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AGAZINE OF HISTORY AND BIl. 27, No. 2, pp. 129-256, quarents singly, Historical Society of :a, Pa.

ai notes of Benjamin Rush, 1777,

22 pp., notes of Congressional Vashington, atmosphere of times); klin's correspondents (24 pp., dates harton, Richard Oliver, "A. L.,” “G. .. Thomas Bromfield, William Frankseph Priestley, and David Barclay; all .:ng public opinion on the war); 3. ary forces engaged in the War of the n (30 pp., list, compiled 1784 by Lieuman, of English army, of British officers ed, a total of 771; also list of British, Spanish and Dutch men-of-war captured ring that war); 4. A London tavern in dward Ward [1667-1731], reprinted from kind of plebeian Spectator;" describes a g at this garden); 5. Thomas Janney, proylor, by Miles White, Jr. (26 pp. Janney Quaker "minister;" genealogical biography march records and other original sources; entific); 6. Ship registers for the port a. 1726-1775, continued (10 pp., names and place of building, of masters, of Notes and queries (9 pp., Captures by

erry, Capt. John Coleman, 1814;

B. Rush's ac

ination of medical department of army, 1780; Hospital coffins, 1777-1778; Aubrey notes;

Friends' meeting records; Taylor Bible records; T. Jefferson letter, 1801; Power of Attorney, 1782, as to prize money, ship Resolution; Abram Taylor letter, 1743); 8. Book notices (half page, three books).

THE METHODIST QUARTERLY REVIEW, July, 1903, Vol. 52, No. 3, pp. 419-624, $2.00 yearly, 50 cents singly, Nashville, Tenn.

Contents: 1. Panama Canal treaty in its religious and ecclesiastical bearings, by Senator John T. Morgan (apparently from one of Morgan's numerous canal speeches, crowded with documents to show bad hygienic, financial, political and religious conditions; disorder in past, will also be in future-pp. 419-453); 2. Why is Ireland disloyal? by Chancellor James H. Kirkland (because of "difference of race," "difference of religion," "agrarian troubles," and 600 years of strife; historical sketch of English oppression, summary of late land laws which promise great good: pp. 454466); 3. The sisters of Jesus, by Bishop E. R. Hendrix (essay on love, referring to the women of New Testament, including the two physical sisters of Jesus traditionally named "Rachel" and "Esther"-pp. 467-484); 4. Robert Burns, by Prof. W. A. Webb (stock study of life and works, many extracts but no references-pp. 485-497); 5. The book of Job and the revelation of the Messiah, by James C. Morris (taking issue with Hastings' Dictionary, thinks Messiah foreshadowed in prophets; especially in Job-pp. 498-506); 6. Use and value of the small college, by F. C. Woodward (compares with the big college to show that smaller one is "the fit training place for undergraduates," in character building, in discipline, in mental training, in expense, in social life, in religion—pp. 507-531); 7. Thomas Griffin, A. Boanerges of the Southwest, by Bishop Charles B. Galloway (born Sep. 24, 1787, died about 1850, Methodist preacher, chiefly extracts from autobiography which seems worthy of

publication in full-pp. 532-550); 8. Idylls of the King, by J. T. Littleton (thread of Tennyson's epic, ideal nature of it -PP. 551-561); 9. Emperor William as a theologian, by the editor (part of letter of the German ruler to Admiral Hollman, declaring his faith in revelation which he divides into two kinds, that to great leaders, that to foretellers of Christ: pp. 562-564); 10. The Kaiser's letter on Christ and Revelation, by Prof. Adolf Harnack (translation reprinted from Contemporary Review, first appearing in Preussischer Jahrbuecher; mere comments: pp. 565-570); 11. Agnosticism and immortality, by John J. Tigert (review and answer of Fiske's Life Everlasting which is called philosophical "makeshift:" pp. 571-583); 12. Editorial departments (reviews, notes: pp. 584-624).

THE VIRGINIA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY, July, 1903, Vol. XI, No. 1, pp. 112, quarterly, $5.00 yearly, $1.50 singly, Richmond, Va.

