1796-1801, ocean voyage, social life, reflections on choice of

career.

11. The Old Capitol-memorial tablet unveiled at. 2 pp., May 26, 1904, chiefly names of members of the House of Burgesses inscribed on the monument.

12. Bible records of the Throckmorton and Phillips Families. I pp., chiefly from 1750 to 1850.

13. Jameson-Ellegood, Parker. 3 pp., genealogical data. 14. Chisman Bible records. I p., some twenty names

chiefly of eighteenth century.

15. Queries, one page.

16. Book notices. I p.

THE SOUTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE, July, 1904, Vol. V, No. 3, pp. 125-196, $3.00 yearly, 75 cts. singly, Charleston, S. C.

Contents: 1. Letters of Hon. Henry Laurens to his son John. (Continued.) 19 pp., four letters, fatherly advice, refers to "this cloud of Civil War," some public news and war matters.

2. Records of the Regiments of the S. C. Line, Continental establishment. (Continued). 17 pp., pay rolls by companies.

3. South Carolina Gleanings in England. (Continued.) 7 pp., will abstracts.

4. The Hayne Family, by Theodore D. Jervey. 21 pp., John Hayne, the founder, came over in 1700, down to present, includes such famous members as Isaac and the poet. Scientific with many references.

5. Historical notes. 4 pp., mostly reprints of rare ma

terial.

6. Necrology. 2 pp., Charles Henry Simonton, born July 11, 1829, died April 25, 1904, many exact dates and facts

THE WEST VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE, July, 1904, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 185-255, $1.00 yearly, 25 cts. singly, Charleston, W. Va.

Contents: 1. Adam Miller, by W. S. Laidley. 4 pp., that Miller was not the first settler in the Shenandoah Valley. Not the judicial tone for ending a controversy.

2. The Clendinens, by Mrs. Delia A. McCullock. 8 pp., starts with traditional 3 brothers, based on such definite statements as "history tells us." Not in genealogical scientific form.

3. Major William Clendinen, by Mrs. Delia A. McCullock. 5 pp., born May 23, 1753, died Sept., 1828, many events given, exact dates, some records as bible and journal.

4. John Ewing, by A. A. Ewing. 10 pp., born Dec. 25, 1747, died Dec. 23, 1824, Virginia pioneer, mostly his early experience with the Indians. Sources not given, presumably from tradition, but most thrilling narrative.

5. Col. Thomas Bullitt, by W. S. Laidley. 5 pp., born 1730, died 1778, pioneer and surveyor, map, based largely on documents.

6. A Dunmore patent of 1773, by Mrs. A. I. Ryan. 2 pp., original documents from manuscript belonging to the society.

7. Edward Hughes, by William Hansford. 4 pp., incidents and character of this pioneer. From memory, no dates given, but editorial notes supply some facts about will, descendants, and land.

8. Jan Joosten Van Meteren, by S. Gordon Smythe. 7 pp., events from legal records and other original sources of this Virginia pioneer from the Dutch settlement of New Jersey.

9. Major William Haymond, by Henry Haymond, Esq. 9 pp., born January 4, 1740, died Nov. 12, 1821, Virginia pioneers part original sources, part statements without authority.

10. Guerrilla Warfare in 1862, by Rev. W. T. Price. 9 pp., personal narrative but not by participant. Very entertaining.

II. Fincastle, by R. A. Fast. 1p., place named in honor of Dunmore who was Viscount Fincastle, but erased by legislature.

12. Publications of Southern History Association, by W. S. Laidley. 2 pp., caustic notice of some of the reviews. 13. Editorial Departments. 3 pp.

THE SEWANEE REVIEW, July, 1904, Vol. XII, No. 3, pp. 257-384, $2.00 yearly, 50 cts. singly, Sewanee, Tenn.

Contents: 1. The Plantation as a Civilizing Factor, by Ulrich Bonnell Philips. 11 pp., historical sketch of Spanish and English methods in America; believes large farms will replace small ones in South. Sensible, balanced paper.

2. What Becomes of Our Trade Balances? (second paper). by W. H. Allen. 29 pp., much good stuff, but very poorly digested.

