Book Notices The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 37, No. 4 (1913), pp. 510-512 Published by: The Historical Society of Pennsylvania Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20086146 . Accessed: 13/05/2014 16:06 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. . The Historical Society of Pennsylvania is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 91.229.248.148 on Tue, 13 May 2014 16:06:07 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions
Transcript
Book NoticesThe Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 37, No. 4 (1913), pp. 510-512Published by: The Historical Society of PennsylvaniaStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20086146 .
Accessed: 13/05/2014 16:06
Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at .http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp
.JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range ofcontent in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new formsof scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected].
.
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access toThe Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography.
http://www.jstor.org
This content downloaded from 91.229.248.148 on Tue, 13 May 2014 16:06:07 PMAll use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions
Year Book of the Pennsylvania Society, 1913. New York. 8vo, pp. 228. Illustrated.
The thirteenth issue of the Year Book of the Pennsylvania Society of New York has made its appearance, the first issue having been
printed in 1900. To the energy and enthusiasm of Director Ferr?e,
given to the compilation of the book, a tribute of admiration is due
by all Pennsylvanians. This Year Book should be found on the shelves of every county library in the Commonwealth. In addition to the lists of officers and members of the Society, annual reports, anniversaries and memorials, and biographical sketches, the proceed ings of the fourteenth annual festival to commemorate the one hun
dred and twenty-fifth anniversary of the Constitution of the United
States, are given at length. The large number of illustrations are
appropriate and interesting.
Memoirs of the Camacs of Co Down, with some account of their
predecessors, to which is added brief sketches of some of the families with whom they intermarried. By William Masters Camac. Phila
delphia, 1913. 4to, pp. 287. Illustrated. Privately printed. In this handsome memorial volume the purpose is to record not
alone the history of an ancient Irish family exclusively, but to deal
generally with such as have for generations back found their home
in this country, and have won distinction for the family name in some one or the other of the varied walks of life. The peculiar interest in this work lies in its value as a contribution to their local
family history, and affiliations with the Penn, Masters, Lawrence,
Markoe, Rush, Mcllvaine and other families of honorable and his
torical fame. Four pedigree charts, and a plan of the Masters' estate, are inserted. Mr. Camac's researches have been made with patient care and accuracy, and as a specimen of artistic typography the book
is deserving of high praise, and the illustrations with which its pages are embellished are beautifully executed.
Genealogies of the Brumbach Families Including the vari
ations of the original name Brumbaugh, Brumbach, Brumback, Brombaugh, Brownback, and many other connected families. By Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh, M.S., M.D. 1913. 4to, pp. 875 Illus
trated. In green buckram, $8.00; half morocco, $10.00. Edition limited to 10?0 copies.
After many years of untiring zeal and patient research, Dr.
Brumbaugh, the compiler and publisher, has completed his monu
This content downloaded from 91.229.248.148 on Tue, 13 May 2014 16:06:07 PMAll use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions
mental work, genealogies of the Brumbach families. The genea logical material and historical information he has collected abroad and in this country has been expertly arranged. Immigrant lists, Bible records, marriage certificates, births, deaths, intermarriages, and data secured from unpublished manuscripts relating to the various immigrants, dates of settlement, much of it hitherto in
accessible, make up the chronicles of a family whose ramifications are far reaching and many members of which are eminent in the
church, the professions, and civil and mercantile life. The work is
especially a valuable contribution to Pennsylvania genealogies and should be widely distributed, and the plan of the work will meet
general commendation. Typograpically it will be admired and
among the two hundred pages of illustrations will be found the von Brumbach arms in colors. A very full index of forty-five pages reveals the names of those who are mentioned in the text, and will be appreciated by all who consult the work.
The Pennsylvania Federation of Historical Societies, Acts and Proceedings. Eighth Annual Meeting, January, 1913. 8vo, pp. 81.
