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D. Appleton and Company have published for Professor Ulrich B.
Phillips of the University of Michigan a volume entitled _American
Negro Slavery_.

_Lincoln, the Politician_, by T. Aaron Levy, and _Latest Lights on
Abraham Lincoln_, and _War Time Memories_, works published by Badger
and Revell respectively, are two important volumes throwing light on
the Civil War.

Among the Washington University Studies has appeared a monograph by C.
S. Boucher entitled _The Secession and Cooperation Movements in South
Carolina, 1848 to 1852_.

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[Transcriber's Notes:

Every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as
possible, including obsolete and variant spellings and other
inconsistencies. The transcriber made the following changes to the
text to correct obvious errors:

1. p. 20, "aquaintance" --> "acquaintance"
2. p. 43, "San Fancisco" --> "San Francisco"
3. p. 44, "legisalture" --> "legislature"
4. p. 49, Footnote #46, "Califronia" --> "California"
5. p. 51, "except Lawrence who is" --> "except Lawrence (who is"
6. p. 51, "Distrist" -> "District"
7. p. 52, "ten to eleven years," --> "ten to eleven years),"
8. p. 53, "San Bernardini" --> "San Bernardino"
9. p. 54, "Banjamin" --> "Benjamin" (twice)
10. p. 60, No footnote text for footnote #58.
11. p. 64, No footnote text for footnote #67.
12. p. 64, No footnote text for footnote #68.
13. p. 65, No footnote text for footnote #71.
14. p. 65, No footnote text for footnote #72.
15. p. 82, "fellings" --> "feelings"
16. p. 95, "famlies" --> "families"
17. p. 107, "instrumnts" --> "instruments"
18. p. 119, No footnote marker for footnote #187 in original text.
19. p. 125, No footnote marker for footnote #199 in original text.
20. p. 173, "cannoit" --> "cannot"
21. p. 186, "reesmblance" --> "resemblance"
22. p. 187, "doubt fear" --> "doubt, fear"
23. p. 194, "passsd" --> "passed"
24. p. 195, "decendants" --> "descendants"
25. p. 195, "neices" --> "nieces"
26. p. 208, "talley" --> "tally"
27. p. 210, "Sewanee Reivew" --> "Sewanee Review"
28. p. 222, No footnote marker for footnote #248 in original text.
29. p. 224, "opprobium" --> "opprobrium"
30. p. 225, "comsioner" --> "commissioner"
31. p. 229, "Negreos" --> "Negroes"
32. p. 254, "frofeit" --> "forfeit"
33. p. 264, "Jaunary" --