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New Jersey State Normal School, and au-
thor of various textbooks. Price by mail,
Il Brother, II and 10 South Sixth street,
Philadelphia.
The name of DR.. Hart is familiar to
nearly all teachers and to many who
ceased to be pupils years ago. He has
been known as public educator over
thirty years, and is capable of preparing
standard textbook, particularly on
the subject presented above. The work
is adapted to the classroom in its con
nected arrangement, but it may be read
with profit by many who are neither
teachers nor pupils. The subject is
treated in a plain style, easily under
stood and remembered. We believe
from partial examination, that it will
be found worthy of adoption in all pre-
paratory, and some higher schools
Teachers are furnished at half price.
1.-THE War between the~States, its Causes,
Character, Conduct and Results" by
Hon. A. II. Stephens.
The National Publishing Company, OF
St. Louis, Mo-, have just issued the
second and concluding volume of this
great work. For some time past there
has been a general feeling of apprehen-
sion throughout the country that the
precarious condition of Mr.. Stephen S
health would prevent his completing the
work, but this apprehension is now re-
moved by the fact that the book is fin
ished and in the hands of the agents of
the Company for delivery. This is a
matter of congratulation to the entire
country. This book must, from its very
nature, take precedence of all Southern
histories of the war. The high position
held by Mr.. Stephens in the government
of the Confederacy, his great abilities as
the first statesman of the South, and his
acknowledged integrity of character,
make him perhaps the person best quail
fed to tell the story of his cause and its
failure. His position as second officer
of the Confederacy enabled him to gain
much information which was inaccessi
BILE to the ordinary historian; the secret
history of his government is as familiar
to him-as an open book; and his con.
slant and intimate association with the
leaders of the South prepares him to
speak with accuracy of their motives
and to judge their acts from more in
telligent standpoint than any other
writer. In the first volume of his work
Mr.. Stephens confined himself entirely
to a discussion Of the causes which led
to the secession Of the South. In the
volume now before us, he narrates the
story Of the war, giving especial empha.
sis to the action Of the government Of
the Gopfederacy, or to what may be
called its confidential history. His &C.
count Of tho important conference al
Hampton Roads, between President Lin
coin and the Confederate Commission,
ers. is one Of the most valuable addi'
tons to the literature of the war, and is
in itself worth the price of the entire
work. The vexed question of the non
exchange Of prisoners of war has much
new light shed pRou il and the peace
movements in the South are thoroughly
explained. The fact that the FIRST vol
pme, which was blt the introduction to
the history Of the war, commanded a
sale of over 10000 copies, fully war
raEts the assertion that this volume,
which is not Rese discussion of prin-
ciples, but living, breathing narrative
of the events of the greatest struggle
Of modern times, by one of the most
important actors in it, viii reach sale
unprecedented in this country. Ne fair
minded, unprejudiced person can afford
TO be without this book. 1t is the official
history on the Southern side, and must
hold in the literature Of the war even a
higher place than is accorded to Mr..
Greeleys American Conflict" It will