ashington. The country over which the two armies marched is a
desolation. There is no subsistence remaining. The railroads are
destroyed. Lee has no longer the power to invade the North. On the other
hand, General Grant can swing upon the James and isolate the Rebel army
from direct connection with the South. That accomplished, and, sooner or
later,--with Hunter in the Shenandoah, with Union cavalry sweeping down
to Wilmington, Weldon, and Danville, and up to the Blue Ridge, cutting
railroads, burning bridges, destroying supplies of ammunition and
provisions,--the question with Lee must be, not one of earthworks and
cannon and powder and ball, but of subsistence. Plainly, the day is
approaching when the Army of the Potomac, unfortunate at times in the
past, derided, ridiculed, but now triumphant through unparalleled
hardship, endurance, courage, persistency, will plant its banners on the
defences of Richmond, crumble the Rebel army beyond the possibility of
future cohesion, and, in conjunction with the forces in other
departments, crush out the last vestige of the Rebellion.

REVIEWS AND LITERARY NOTICES.

_The American Conflict_: A History of the Great Rebellion in
the United States of America, 1860-64. By HORACE GREELEY.
Vol. I. 8vo. pp. 648. Hartford: O. D. Case & Co.

The plan of this work contemplates not only a faithful and complete
historical description of the leading events in the stupendous conflict
now raging between the interests of Slavery and the principles of
Freedom, but an accurate analysis and lucid exposition of the antagonist
ideas which have attained their full development in the present civil
war. With this purpose, the issue of the portion now submitted to the
American public cannot be regarded as premature or unseasonable. If the
time has not arrived for the elaboration of a thorough historic survey
of the mighty struggle which has convulsed the nation to its deepest
heart, there are ample materials for a profound review of the past, and
an instructive exhibition of the moral and intellectual movement, the
pregnant conflict of thought, which has found its ultimate issue in the
bloody death-throes of the battle-field. No nobler theme could tempt the
pen of the philosophic historian. No subject of study could present more
attractive features, or prove of more fruitful import to every
intelligent American thinker.

Mr. Greeley's position and professional training as a promi