Undoubtedly there has been no such narrative as would be especially welcome to men of the new generation, and would be valued by a very great class of readers;--and there has seemed to be great danger that the time would be allowed to pass when it would be possible to give to such a work the vividness and accuracy that come from personal recollection.

These facts led to the conception of the present work.
From every department of the Government, from the officers of the army, and from a great number of custodians of records and special information everywhere, both authors and publishers have received every aid that could be asked in this undertaking; and in announcing the issue of the work the publishers take this occasion to convey the thanks which the authors have had individual opportunities to express elsewhere.
The volumes of the series will be duodecimos of about 250 pages each, illustrated by maps and plans prepared under the direction of the authors.

They will appear, as far as possible, in the chronological order of the Campaigns of which they treat; and by their preliminary and concluding chapters will be so far connected that the completed work will practically cover the entire field of the war.
The price of each volume will be $1.00.
_The following volumes are now ready:_ I .-- THE OUTBREAK OF THE REBELLION.

By JOHN G.NICOLAY, Esq., Private Secretary to President Lincoln; late Consul-General to France, etc.
A preliminary volume, describing the opening of the war, and covering the period from the election of Lincoln to the end of the first battle of Bull Run.
II .-- FROM FORT HENRY TO CORINTH.

By the Hon.