It was republished in London in handsome style with a complimentary preface and provoked a fierce review from the London Quarterlij. He next j)ublished " The United States and England," a strong defense of this country against the strictures of the Quarterbj, which attracted the notice of President Madison. In 1815 he ])ublished his "Letters From the South by a Northern Man," written after a visit to Virginia, and in 1818 his principal poetical work " The Backwoodsman." He next

published the novel "Konigsmark,' ' or, as it was afterwards called, "Old Times in the New World," the scene of which is laid amongst the early Swedish settlers on the Delaware. These were followed by a number of tales and sketches and his "Life of Washington, ' prepared chiefly for the more youthful class of readers. In 1836 he published a defence of slavery under the title " Slavery in the United States." Most of his works were republished by Harper & Brothers in a uniform edition in 1835. Paulding was thoroughly American in spirit and feeling, and his writings did much to confirm and strengthen in the popular mind the sentiments of patriotism engendered by the Revolution and the war of 1812. Their value was recognized officially by his appointment in 1814 or 1815 as secretary of the Board of Navy Commissioners, then first established. He was transferred several years later to the post of Navy Agent for the port of Xew York, which he retained for twelve years under