PERIODICAL LITERATURE.

THE SOUTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE, January, 1904, Vol. V, No. 1, pp. 68, yearly $3.00, singly $1.00. Charleston, S. C.

Contents: 1. Letters of Hon. Henry Laurens to his son John, 1773-1776 (continued.) 12 pp., five letters, from America; considerable public matters.

2. Records of the regiments of the S. C. Line, Continental Establishment. (Continued.) 5 pp., rolls and inventories and receipts, from material in the society.

3. Documents concerning Rev. Samuel Thomas, 17021707. 35 pp., records copied from the society and public record office of Great Britain, chiefly his unfavorable report on the colony's religion, and his defence against the charges of Edward Marston.

4. Fraser family memoranda, prepared by the late Charles Fraser, Esq., in September, 1840. Annotated by A. S. Salley, Jr. 3 pp., goes back to about 1700, based in part on a family bible.

5. Historical notes. 3 pp., some revolutionary records and the operations of Williamson's brigade in March, 1779, all taken from the S. C. Gazette.

6. Necrology. 7 pp., careful sketch of Edward McCrady, with the memorial resolutions of the society, born April 8, 1833, died Nov. 1, 1903; also of Henry Alexander De Saussure, born Aug. 12, 1851, died Nov. 29, 1903.

THE QUARTERLY OF THE TEXAS STATE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION, January, 1904, Vol. VII, No. 3, pp. 177-245, yearly $2.00, singly 50 cents. Austin, Texas.

Contents: 1. Adjustment of the Texas Boundary in 1850, by W. J. Spillman. 19 pp., based chiefly on Congres

sional discussions over the proper line between Texas and Mexico.

(Scientific.)

2. Some materials for Southwestern History in the Archivo General De Mexico, II, by Herbert Eugene Bolton. 16 pp., general description, and exact titles of documents by volume.

3. The reminiscences of Mrs. Dilue Harris. III. 8 pp., interesting personal reminiscences, from memory, going back sixty years to about 1840.

4. Sketch of the Texas Navy, by Geo. F. Fuller. 12 pp., vivid experiences of an officer during 1842-1843; routine incidents, fights with Mexicans.

5. Book reviews and notices. 7 pp.; notes and fragments. 4 PP.

THE METHODIST QUARTERLY REVIEW, January, 1904, Vol. LIII, No. 1, pp. 208, $2.00 yearly, 50 cents singly. Nashville, Tenn.

Contents: 1. Frederick Schiller: the poet of freedom, by A. B. Cooke, Ph. D., 22 pages. His place in world literature, stands for human liberty in all respects. (Comprehensive, with many extracts.)

2. Present-day Philanthrophy, by Mrs. Jno. D. Hammond. II pp., serious essay based on three late books.

3. Why Should Men Read Poetry? By B. M. Drake, Ph. D. II pp., poetry is the key to one side of our life which should be developed if we are to be rounded out. (Thoughtful but very formal.)

4. Why Small Southern Farmers Leave the Farms for the Cotton Mills, by D. D. Wallace, Ph. D. 7 pp., substantially because it is a financial betterment for the most of them. (A sensible study.)

5. Ethical Value of Hypnotic Suggestion, by David Spence Hill, M. A., second paper. 16 pp., illustrations

from religion, medicine, education, amusements, and literature. (Awfully hazy in conception.)

6. From Bondage to Freedom, by Rev. Prof. F. M. Grace, D. D., Birmingham, Ala. II pp., good aspects of slavery, thinks best welfare of negro is subordination to the whites. (Strong, based on experience.)

7. Lawlessness in the South; an analysis of conditions, by Henry N. Snyder, M. A., President of Wofford College. 16 pp., general views, urges enlightenment and charity, with negro to be out of politics.

8. Jesus' Early Training and the World He Saw, by J. C. Calhoun Newton, D. D. 16 pp., sketch of geography and conditions and knowledge then, believes Jesus knew Greek.

9. Aspect of Ruskin, by Robert T. Kerlin, M. A. II PP., his emphasis on the notions of goodness, beauty, truth. 10. Jacob Unfolding his Sons' future, by Walker Lewis, D. D. 9 pp., argues that Jacob was a divine prophet.

II. Brazilian Problems and Prospects, by the Rev. H. L. Tucker, Agent American Bible Society, Rio de Janeiro. 7 pp., geography, European immigration, catholicism, protestantism. (Very general.)

12. What Shall the Church do with her Unendowed Col

leges? By Willis D. Weatherford. 6 pp., convert into preparatory schools; Southern Methodists have one university, 16 colleges, 97 academies, with total endowment of $3,000,000, one-half at Vanderbilt, one-sixth at Trinity; these schools losing grip. (Clear cut statements.)

13. Editorial Departments generally, good short sketch of Mommsen, short notice of Spencer; long review of Morley's Gladstone, with other reviews and with the usual editorial notes.

THE GENEALOGICAL QUARTERLY MAGAZINE, January, 1904, Vol. IV, No. 4, pp. 241-304, yearly $3.00, singly 75 cents. Boston, Mass.

Contents: I. Genealogical Gleanings in England by Henry F. Waters. Edited, arranged, and completed by Lothrop Withington. (Continued.) (Continued.) 24 pp., alphabetically

from Allen, 1630 to Amry, 1593.

2. Early records of the First Church in Cambridge, Mass. Copied by Stephen P. Sharples. (Continued.) 24 pp., baptisms, marriages, admissions, down as far as 1738.

3. Vital Records from the New Hampshire Gazette, 17651800. Collected and arranged by Otis G. Hammond. (Continued.) 8 pp., down to 1771, chiefly deaths.

4. Marriages and Deaths in Georgia Colony, 1763-1800. Compiled from newspaper files. By William Alfred Bishop. (Continued.) 8 pp., from Georgia Gazette, 17881794.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN, March, 1904, Vol. XII, No. 3, pp. 101-138, yearly $1.00, singly 10 cts., Nashville, Tenn. One of the most significant things in this number is the tribute to a negro, Wilson Carter, who was attendant on his owner, William H. H. Mitchell, during the Civil War until he was killed in the battle of Chicamauga when the negro wrapped the body in a blanket and buried it himself. He again followed a younger member of the Mitchell family till the close of the struggle. He has continued to live with this family and is highly respected by all the whites in his locality in Morgan County, Ga. The Confederate Ladies' Memorial Association contributed this sketch of him to the magazine.

THE LOST CAUSE, February, 1904, Vol. X, No. 7, pp. 98112, yearly $1.00, singly 10 cts., Louisville, Ky.

This number contains some data on the Confederate flag, also a list of general officers of the Confederate Army reprinted from a congressional document. The subscription has been reduced from $1.00 to 50 cts.

Of profound insight into the race problem among us are Mr. Thomas Nelson Page's three papers in McClure's Magazine during the spring months of 1904. None the less valuable are they through their eminent saneness of tone. Mr. Page's beauty of style will win a hearing, if not carry conviction, where the mass of other deliverances would never be noticed.