Annual Obituary Notices of Eminent Persons Who Died in the United States During the Year 1857
By . Boston: Phillips, Sampson, & Co. 8vo. pp. 430.
THE object of this work is best stated in the words of the author, as being “the result of a long and earnest desire to give a more permanent and accessible memorial to those who have originated and developed our institutions,-those whose names should be remembered by the generations to come, as the statesmen, the soldiers, the men of science and skill, the sagacious merchants, the eminent clergymen and philanthropists,-those who have brought our country to the prosperity and distinction it now enjoys.”
Eulogies, funeral sermons, and obituaries soon pass out of remembrance, and an annual compilation like this cannot fail to be of service. The work appears to have been done with impartiality and care.