The current number of the Family Library contains the Second
and concluding Volume of Mr. Cvnus It. EDMONDS' Life and Times of Washington. Alter the breaking out of the War of Independence, the hero of the biography may almost be said to have lived in public, and to have become identified with the history of his country. Hence there is very little of private matter for the biographer to tell; but that little is not lost ; and whilst he clearly describes the career of IVasiirteGvolst throughout the war, the subsequent anarchy, the founda- tion of the Federal Government, and his two Presidentships, Mr. EDMONDS presents at the same time a general idea of the history of the whole period. The literary character of this volume appears to be an improvement on the first. It is equally readable, with less of political disquisition.
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