they are of great worth, for therein in brief is a sketch of very many of the leading men whose lives are spent, or are being spent, among the busy ways of professional

and secular life.

By the Rev. Anson Titus, of Weymouth, Mass.

Sparsholt Feast. A Sermon preached in the Church of the Holy Rood at Sparsholt, Berks, on Sunday evening, May 20th, 1883 (being the Feast Sunday). By OSWALD J. REICHELL, B.C.L. & M.A., Vicar of Sparsholt cum Kingston-Lisle. Paignton: Printed at The Devon County Standard" Office, Dartmouth Place. 1883. 8vo. pp. 16.

The present church at Sparsholt, in substantially its present form, has stood for more than five centuries, while its predecessors antedate the Conquest. The Rev. Mr. Reichell, in his sermon and its appendix, gives the history of the parish and its vicars, also much information concerning ecclesiastical affairs in England in early times. The list of vicars from 1584 to the present time is complete, while much is preserved concerning earlier incumbents for several centuries.

Annals of Fort Mackinac. By Dwight H. KELTON, Lieutenant U. S. Army. Revised Edition. 1883. Price 50 cts.

A new and enlarged edition of this work (vide REGISTER, XXXVI. p. 345) has been issued, and data placed in it which was inaccessible in the first. Also new engravings of citizens and localities are added.

By the Rev. Anson Titus, of Weymouth, Mass.

Bi-Centennial Celebration of the Town of Stow, Mass., May 16, 1883. Republished from the Stow Sentinel. Marlboro', Mass.: Pratt Brothers, Publishers. 1883. 8vo. pp. 28.

This pamphlet contains the proceedings at the celebration last spring, of the two hundredth anniversary of the town of Stow, which was incorporated May 16, 1683, by the general court of Massachusetts colony. There was an oration by A. G. R. Hale, an address by C. A. Whitney, an historical address by John L. Swift, and bi-centennial poems by Miss F. Smith and S. E. Bent.

History of the Town of Shirley, Massachusetts, from its Early Settlement to A.D. 1882. BY SETH CHANDLER. In Three Parts. Shirley, Mass.: Published by the Author. 1883. 8vo. pp. 745. Illustrated. Price $5.

The Rev. Mr. Chandler, the author of this work, has been engaged in its preparation for about forty years, and much of his material was collected over a third of a century ago. The book is well written, and will be prized, both now and in succeeding years, by the citizens of the town and those who trace their ancestry to it. Shirley was originally a part of Groton, and was separated from it in 1753; slight additions were afterwards made to it. It received its name from the then governor of the colony. It was incorporated as a "district," and by an act of the legislature in 1786, in common with other districts erected before 1777, it was designated a town. Settlements began within its territory as early as 1720, and a thrift was displayed which made its citizens desire the privileges of the church and town government of their own. The movement towards a town began in 1747, but was not obtained until 1753. Nature was quite generous in the supply of its water privileges, even beyond those improved. Shirley has never been a large town, but a study of its genealogy shows many an excellent family and men of large and noble worth who claim this as their native home. The families largely represented in town are those of Atherton, Bennett, Brown, Chaplin, Chase, Davis, Edgerton, Going, Heartwell, Hazen, Holden, Little, Longley, Page, Parker, Patterson, Sawtell, Walker, Whitney and Williams. The early settlers of this town were of the fourth and fifth generations of the Puritan settlers. The author, in this town history, has accomplished a fine work, and his labors should be appreciated. He recounts the history of the early and later industries, of the schools and the churches, of the various wars with the French, the Indians, and the mother country: also of our civil strife. He presents the various phases of New England life as displayed in the hill-towns, with well chosen words and in well arranged chapters. The history of the Shaker Family of Shirley comes in for no small share. Though despised at first, the even tenor of their way has been maintained, and they have ever held the deserved esteem of the community, though the author and others have not been able to grant all their arguments. The history of Mother Ann Lee and her persecution in this town is well described. The closet in which she was hidden by her friends, is still shown by her followers.

The author is to be congratulated on the satisfactory manner in which he has been able to present the results of years of labor to the public; and the citizens of Shirley and the natives of the town who reside in other places, may well be proud of the handsome volume which so faithfully preserves the history of the place. Mr. Chandler has been much assisted by James F. D. Garfield, of Fitchburg, whose genealogical knowledge and critical skill have been freely contributed, and whose valuable library, rich in the genealogy and local history of New England, has always been at his command.

