26 JULY 1884, Page 25

The Hessians in America. By Edward J. Lowell. (Harper Brothers,

New York.)—Mr. Lowell treats of an episode in the Revolutionary War that was not very creditable to this country, and was nothing less than disgraceful to the German Princes who were concerned in it,—the employment of German mercenaries. He has studied the accounts of the affairs in which these troops were engaged—accounts given by themselves in many cases—and has produced a very interesting volume.