of the Currency, etc. These are all stirring questions of the day, and Senator Peffer states his side quite clearly. The book will be of great interest to politicians and politico-economists generally.". Rochester Union and Advertiser. "The book will be interesting not only as an exhibit of what a leading advocate of paternal government thinks on that subject, but as a valuable compilation and collection of statistics on a question of living interest." "-Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. "The author performed a very useful service in the compilation of this work. In it he has condensed a vast amount of valuable statistical matter bearing upon the various industries of the country during the past forty years. . . . It deserves a wide circulation and a careful reading."-Farm, Stock, and Home, Minneapolis, Minn. SEL ELECTED SPEECHES AND REPORTS ON FINANCE AND TAXATION, FROM 1859 TO 1878. By JOHN SHERMAN, Secretary of the Treasury. 8vo. Cloth, $2.50. "Whatever opinions sound thinkers may entertain with respect to some of the doctrines which Mr. Sherman has upheld upon occasion, there is no man in the country whose opinions with respect to financial matters are subjects of greater interest than are Mr. Sherman's."-New York Evening Post. CURRENCY AND BANKING. By BONAMY PRICE, Professor of Political Economy in the University of "The idea that the government stamp on the coin gives to money its value, the author disposes of in a sentence, yet it is a large part of the money argument.". Hartford Courant. "This discussion on the subject of currency is very clear and satisfactory, as well as timely."-New-Englander. PAPER APER-MONEY INFLATION IN FRANCE: By ANDREW D. WHITE, President of Cornell University. 8vo. A paper read before several Senators and Members of the House of Representatives, of both political parties, at Washington, April 12, and before the Union League Club, at New York, April 13, 1876. NOMISMA; or, "Legal Tender." By Henri Cer NUSCHI, author of "Bi-Metallic Money." 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. CONTENTS.-Evidence given before the United States Monetary Commission, by the author and others, February 5, 6, 7, and 8, 1877.-Monetary Pacification by the Rehabilitation of Silver.-Silver Vindicated.-Appendix. New York: D. APPLETON & CO., 72 Fifth Avenue. |