than half of it, in fact--in an attack intended to
destroy three armies of more than five times the number of the Union
force actually engaged. Thomas was in command at this battle of
Peach-tree Creek, one of the sharpest and most significant actions
of the campaign, though no official report is found at the end of
the chapter in which it is described. The events that led up to the
victory of Nashville are always worth the telling, and the account
given in this work may be looked upon as in some respects Thomas's own
version of them. A brief chapter by Colonel Merrill of the Engineers
gives a very good description of three of the leading features of the
work done by that corps in the Army of the Cumberland. To cross great
rivers there was need of pontoon-bridges; to protect the long lines
of railroads it was necessary to provide block-houses; to go through
a country that was often a trackless forest, and always badly provided
with real high-roads, it was all-important to have maps, and to
reproduce them rapidly and plentifully. Colonel Merrill's chapter
is pithy, pointed and to the purpose, showing how well our technical
troops did their share of work, and how large and important that share
was in securing the general result. The maps are also well done, and
therefore useful in enabling a reader to follow out the details of the
narrative.

_BOOKS RECEIVED._

Dissertations and Discussions; Political, Philosophical and
Historical. By John Stuart Mill. Vol. V. New York: Henry Holt & Co.

From Everglade to Canon with the Second Dragoons, 1836-75, Compiled by
Theo. F. Rodenbough. New York: D. Van Nostrand.

Grand'ther Baldwin's Thanksgiving, with other Ballads and Poems. By
Horatio Alger, Jr. Boston: Loring.

Shakespeare Hermeneutics; or, The Still Lion. By C.M. Ingleby, M.A.,
LL.D. London: Truebner & Co.

Minutes of the Ohio State Archaeological Convention. Columbus: Printed
for the Society by Paul & Thrall.

Strength of Beams under Transverse Loads. By Prof. W. Allan. New York:
D. Van Nostrand.

The Illustrated Catholic Family Almanac for 1876. New York: Catholic
Publication Society.

Report of the Commissioner of Education for 1874. Washington:
Government Printing-office.

Our Poetical Favorites. Second Series. By Aschel C. Kendrick. New
York: Sheldon &Co.

Camp-Life in Florida. By Charles Hallock. New York: Forest and Stream
Publishing Co.

Lectures on Art. Second Series. By H. Taine. New York: