Sister St. Luke _Constance Fenimore
Woolson_ 489

Sounding Brass _Lizzie W. Champney_ 671

South, The, Her Condition and Needs _Hon. J. L. M. Curry_ 544

Story of a Lion _Albert Rhodes_ 196

Spring _H. R. H._ 841

Spring Longing _Emma Lazarus_ 725

Theatres of London _Henry James, Jr._ 661

Three Periods of Modern Music _Richard Grant White_ 832

Theatre Francais, The _Henry James, Jr._ 437

Tried and True _Sylvester Baxter_ 470

Two Worlds, The _Ellice Hopkins_ 488

Unknown Persons _Mary Murdoch Mason_ 657

"Uniformed Militia" Service, The _C. H. M._ 776

Walt Whitman, To _Joaquin Miller_ 29

Woman's Gifts, A _Mary Ainge De Vere_ 208

Wordsworth's Corrections _Titus Munson Coan_ 322

Yosemite Hermit, The _Clara G. Dolliver_ 782

THE GALAXY.

VOL. XXIII.--JANUARY, 1877.--No. 1.

ADMINISTRATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

The political differences which have generated parties in this country
date back to an early period. They existed under the old confederation,
were perceptible in the formation of the Constitution and establishment
of "a more perfect union." Differences on fundamental principles of
government led to the organization of parties which, under various
names, after the adoption of the Federal Constitution, divided the
people and influenced and often controlled national and State elections.
Neither of the parties, however, has always strictly adhered or been
true to its professed principles. Each has, under the pressure of
circumstances and to secure temporary ascendancy in the Federal or State
governments, departed from the landmarks and traditions which gave it
its distinctive character. The _Centralists_, a name which more
significantly than any other expresses the character, principles, and
tendency of those who favor centralization of power in a supreme head
that shall exercise paternal control over States and peopl