Litchfield enquirer., 1864-02-25
NEW puBL1cAT1oNs-MAaAztNEs FOR

from the publishers, pamphlet containing the first hundred and fifty pages of this new history of the Rebellion, by Horace Greeley. The publishers very justly state that ''no American writer could more ftly assume the responsible task, or produce more honest and truthful History of the Rebellion and it's ln- citements, or enc calculated to inspire more general interest among the great mass of the American people, than the eminent author of the work. His entire familiarity with the political history of this country, his exhaust less fund of statistical information. his ac. knowledged leadership, for quarter of cen tury, of the great American Antl-Slavery Party, his independence, fsarlessness and un- yielding integrity to his convictions as Pe- litical Writer and Public Speaker, all contrib uto to guarantee this work to be one of no common interest. and insure an eager desire among both friends and opponents, to see and peruse the History of this gigantic struggle from tho standpoint of the great American Journalist"
 So far as we have had the opportunity to judge from the specimen pages before us, we should willingly endorse this announcement, and have no hesitancy in pronouDcing it to be one of the most readable, and, at the same time, useful history of the Rebellion thst has yet been issued. Its opening pages fercibly and succinctly go to the root of the matter, and demonstrate with conclusiveness that no one can dispute, and yet with dignity and impartiality beftting the historian of this war, that the present issue is as plainly the result of the rotten and blasting system of Slavery, as any result can be legitimately traced to cause. Sc the progress of opin- ion, not only before, but during the war for the Union, is clearly set forth and recorded, and the motives and purposes of those who resisted, as we'll as those who sustained, the Republic in its arduous struggle for integrity and freedom are fairly noted.
 The work is to be printed on fine paper, and issued in two large double column octave vol umes of 600 pages each, illustrated by Maps. and Diagrams of Battle fields, Sieges, Naval Actions, views of places of historic interest, etc., together with steel.plate Portraits of prominent Generals, and other distinguished persons connected with the War, both North and South. Volume l will be published about the 1st of May, and will contain seuenty Por- traits on steel, beside other illustrations of interest.
 Of the typographical character of the spec linen pages before us, we can speak in the highest praise, although such praise would be superfuous to our Connecticut readers, who are informed that the work bears the imprint of Case, Lockwood & Co.,, of Hartford.
 It is safe enough to predict for this work an enormous sale, greater, we believe, than any other history of this Rebellion will attain and we can only hope that it's author may be spared to complete his undertaking, ,and chron- icle in the concluding volume, not only the collapse of the bogus "Confederacy," but the utter annlhilation of the rotten foundation upon which its builders planted it in wicked- ness and sin.
 The work is to be sold by subscription ex clusively, at various prices, according to the style of binding, from $a,5O to $500 per vol- ume.
 o. D. Case & Co.,, Hartford, Conn.,, Publish CTS, to whom orders may be addressed.
 The Atlantic Monthly for March, opens with graceful story entitled |" The Queen of Cali fornia;' touching poem entitled " The Brother of Mercy" follows Ambassadors in Bonds" story in ten chapters, follows i; |" Wet Weather Work" No. 5, by Ike Marvel; " The Relation of Art to Nature," Part 2; " Our Classmate "Whittier," a review |" The Convulsionists o. St, Medard,'' second paper ''Houss and Home Papers, No. 3. by Mrs. Stowe '" Our Soldiers ;" " Wm. Make peace Thackeray," by Bayara Taylor; a charming memorial "Peninsular Campaign" (Gen. Mcclellan shot the Iron Duke's) and Reviews and Literary Notices, make up a capital number.
 Whittier, Taylor, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Robert Dale Owen, Holmes, Ike Marvel, and Alice Cary. are among the list of contrib utors.
 Ticknor & Fields, Publishers, Boston.
 The Continental Monthly for March, is an excellent number. as will be seen from the fol- lowing rich and varied table of contents. " American Finances and Resources" Letter 3, of Hon Robert J. Walker; " Palmer, the American Sculptor" by L. J. Bigelow,- " Clouds," poetry, by Mrs. M. W. Cook " Sketches of American Life and Scenery" No 2, by L. D. Pychowska The Issues of the War;" by 0. NJ. serg't John s. Patterson. 20th Ohio Battery, Chattanooga; "Euone," a poem !" Carl Friedrich Neuman, the German Historian of our Country" by Prof. Andrew Ten Brook" "The Great American Crisis" Par, III, by Stephen Pearl Andrews ;; "This- tie Down." poetry, by Frances Lamartine; The Lord Lucifer" hy s. Leavtt, '" Ameri- can Finances and Resources" Letter III of Hon. Robert J. Walker |" Was He Success ful ?" by R. B. Kimball " The Mechanical Tendencies in Modern Society,"" by John A. French "An Indian Love Long," by E. R. Johnson Literary Notices and Editors Table.