Dawson's works this volume was printed in elegant form for private circulation, and commands very high prices when copies are thrown on the market. In 1866 he edited the official " Record of the Trial of Joshua Hett Smith, Esq.,, for Alleged Complicity in the Trea,son of Benedict Arnold," of which only fifty copies were printed ; and five large octavo volumes of selections from the Uisiorical Magazine, bearing the general title of "The JIagazine Miscellany," and elegantly printed in an edition of only twenty-five copies, have also appeared under his editorial supervision.

In the spring of 186"), Mr. Dawson was invited to take the editorial charge of Tlie Gazette, a Democratic newspaper, published weekly at Yonkers, N. Y., which invitation he accepted. During the eleven months of his connection with the (Jazette, he gave a new character to the publication, and proved himself an able controversialist and critic. His last number appeared on the 31st of March, 1866. The historical and bibliographical material with which he occupied the first ])age of the Gazette, at once commanded attention from the leading men of the country. Judge Nelson, of the Supreme Court of the United States, ordered a great case to be re-argued, in order that articles bearing on it, which had appeared in the Gazette after the case had been argued, could be judicially admitted as authorities before the decision of the court was given ; and it is said that the authoritative character of those articles, which were from Mr. Dawson's pen, were seen in the decision of the court given by that distinguished jurist. In Brodhead's "Hi.story ofthe State of New York," and in other works of equally high character, the historical articles which Mr. Dawson prepared for Tlie Gazette, were repeatedly referred to as standard authorities. Odd numbers of the Gazette of that period are eagerly sought, and command high prices; files of it are bound and carefully preserved in the state and historical society's libraries ; and it is known that, during the past year, fifteen dollars were paid for an unbound file of it for the twelve months during which Mr.