3. Catullus, by R. B. Steele. 16 pp., essay only on the life and works of this Latin poet of the last century B. C.

4. Wordsworth, by M. Herndon Moore. 12 pp., very sympathetic appreciation of his poems with many illustrative

extracts.

5. The Place of Athletics in Education, by William P. Few. 14 pp., argues for three tests, amateurs, scholarship, one year residence; merely general statements.

6. 1ne Political Crisis in England, by Edwin Maxey. 5 pp., that England has lost prestige everywhere, present rulers failures, must reconstruct Africa and regain standing in Asia. Very sophomoric.

7. Two Dramas, by G. B. Rose. 8 pp., an Italian, Gabriele D'Annunzio, with short analysis of a late play, his prose "The most exquisite that the Italian language has ever known;" Professor W. V. Moody, who writes "the

greatest poem ever produced in America," his "masque of judgment." Extravagant language.

8. A New Star, by William Norman Guthrie. 7 pp., Martin Schutze, a volume of sonnets and love poems with some nature ones. Review half ironical.

9. American and German University Ideals, by Baron Speck Von Sternburg. 6 pp., that American ideas are essentially German.

10. Reviews. 8 pp.

II. Notes. 7 PP.

THE METHODIST QUARTERLY REVIEW, July, 1904, Vol. LIII, No. 3, pp. 428-624, $2.00 yearly, 50 cts. singly, Nashville, Tenn.

Contents: 1. McTyeire as an Editor, by Bishop O. P. Fitzgerald. 5 pp., very interesting characterization of this great polemical Bishop.

2. God's Gift of Dreams, by Hugh A. C. Walker. I P., solemn poem of two stanzas.

3. Reminiscences of Cokesbury Manual Labor School, by a student of 1837. 17 pp., the famous Bishop H. N. McTyeire gives most interesting incidents chiefly personal and religious, scarcely anything on the peculiar educational feature; written in 1859.

4. The theology of St. John, by the Rev. T. H. Lipscomb, B. D., of the North Mississippi Conference. 23 pp., popular discussion of St. John's teaching concerning God, Christ, Salvation, Holy Spirit, and future life. Religious not critical tone.

5. Thomas Carlyle as a Religious Teacher, by the Rev. E. H. Rawlings, B. D., of the Virginia Conference. 14 pp., a general characterization almost nothing on his religion as Carlyle had none. A very readable essay.

6. Porfirio Diaz and the Mexican Republic, by George D. Winton, D. D., editor of the Christian Advocate. II pp.,

historical sketch giving great credit to Diaz, hopeful of outlook even after his death.

7. Southern Literature of the Future, by the Rev. J. M. Hawley. II pp., mostly historical, praises average man, fears commercialism and sensationalism.

8. The South and the Negro, by Bishop Charles B. Galloway, D. D., LL. D. 12 pp., comprehensive view, warmest advocacy of education for the black; address before the Southern Educational Conference at Birmingham, Ala., April 26, 1904, also printed by Southern Education Board.

9. The Hammurabi Code and Hebrew Legislation, by James Henry Stevenson, B. D. Ph. D., professor of Hebrew in Vanderbilt University. 13 pp., very capable summary comparison.

10. Birds in Their Relation to Man, by the Rev. L. R. Amis, of the Tennessee Conference. 9 pp., review essay on book by Weed and Dearborn.

II. The Religious Precinct, by Charles Gray Shaw, Ph. D., professor in New York University. 14 pp., attempt to bound the realm of religion in modern life. Not definite in conception.

12. Ethical Culture and Religion, by the Rev. John C. Granberry, Jr., B. D., of the Virginia Conference. 6 pp., pointing out the good in the movement by Felix Adler and his school.

13. Editorial Departments. 70 pp., contain strong condensed sketch of Edwin Arnold, besides the usual book reviews and missionary notes.

Confederate VETERAN, July, 1904, Vol. XII, No. 7, pp. 323-360, $1.00 yearly, 10 cts. singly, Nashville, Tenn.

Naturally a good deal of this number is given up to the reunion held in Nashville June 14-16, much of it being reprinted matter, with the address on General Gordon by Judge T. G. Jones. L. F. Garrard describes the part of Gen.