VUl SOME OF THE CHIEF CONTRIBUTORS. Johnson, Gen, Bradley T., ^Member of Maiylaiul Bar. Johnson, Rossiter, Author •■ Hi!<tory of the War of 1812," etc. Johnston, William Preston, President of Tiilane University. Jones, Horatio Gates, Vice-President of Pennsylvania Historical Society. Jones, John William, Secretary of Soiitliern Historical Society. Jones, William Alfred, Author ■' Character and Criticism," etc. Lathrop, George Parsons, Author •■ A Study of Hawthorne," etc. Latrobe, John H. B., Member of Maryland Bar. Leach, Col. J. Granville, Member of the Philadelphia Bar. Lincoln, Robert T., Ex-Secretary of War. Lodge, Henry Cabot, Author "Life of Hamilton." Long, Col. Charles Chaille, Late of the Egyptian Army. Lowell, James Russell, Late Minister at Court of St. James. MacVeagh, Wayne, Ex-Attorney-General, U. S. Mathews, William, Author " Orators and Oratory," etc. McMaster, John Bach, Author •• History of the People of the United States." Mitchell, Donald G., Author ■' Reveries of a Bachelor," etc. Norton, Charles Eliot, Professor in Harvard University. O'Connor, Joseph, Editor Rochester, N. Y., Post-Express." O'Neal, Edward A., Governor of Alabama. Parker, Cortlandt, Member of New -Jersey Bar. Parkman, Francis, Author ■' Frontenac," " French in Canada," etc. Parton, James, ^liscellaneous Writer. Phelan, James, M. C, Editor l[emphis, Tenn., "Avalanche." Phelps, William Walter, Member of Congress from New Jersey. Pierrepont, Edwards, Ex-Attorney-Genoral Ignited States. Porter, David D., Admiral United States Navy. Porter, Gen. Horace, Late of Gen. Grant's Staff. Preston, Mrs. Margaret J., Author and Poet. Puron, Dr. Juan G., Spanish Author and Editor. Read, Gen. J. Meredith, Late Minister to Cireece. Reid, Whitelaw, Editor New York " Tribune." Ricord, Judge Frederick W., New Jersey Historical Society. Robinson, Ezekiel G., President of Brown University. Romero, Mattias, Mexican Minister to the United States. Scharf, Col. J. Thomas, Of the Confederate Army. Schurz, Carl, Ex-Secretary of the Interior. Sherman, William T., Late General of United States Army. Smith, Charles Emory, Editor Philadelphia " Press." Spencer, Jesse Ames, Author and Professor. Stedman, Edmund C, Author •■ Poets of America," etc. Stiles, Henry R., M. D., Author •• History of Brooklyn, N. Y." Stoddard, Richard Henry, Author '■Son^s of Summer," etc. Stone, William L., Author ■■ Life of Pted Jacket," etc. Strong, William, Ex-.Tustice LTnited States Supreme Court. Stryker, William S., Adjutant-lieneral of New Jersey. Tenner, William Christian, Graduate of the University of Paris. Tucker, J. Randolph, Member of Congress from Virginia. Waite, Morrison R., Chief Justice lnited States Supreme Court. Warner, Charles Dudley, Author and Editor. Washburne, Elihu B., Late Minister to France. Welling, James C, President of Columbian University. Whittier, John Greenleaf, Author and Poet. "Wilson, Gen. Jas. Grant, President Genealogical and Bicgraphical Society. Winter, William, Poet and Theatrical Critic. Winthrop, Robert C, Ex-United States Senator. Wright, Gen. Marcus J., Of the Confederate Army. Young, John Russell, Miscellaneous Writer.