two army officers. Puritanical New England is satirized in this book, which also includes many realistic battle scenes.
    In his 1900 family genealogy he wrote of the name change of Humphreysville to Seymour. He said it was "changed to Seymour by a legislature, which (as I suppose) had never heard of Humphrey, nor of Washington, nor of the Revolutionary War."
    During the last 25 years of his life, his reputation waned, and his literary productivity diminished. During the long span between his 55th and 80th year he published only one novel, a family genealogy and two volumes of verse - which had to be printed by a local publisher at the author's expense.
    After his death on July 17, 1906, it appeared that DeForest would become a forgotten man. It was not until 20 years later that critics began to recognize the central role DeForest had played in the development of American realism. Since that time the Yale Press has posthumously published two volumes for which DeForest could not find a publisher during his lifetime. A Volunteer's Adventures, published in 1946, outlined his military service. A Union Officer in the Reconstruction, published in 1948, recounted his experiences as a member of the Freedmen's Bureau.
    DeForests works were many - listed on the cover sheet of his family genealogy book are a number of his works, apparently judged by DeForest to be among his best. They include A Lover's Revolt, The Oddest of Courtships, Irene the Missionary, Playing the Mischief, Justine's Lovers, Honest John Vane, The Wetherell Affair, Overland, Miss Ravenel's Conversion, Seacliff, European Acquaintance, Oriental Acquaintance, The History of the Indians of Connecticut, etc.