One difficulty, however, presented itself. New York had aforetime granted large tracts of land in Vermont, and the grantees were loudly complaining of the injustice in not being allowed to take possession of the property, or having its purchase price refunded. New York felt no very strong obligation to refund the money that had been extorted for those grants by royal governors before the war; still she was disposed to favor a compromise. Public opinion and mutual interests called for a reconciliation with Vermont, and her admission into the Confederacy of States, inasmuch as the measure would increase the representation of New England in Congress. On the 23d of October, 1789, committees from the respective Legislatures of Vermont and New York met to arrange the settlement of the only issue remaining--the amount of compensation the claimants under the New York grants should receive from Vermont. It was agreed that on payment being made to her of $30,000, New York was to consent to the admission of Vermont into the Union, and to give up all claims to jurisdiction within the latter State. On the 18th of February, 1791, Congress, without a dissenting voice or vote, passed an Act “That on the 4th day of March, 1791, the said State, by the name and style of the ‘State of Vermont,’ shall be received and admitted into their Union as a new and entire member of the United States of America.” THE END. ACADIA: A LOST CHAPTER IN AMERICAN HISTORY. BY PHILIP H. SMITH. This is a work of deep interest and great historical value.--American Catholic Quarterly Review. I thank you for the volume and for the service you have performed for students and readers of American History. Those who peruse your book will better understand Longfellow’s beautiful poem, “Evangeline.”--Benson J. Lossing, LL. D. It is what it claims to be. “A Lost Chapter in American History,” and should find its way into the library of every student of our country’s history.--Po’keepsie Enterprise. It is something new, and as a stranger it will be made welcome. It is history as good as romance.--New Orleans Picayune. The subject itself is explained most thoroughly.... Not the least interesting part of the book are the legends of the Gaspé Coast which are appended to it.--N. Y. Independent. Price $2. Liberal discount to the trade. Mailed to any address in any quarter of the world. PHILIP H. SMITH, Publisher, Pawling, N. Y. HISTORY OF DUCHESS COUNTY. BY PHILIP H. SMITH. For the first time it puts Duchess County before the world in a light of which none of us needs to be ashamed.--Joel Benton in Amenia Times. The most interesting and instructive events are blended with the whole in a manner calculated to make it entertaining, as well as a valuable book of reference.--Fishkill Jour.