ce Parton's book appeared, just before the civil war,
no one has undertaken a comprehensive life of Greeley. Greeley's own
autobiography, which he called "Recollections of a Busy Life," has been
the only later work of note to which readers could go, and that book has
not been in general circulation for a great many years. Mr. Linn's
volume, therefore, should have a large public waiting to receive it. The
character of Horace Greeley is studied by Mr. Linn in his editorial
work. He traces his opinions as set forth in his editorial writings. In
this way he shows how he "grew up" to his earnest advocacy of a
protective tariff; how he became the most powerful opponent of the
extension of the slave power, after looking on the subject almost with
indifference in his earlier years; his curious inconsistencies during
the civil war, when he was a source of constant interference with the
Administration at Washington; and the circumstances that led to his
selection as the Liberal candidate for President in 1872.

"Every lover of America's great men should possess this life of
Greeley."--_Raleigh Observer_.

"The best biography of Greeley yet written."--_The Literary World_.

"Mr. Linn has not attempted an elaborate life of Greeley, but only an
extended, a just and thoroughly appreciative essay. Eminent success has
crowned the effort. The general public, as well as the more fastidious
student, will find genuine pleasure and real benefit in perusing this
little volume."--_Prof. William F. Dodd, New York Times Review_.

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK.

REMINISCENCES OF A SCIENTIST.

The Autobiography of Joseph Le Conte.

With portrait. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25 net.

Professor Le Conte was widely known as a man of science, and notably as
a geologist. His later years were spent at the University of California.
But his early life was passed in the South; there he was born and spent
his youth; there he was living when the civil war brought ruin to his
home and his inherited estate. His reminiscences deal with phases of
life in the South that have unfailing interest to all students of
American history. His account of the war as he saw it has permanent
value. He was in Georgia when Sherman marched across it. Professor Le
Conte knew Agassiz, and writes charmingly of his associations with him.

"Attractive because of its unaffected simplicity and
directness."--_Chicago Chronicle_.

"Attractive by virtue of its frank simplicity."