n of some
recent statements of Gen. George B. McClellan, By Wm. D. Kelley. 8vo,
pp. 88. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1885. Price, $1.00.]

[Footnote 9: The American Caucus System; its origin, purpose, and
utility. By George W. Lawton. 1 vol. pp. 107. New York: G.P. Putnam's
Sons, 1885. Price, $1.00.]

[Footnote 10: The Postulates of English Political Economy. By the late
Walter Bagehot, with a preface by Alfred Marshall. 1 vol. pp. 114. New
York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1885. Price $1.00.]

[Footnote 11: CITY BALLADS. By Will Carleton, author of "Farm
Ballads," "Farm Legends," etc. Illustrated. Square 8vo, pp. 180. New
York: Harper & Brothers. Price $2.00.]

[Footnote 12: A Larger History of the United States of America to the
close of President Jackson's administration. By Thomas Wentworth
Higginson. Illustrated by Maps, Plans, Portraits, and other Engravings.
1 vol. 8vo, pp. 470. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1886. Price, $3.00.]

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NOTES AND QUERIES.

At the request of many of our readers, this new Department is initiated.
Please address all queries and answers simply,--EDITOR OF THE BAY STATE
MONTHLY, 43 Milk St., Boston.

1.--In one of the old Readers, I find a selection, not credited to any
author, and beginning as follows:--"Born, sir, in a land of liberty;
having early learned its value; having engaged in a perilous conflict
to defend it; having, in a word, devoted the best years of my life to
secure its permanent establishment in my country, my anxious
recollections, my sympathetic feelings, and my best wishes are
irresistibly excited, whensoever in any country, I see an oppressed
nation unfurl the banners of freedom." Will some one of your readers
inform me who was the author of these words, and what was the occasion
for their utterance?--W.T.D.

2.--Sullivan, in his _Familiar Letters_, states (p. 26) that:
"General Washington is well known to have expressed his heartfelt
satisfaction that the important State of Massachusetts had acceded to
the Union. There is much _secret history_ as to the efforts made to
procure the rejection (of the constitution) on the one side, and the
adoption on the other." Where can I find the fullest account of this
"secret history?"--STUDENT.

3.--Who was the first American woman to publicly espouse the cause of
Anti-Slavery? I have lately seen several names mentioned?--M.S.

4.--"Where can I find the best account of the Know