Works of James Buchanan. VoL XI. (Lippincott and Co., Philadelphia.)—This
volume contains State papers and private correspondence for the last months of Buchanan's term as Presi- dent, the first date being September 5th, 1860, the last March 4th, 1861,—the day on which, at the hour of noon, he vacated his position. His latest anxieties were, of course, connected with Fort Sumter. His Cabinet had been anxious to avoid a recourse to force, and possibly missed an opportunity of strengthening the position, introducing supplies, &c. Buchanan could not have been sorry to be relieved of the cares of office when he heard from Major Anderson that relief could not be given except under the protection of fk force of twenty thousand men. The papers extend to November, 1868, and there is an appendix giving some earlier decnments.
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