The genealogical part of the volume is well arranged, and in a style deserving of commendation. The typographical appearance of the genealogy is unique. Each generation is presented in a different style of type. There is a table of contents and an alphabetical index. The book is adorned with twenty-one portraits and seventeen views, all of which are appropriate for a work of this character. The town made a liberal appropriation towards defraying the expense of printing this work, and we feel confident that it will never regret its action. By the Rev. Anson Titus, of Weymouth, Mass.

The Chandler Family. The Descendants of William and Annis Chandler, who settled in Roxbury, Mass., 1637. Collected by GEORGE CHANDLER, of Worcester, Mass. Printed for the Family. Worcester, Mass.: Press of Charles Hamilton. 1883. 8vo. pp. viii.+1315. Price $6, or $6.47 by mail. Address, Dr. George Chandler, 24 Chestnut Street, Worcester, Mass.

Pierce Genealogy, being the Record of the Posterity of Thomas Pierce, an Early Inhabitant of Charlestown, and afterwards Charlestown Village (Woburn) in New England, with Wills, Inventories, Biographical Sketches, etc. By FREDERIC BEECH PIERCE, of Boston. Assisted and Edited by FREDERICK CLIFTON PEIRCE. Worcester Press of Chas. Hamilton. 1882. 8vo. pp. 367+9.

The Fowler Family: A Genealogical Memoir of the Descendants of Philip and Mary Fowler of Ipswich, Mass. Ten Generations: 1590-1882. By a descendant, MATTHEW ADAMS STICKNEY. Salem, Mass.: Printed for the Author. Salem Press. 1883. 8vo. pp. xxii.+247. Price $3. To be obtained of the author, 119 Boston Street, Salem, Mass.

Bi-Centenary Memorial of Jeremiah Carter, who came to the Province of Pennsylvania in 1682, containing a historic-genealogy of his descendants down to the present time. By THOMAS MAXWELL POTTS. Canonsburg, Pa.: Published by the Author. 1883. 8vo. pp. 304.

The Rev. William Schenck, his Ancestry and his Descendants. Compiled by A. D. SCHENCK, U. S. Army. Washington: Rufus H. Darby, Publisher. 1883. 8vo. pp. 163.

An Account of a Part of the Sufferings and Losses of Jolley Allen, a native of London. With a Preface and Notes. By Mrs. FRANCES MARY STODDARD. Boston: Franklin Press: Rand, Avery & Co. 1883. 8vo. pp. 52.

A Biographical Sketch of Capt. Oliver Brown, an Officer of the Revolutionary Army, who commanded the Party which destroyed the Statue of George the Third in New York City, July 9, 1776. By the Rev. HORACE EDWIN HAYDEN. Privately Printed. Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 1882. 8vo. pp. 22.

The Goodrich Family Memorial, containing the English History of the Family. As collected by the late Rev. HIRAM P. GOODRICH, of St. Louis, Mo. Part One. 8vo. pp. 29. Chicago. 1883. Price 25 cts. or 5 copies for $1. Address, Edwin Hubbard, 116 Monroe Street, Chicago, Ill.

Genealogical Sketches of Roger Alling of New Haven, Conn., 1639; Gilbert Allen of Morristown, N. J., 1736; and Thomas Bancroft of Dedham, Mass., 1640; and some of their Descendants. Prepared by JNO. K. ALLEN and EDWIN SALTER. Lansing, Mich. Journal Steam_Printing House. 1883. 8vo. pp. 33. Price 50 cents, to be purchased of John K. Allen, 144 Monroe St., Chicago, Ill.

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Paine Family Records. Edited by HENRY D. PAINE, M.D., 26 West 30th Street, New York City. Vol. II. Nos. 10 and 11. April and July, 1883. Published quarterly, $1 a year.

A Family History. Composed and read by EPHRAIM WOOD, of Chicopee, Mass., eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Wood, at the 50th Anniversary of his Parents' Wedding. 12mo. pp. 3. Printed at the Record Office, Seymour, Ct.

The Garfield Family in England. By WILLIAM P. W. PHILLIMORE, M.A., B.C.L., of London, Eng. Boston: 1883. 8vo. pp. 12.

