_Studies in the History of the United States_. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50.

"Professor McMaster's essays possess in their diversity a breadth which covers most of the topics which are current as well as historical, and each is so scholarly in treatment and profound in judgment that the importance of their place in the library of political history can not be gainsaid."--_Washington Times_.

"The book is of great practical value, as many of the essays throw a broad light over living questions of the day. Professor McMaster has a clear, simple style that is delightful. His facts are gathered with great care, and admirably interwoven to impress the subject under discussion upon the mind of the reader."--_Chicago Inter-Ocean_.

HISTORIC LIVES SERIES.

A series of popular biographies dealing with famous men of all times and countries, written in brief form and representing the latest knowledge on the subjects, each ill.u.s.trated with appropriate full-page pictures, the authors being chosen for their special knowledge of the subjects.

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Father Marquette, the Explorer of the Mississippi.

By Reuben Gold Thwaites, Editor of "The Jesuit Relations," etc.

Daniel Boone.

By Reuben Gold Thwaites, Editor of "The Jesuit Relations," "Father Marquette," etc.

Horace Greeley.

By William A. Linn, Author of "The Story of the Mormons."

Sir William Johnson.

By Augustus C. Buell, Author of "Paul Jones, Founder of the American Navy."

Anthony Wayne.

By John R. Spears.

Champlain: The Founder of New France.

By Edwin Asa Dix, M.A., LL.D., Formerly Fellow in History in Princeton University; Author of "Deacon Bradbury," "A Midsummer Drive through the Pyrenees," etc.

James Oglethorpe: The Founder of Georgia.

By Harriet C. Cooper.

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A NEW VOLUME IN APPLETONS' HISTORIC LIVES SERIES.

Horace Greeley.

By William A. Linn

It is remarkable that so little has been written about Greeley since he died; in fact, since Parton's book appeared, just before the civil war, no one has undertaken a comprehensive life of Greeley. Greeley's own autobiography, which he called "Recollections of a Busy Life," has been the only later work of note to which readers could go, and that book has not been in general circulation for a great many years. Mr. Linn's volume, therefore, should have a large public waiting to receive it. The character of Horace Greeley is studied by Mr. Linn in his editorial work. He traces his opinions as set forth in his editorial writings. In this way he shows how he "grew up" to his earnest advocacy of a protective tariff; how he became the most powerful opponent of the extension of the slave power, after looking on the subject almost with indifference in his earlier years; his curious inconsistencies during the civil war, when he was a source of constant interference with the Administration at Washington; and the circ.u.mstances that led to his selection as the Liberal candidate for President in 1872.

"Every lover of America's great men should possess this life of Greeley."--_Raleigh Observer_.

"The best biography of Greeley yet written."--_The Literary World_.

"Mr. Linn has not attempted an elaborate life of Greeley, but only an extended, a just and thoroughly appreciative essay. Eminent success has crowned the effort. The general public, as well as the more fastidious student, will find genuine pleasure and real benefit in perusing this little volume."--_Prof. William F. Dodd, New York Times Review_.

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REMINISCENCES OF A SCIENTIST.

The Autobiography of Joseph Le Conte.

Professor Le Conte was widely known as a man of science, and notably as a geologist. His later years were spent at the University of California.

But his early life was pa.s.sed in the South; there he was born and spent his youth; there he was living when the civil war brought ruin to his home and his inherited estate. His reminiscences deal with phases of life in the South that have unfailing interest to all students of American history. His account of the war as he saw it has permanent value. He was in Georgia when Sherman marched across it. Professor Le Conte knew Aga.s.siz, and writes charmingly of his a.s.sociations with him.

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"Attractive by virtue of its frank simplicity."--_New York Evening Post_.

"Well worth reading even if the reader be not particularly interested in geology."--_New York American_.

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THE AUTHENTIC LIFE OF LINCOLN.

Abraham Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life.

By William H. Herndon and Jesse W. Weik.

"It will always remain the authentic life of Abraham Lincoln."--_Chicago Herald_.

"A remarkable piece of literary achievement--remarkable alike for its fidelity to facts, its fulness of details, its constructive skill, and its literary charm."--_New York Times_.

"The three portraits of Lincoln are the best that exist; and not the least characteristic of these, the Lincoln of the Douglas debates, has never before been engraved.... Herndon's narrative gives, as nothing else is likely to give, the material from which we may form a true picture of the man from infancy to maturity."--_The Nation_.

"Truly, they who wish to know Lincoln as he really was must read the biography by his friend and law-partner, W. H. Herndon. This book was imperatively needed to brush aside the rank growth of myth and legend which was threatening to hide the real lineaments of Lincoln from the eyes of posterity.... There is no doubt about the faithfulness of Mr.

Herndon's delineation. The marks of unflinching veracity are patent in every line."--_New York Sun_.