GENERAL JAMES SHIELDS, HERO OF THE MEXICAN AND CIVIL WARS AND UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM THREE STATES.—THE FRENCH-IRISH BRIGADES IN THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE.—BISHOP BERKELEY AND HIS PLANS FOR A GREAT AMERICAN UNIVERSITY.

BY HON. WILLIAM J. ONAHAN OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

[Three very interesting articles on widely differing historical subjects.]