by Eleanor O'Donnell

Antrim Historical Society. A STROLL THROUGH ANTRIM, NEW HAMPSHIRE. Send orders to Isabel Nichols, 10 Depot Street, Antrim, N.H. 03440.
Make checks payable to the Antrim Historical Society. 1997. $15.00, plus $1.50 postage & handling.
A pictorial history of Antrim, containing over 200 pictures from the Society's archives and print collections.

Brown, Humphrey. OUT OF SEASON. Audenreed Press. May be ordered from Mary Ellen Brown, 35 Center Road Chichester, N.H. 03234. 1997. $15.00 ISBN 1-879418-83-5
Being a lover of mysteries, I was looking forward to reading this story, set in New England. I was not disappointed. The main character, Roger, decides to go hunting out of season. This illegal act is the catalyst that sets off a chain of events that includes robbery and murder. As Roger becomes more and more embroiled in these life threatening events, the reader will keep turning the pages.

Charlton, Edwin A. NEW HAMPSHIRE AS IT IS. Heritage Books. 1997. $41.00 ISBN 0-78840633-7
Reprint of the 1855 edition. In three parts, the first part is "A historical sketch of New Hampshire," chronicling the important events from its early settlements to 1788; part two is "A gazetteer of New Hampshire," which lists every town in the state, their geographical locations and geological features; part three is "A General View of New Hampshire," providing an overall catalog of the prominent natural, industrial, and humanitarian assets. Biographical sketches of distinguished sons of New Hampshire are included.

Lebanon Historical Society. LEBANON, NEW HAMPSHIRE, IN PICTURES. In two volume set. Order from and make check payable to Whitman Distribution Co., 10 Water Street, Lebanon, N.H. 03766. 1997. Vol. 1: ISBN 0-9660069-0-9 $25.00; Vol. 2: ISBN 0-9660069-1-9 $25.00; Shipping & handling $3.00 each vol.; Set of 2 vols: ISBN 0-9660069-2-9 $45.00. Shipping & handling $6.00.
The curator, Robert H. Leavitt, selected pictures from his own family's collection, along with those from the Lebanon Historical Society for this visual history.

Lindsell, Robert M. THE RAIL LINES OF NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND. Branch Line Press, 13 Cross Street, Pepperell, MA 01463. Fall 1997. Price unknown.
Comprehensive rail history traces the stories of almost every rail line built in New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine.

Scobie, Robert. GENEALOGICAL ABSTRACTS FROM THE NEW HAMPSHIRE MERCURY, 1784-1788. Heritage Books. 1997. $17.00
The New Hampshire Mercury was a weekly newspaper published in Portsmouth from December 24, 1784 to March 12, 1788. This volume contains more than 600 abstracts from articles, and provides the reader with valuable genealogical information and a general understanding of life in Portsmouth in the late eighteenth century.

Varney, Marion L. HART'S LOCATION IN CRAWFORD NOTCH: NEW HAMPSHIRE'S SMALLEST TOWN. Published for the Town of Hart's Location by Peter E. Randall, Publisher. Order from Town Clerk, Route 302, Hart's Location, N.H. 03812. $30.00
During presidential primaries, attention is focused on Hart's Location, which has the smallest population in New Hampshire. A total of 40 residents was recorded in 1992. The town has no school, post office, church, police or fire department, nor does it have a town hall. It does have a town government, and town meetings are held at the home of the town clerk. The present holder of that position, Marion L. Varney, has written an interesting and well-researched history of the town and its people.

Wallner, Jeff, and Mario J. DiGregorio. NEW ENGLAND MOUNTAIN FLOWERS: A HIGH COUNTRY HERITAGE. Mountain Press Publishing Company, P.O. Box 2399, Missoula, MT 59806. 1997. $17.00
This handy reference guide to 85 species of wildflowers found in New England also lists each state's endangered plants. Wallner, a naturalist, spent over 25 years studying the White Mountain area. DiGregorio specializes in rare plant preservation for New England plant conservation programs.

Wood, Frederick J. TURNPIKES OF NEW ENGLAND. Branch Line Press, 13 Cross Street, Pepperell, MA 01463. 1997. $22.95 ISBN 0-942147-05-7
Abridged edition of the work first published in 1919. Lively historical accounts of over 250 roads in the New England states, which were originally built as toll roads for stagecoaches, carriages, and wagons in the 18th and 19th centuries.

The following titles are reprints of New Hampshire regimental histories, published by Old Books Publishing, P.O. Box 503, Earlysville, VA 22936-0503.

Buffum, Francis. MEMORIAL OF THE GREAT REBELLION, BEING A HISTORY OF THE FOURTEENTH REGIMENT, NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEERS. Reprint of 1882 edition. $35.00 ISBN 1-889881-04-X

Child, William. HISTORY OF THE FIFTH REGIMENT, NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEERS, IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, 1861-1865. Reprint of the 1893 edition. $36.85 ISBN 1-889881-01-5

Haynes, Martin. SECOND REGIMENT, NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEERS INFANTRY. Reprint of the 1861 edition. $33.25 ISBN 1-889881-02-3

Jackman, Lyman. HISTORY OF THE SIXTH NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT IN THE WAR FOR THE UNION. Reprint of the 1891 edition. $37.75 ISBN 1-889881-00-7