Contents: 1. Proceedings of the Virginia Committee of Correspondence, 1759-1767-continuea (25 pp., defence letters from Sec. Pitt

to

paper money;

of Va. Va. authorities urging colonies to raise forces against French; instructions to colonial agent, Montague); 2. John Brown letters-concluded (6 pp., 5 letters, sympathetic, encouraging, threatening, but of so little historical significance in addition to ones already published that editor will not give others); 3. Surrender of Virginia to the Parliamentary Commissioners, 1651-1652 (9 pp., documentary history of Virginia's subjection to Cromwell, which Gardiner seems to have given only superficially); 4. Ferrar papers-continued (5 pp., sketch, with 2 poems, of Virginia Ferrar, daughter of John Ferrar, a colonial official; she had made efforts to have silk cultivated in Va.); 5. Virginia in 1638-39-continued (10 pp., orders, petitions, Francis Wyatt's commission and in

structions; part original docs., part abstracts); 6. Some colonial Virginia records-continued (11 pp., 1674-1695, mostly petitions, accounts); 7. Virginia gleanings in England-continued (12 pp., genealogical data; names of deceased and administrators, 17th and 18th centuries; contributed by L. Withington and H. F. Waters); 8. Native Virginians who became governors of other States, by H. T. Owen (3 pp., 77 names, with birthplace, name of State and date of term); 9. Notes from the Isle of Wight County records continued-by R. S. Thomas (5 pp., chiefly names of military officers, 1772-1782); 10. Virginia militia in the Revolution-continued (2 pp., items of payments 1776); 11. Henry County-continued (3 pp., payments, military appointments, 1783); 12. Genealogy-continued (12 pp., Brooke family, by St. Geo. T. Brooke; RoBards family, by J. L. RoBards; Herndon family, by J. W. Herndon; Lindsays of Va., by A. C. Gordon; Cocke, Gray, Bowie, Robb, by Fanny B. Hunter; Waring family); 13. Notes and queries (5 pp., on J. A. Patterson; Stephen Lee, of Miss.; Daniel Parker, of Ga.; Va. Jamesons; Mrs. J. B. Fremont ; Maj. Gen. Chas. Lee's will, 1782); 14. Book reviews (2 pp., Some Va. Families, Gleanings of Va., Buford genealogy).

THE GULF STATES HISTORICAL MAGAZINE, May, 1903, Vol. 1, No. 6, pp. 395-482, $3.00 yearly. Thomas M. Owen, editor, Montgomery, Ala.

Contents: Forgotten Southern authors, with thoughts and theories as to the elements of lasting literary popularity, by Andrew J. Miller (8 pp., names many authors who once enjoyed wide popularity but who have since disappeared); 2. Louisiana affairs in 1804 (6 pp., letter of W. C. C., Claiborne to Madison on public affairs; complains of corruption and slowness in the judiciary and of the need of an intimate acquaintance with Spanish to understand its work); 3. Coal Barging in War Times, by W. H. Blake (4 pp., based

on experiences of Ira Harmon, a pilot on Alabama river Boats & The Absentee Shawnee Indians (6 pp., letter of Wm. H. Shawnee, contributed by H. S. Halbert); 5. BibHographical notes on Spanish materials relating to the history of the Gulf States, by William Beer (4 pp.); 6. List of Newspaper files in the Carnegie Library of Atlanta (2 pp., exten is to 145 vols., particularly rich for reconstruction period in Georgia; 7. Alabama newspaper files in Library of American Antiquarian Society (3 pp., two copies included dated as early as 1819); 8. Farley Gleanings, by Mrs. Wm. C. Stubbs (5 pp., Virginia): 9. Myths of the Cherokee, by O. D. Street 16 pp., favorable review of Mooney's book of that title); 10. Original letters dealing with settlement of Calhoun family in S. C., Proposed attack on Mobile in 1810 by citizens of Mississippi Territory; Affairs at St. Stephens, Ala., in 1810; Annexation of West Florida to Alabama, 1821-2; minor topics; notes and queries; historical news, book notes and reviews, with an index of 16 pages to the volume.

With the completion of Volume 1 of this valuable journal Mr. Owen retires from the editor's chair. He will be succeeded by the business manager, Mr. Joel C. DuBose. Mr. Owen will devote all of his time to the Department of Archives and History of the State of Alabama.

THE QUARTERLY OF THE TEXAS STATE HISTORICAL AssoCIATION, April, 1903, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 265-336, besides II pp. index, $2.00 yearly, 50 cents singly, Austin, Texas.

Contents: 1. The disturbances at Anahuac in 1832, by Edna Rowe (34 pp., based on Spanish archives and other original sources, describing this early clash with Mexico, in which W. B. Travis first comes into prominence); 2. The Alamo monument, by Judge C. W. Raines (10 pp., full documentary history of a private effort to perpetuate memory of the defenders); 3. Reminiscences of early Texans,