A Sketch relating to the Name and Family of Broughton. Boston: 1883. 8vo. pp. 7. We continue in this number our quarterly notices of genealogical works. About a dozen years ago, George Chandler, M.D., the author of the first work on the list, after having been engaged many years in collecting materials for his work, commenced printing it. By the fall of 1872 it had been completed, but while in the hands of the binder, the whole edition of the work, one of the most extensive that had then appeared, was destroyed in the great Boston fire, November 9, 1872, except 41 copies which luckily had been got ready and delivered to the author. The subscribers who had paid in advance, numbering sixteen, were supplied with copies, sixteen copies were given to relatives, and seven copies were placed in public libraries. Dr. Chandler was at once urged to reprint his work, but did not then deem it prudent to undertake the laborious work of revising and carrying the book again through the press. Among other eminent persons, the Hon. George Bancroft, the historian, whose mother was a Chandler, more than once appealed to him to reprint the book. He finally consented, and when he was seventy-five years old, began work anew. In a little over a year the result of his labors is before us. The first edition is a book of 1245 pages, while this has 78 pages more. The two editions probably contain about the same number of individuals, but many in the first edition are omitted in the second, as the author decided, as a general rule, to admit here only the children of Chandler mothers, whereas in the former edition later generations were given. There are therefore many new names in this book, which embraces about six thousand persons by the name of Chandler, while intermarriages have added as many more. No attempt is made to give those of that surname who are not descended from William Chandler of Roxbury. The family owe much to Dr. Chandler for this book. They will find it a worthy memorial of their kindred. Biographies are given when the material could be obtained. The book is handsomely printed with clear new type. There are numerous autographs, and the portraits and other illustratians number sixteen. It is thoroughly indexed.

We are glad to see that the authors of this and some other books here noticed, have frequently noted peculiarities of character, personal appearance and other facts which will be useful to students of the science of heredity.

The second book on the list, the Pierce genealogy, is devoted to descendants of the family which settled in Charlestown and Woburn. There are many other families of the name, of several of which genealogies have been published, particularly those of the Old Colony family compiled by Gen. Ebenezer W. Peirce, and the Watertown family by Frederick C. Pierce, an assistant in compiling the present work. The book before us shows great and successful research, and seems to be carefully compiled. It has a large number of autographs, a larger proportion than any other genealogy which we can call to mind. It is also illustrated with eleven portraits, and is handsomely printed. It has an index of cities and towns, and two indexes of names. Among the prominent characters in this family may be named Gov. Benjamin Pierce of New Hampshire, and his son, Franklin Pierce, President of the United States.

Mr. Stickney, the author of the Fowler Family, is one of our oldest and most careful genealogists. To say that his latest work is worthy of being placed by the side of his previous ones is sufficient praise. Philip Fowler, the emigrant ancestor of this family, came to New England in 1634, in the Mary and John, one of the ships stayed by order of the English Council while lying in the Thames, in February, 1633-4, but which were discharged on the 28th of that month (REG. viii. 137; ix. 265-7). A similar stay of eight vessels was ordered in the spring of 1638 (REG. viii. 138), in which vessels it has been said that Hampden, Cromwell and other prominent Puritans had embarked, but no contemporary evidence has been produced in support of the story (REG. xx. 113-21). The Fowler genealogy is carefully compiled, handsomely printed, illustrated with seven portraits, and well indexed.

The Carter genealogy has been prepared as a Bi-Centenary Memorial of Jeremiah Carter, who came to Pennsylvania in 1682, and the volume is mainly devoted to his descendants. In a preliminary chapter, however, we have an account of Edward Carter, who came from Ashton in the Parish of Bampton, Oxfordshire, and his descendants. Edward settled in Pennsylvania in the same year that Jeremiah did, but the author finds no evidence of any relationship between them, though he does find, as might be expected, the story of "the three brothers," which seems to be found

in all our American families. It has been suggested that this story is an indistinct tradition of the "three brothers" who went into the ark with their father Noah. Mr. Potts, the compiler of the work before us, has wisely discarded tradition, and has relied only upon well attested facts. He has been able to find much documentary evidence concerning Jeremiah Carter as well as his descendants, and has made a useful, handsome and highly satisfactory book. It has a good index.

The Schenck genealogy, by Lieut. Alexander Du Bois Schenck, U.S.A., traces the ancestry of the Rev. William Schenck, a Presbyterian clergyman, born in New Jersey in 1740, died in Ohio in 1823; and gives a record of his descendants. The immigrant ancestor, we learn from the book, was Roelof Martense Schenck, born at Amersfoort, Holland, in 1619, who probably arrived at New Amsterdam, with his brother and sister, June 28, 1650. He settled on Long Island. Much interesting material concerning this family has been collected by Lieut. Schenck, who has presented it to his readers in an attractive form. The book is well indexed.

Jolley Allen, whose narrative is given in the next book, was a native of London, who in 1754 or 1755, being then about thirty-seven years of age, settled in Boston. He was an enterprising merchant, advertised largely and accumulated a handsome property. His loyalty to his native country caused him many troubles and the loss of his property. His narrative throws light upon the dealings of our revolutionary fathers with the loyalists among them. It was written in London in 1779 or 1780, and the manuscript of it is still preserved by the Massachusetts Historical Society, in whose Proceedings, February 14, 1878, this narrative was first printed. A small edition is now handsomely printed by the family, with the original spelling restored, this having been changed when first printed. Mrs. Stoddard, the editor, has appended a brief genealogy of the family.

The next work, on the life of Capt. Oliver Brown, was suggested by the Rev. Mr. Muzzey's paper on the Battle of Lexington, printed in the REGISTER, vol. xxxi. pages 377-93. Capt. Brown fought in that battle, and afterward did valiant service in the Revolutionary War. He was the elder brother of Capt. Solomon Brown, also in the action of April 19, 1775, who is claimed to have drawn the first British blood on that day. The Rev. Mr. Hayden has given an interesting narrative, with a genealogical accouut of Capt. Brown's descendants, and a notice of his brother Solomon.

The editor of the Goodrich Family Memorial is Edwin Hubbard, of Chicago, who has long been engaged in genealogical researches, and has published several works of merit. The first part before us is devoted to the collections of the Rev. Hiram P. Goodrich, of St. Louis, Mo., who died in 1862, concerning the English history of the family. Subsequent parts will contain the American genealogy. Mr. Hubbard has for more than twenty years been collecting materials relative to this family. The contents of the pamphlet on the Alling, Allen and Bancroft families can be learned from the title. It has two indexes.

The two numbers of the Paine Family Record before us contain new matter by several contributors concerning various families of the name.

The Family History by Ephraim Wood was read June 11, 1883, the golden wedding of Nelson Wood at his residence in Beacon Falls, Ct., and must have been an agreeable addition to the festivities of the occasion.

The Garfield and Broughton pamphlets are reprints from the July number of the REGISTER. A small edition of the first having been struck off for the use of the author in England, some copies were retained in this country.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS,

PRESENTED TO THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, TO AUG. 1, 1883. I. Publications written or edited by Members of the Society.

The Tutelo Tribe and Language. By Horatio Hale. Read before the American Philosophical Society, March 2, 1883. 8vo. pp. 45.

Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. A historical sketch. By Charles H. Bell. Exeter, N. H. William B. Morrill, Printer, News Letter Press. 1883. 8vo. pp. 104.

1783-1883. Foot Prints: or Incidents in Early History of New Brunswick. By J. W. Lawrence. Saint John, N. B. J. & A. McMillan, 98 Prince William Street. 1883. 8vo. pp. 108+10.

Memorials of the Class of 1833 of Harvard College, prepared for the Fiftieth Anniversary of their graduation. By the Class Secretary, Waldo Higginson. Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, University Press. 1883. 8vo. pp. 164.

Second Paper on the Correct Arms of New York, as established by law since March 16, 1778. Read before the Albany Institute, May 24, 1881. By Henry A. Homes, LL.D. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Company. 1882. 8vo. pp. 21. 5 Plates.

Harvard College, Class of 1843. Memorabilia, 1883. Prepared by William A. Richardson, Class Secretary. Printed for the use of the Class, June 27, 1883. 8vo. pp. 37. The World's Millennium and the Reasons for expecting it. Baccalaureate, delivered to the Class of '83, June 10, 1883. By Joseph F. Tuttle, President of Wabash College. Crawfordsville, Ind.: Review Print. 1883.

Public Document No. 15. Fourteenth annual report of the Bureau of Statistics of Labor, March, 1883. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co., State Printers, 18 Post-Office Square. 1883. 8vo. pp. 401.

From the Rapidan to Appomattox Court House. By J. Watts De Peyster, Brevet Major General. Reprinted from "The United Service," July, 1883. Philadelphia: L. R. Hamersley & Co. 1883. 8vo. pp. 6.

Some titles necessarily omitted from this list will be printed in January.

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The New-England Historical and Genealogical Begister Contains, besides these "Book Notices," a variety of valuable and interesting matter concerning the History, Antiquities, Genealogy and Biography of America. was commenced in 1847, and is the oldest historical periodical now published in this country. It is issued quarterly (each number containing at least 96 octavo pages, with a portrait on steel) by the New England Historic, Genealogical Society, 18 Somerset Street, Boston, Mass. Price, $3 per annum in advance. Single numbers, 75 cents each.