This valuable report, compiled by the energetic Secretary of the
Federation, Dr. S. P. Heilman, gives a list of the societies ; the meet
ings held, the addresses made, the special work of committees, and the activities of each Society during the preceeding year. An im
portant work which is claiming the attention of the Federation, is the
compilation of county bibliographies, and that of Lancaster county is
expected to be ready for publication next year. This work is in
charge of the Librarian of the Historical Society of the county.
Address Before the Society of Colonial Wars in the Common wealth of Pennsylvania, March 13, 1913. Hon. Norris Stanley Barratt, LL.D. 8vo. pp. 61. Illustrated.
This admirable address of Judge Barratt, which treats of an in
teresting and important epoch in the history of the Commonwealth, has been prepared with the same care and research that characterizes all his historical writings. It is copiously illustrated, and the ap pendix contains a list of the officers and members of the society.
J. G. Rosengarten's valuable paper, "A Counsel of Perfection : A Plan for an Automatic Collection and Distribution of a State Tax for Higher Education," read before the American Philosophical Society, April 17th of this year, has been printed in pamphlet form.
The Royal Descent and Colonial Ancestry of Mrs. Harley Calvin Gage. 8vo, pp. 32.
This pedigree covers an unbroken period of over fourteen hundred
years of royal and imperial descent, from the monarchs of many civilized nations, including: Guelph, Prince of the Scyrri; Preain,
King of the Franks ; Charlemagne ; Alfred the Great ; Hugh Capet ; William the Conqueror, the Kings of France, Italy, England, Spain and Portugal; the Emperors of Russia, Germany, Austria and the
Holy Roman Empire and others. In her Colonial lines, she claims descent from Governors Dudley, Bradstreet and Roberts; Rev. Increase and Cotton Mather, William Williams and Jonathan Ashley, all of Massachusetts. The references are numerous, and the com
pilation has been undertaken with care.
The Genealogical Register. Volume I. Edited by William M. Mervine. Philadelphia, 1913. 8vo, pp. 332. Illustrated.
Owing to the prominence given in recent years to heredity, interest in genealogical matters is today exceedingly strong. Of this fact,
This content downloaded from 91.229.248.148 on Tue, 13 May 2014 16:06:07 PMAll use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions
the work under notice, is an unmistakable proof. In a work of this
kind, value depends upon accuracy, and a close examination of its contents indicates a sincere intention to secure correctness. The clear arrangement of the material, the foot note references to the sources of information, and the valuable records of Colonial and
Revolutionary service, are of peculiar interest. Among the well known families dealt with are, the Harrison, Wain, Morris, Nixon, Parsons, Patterson, Cresson and Peale of Pennsylvania; Rodman, of Long Island, New Jersey and Pennsylvania; Mcllvaine, of New
Jersey, including the Shippen Family ; Hunt, of New Jersey and New York ; McClintock, of Ireland and Pennsylvania ; Bishop, of New York and New Jersey ; Carstairs, of Scotland and Philadelphia ; Lightfoot, of Virginia ; Alden, of New England ; Woodruff, of England and New
Jersey; Denison, of New England, with Avery, Swan, Wheeler, Gallup, Stanton, Miner and Bradford, of New England, Steel, Seymour, Wygatt, Baxter, White and Meachun, and Murray of Mary land. A copious index will be found very helpful. As a sample of book making it is very attractive.
George Rogers Clark Papers, 1771-1781. Edited by Prof. James Alton James. Vol. VIII. Collections of the Illinois State Historical
Library. Springfield, 1913. 8vo, pp. 715. Illustrated. The present volume, the third of the Virginia Series, contains all
the available Clark papers prior to 1781. The remainder of this material will be published in a fourth volume, which is to follow ; and
it is planned to complete the series with a fifth volume on the finan
cing of the Revolution in the West, dealing especially with the contributions and influence of Oliver Pollock. The aim throughout has been to interpret events connected with the chief phases of the Revolution in the west, and the general arrangement of the documents has generally been chronological. A complete list of the printed documents and the full titles of books to which reference has been
made, with a very full index, will be aiding to the reader.
Writings of John Quincy Adams. Edited by Worthington Chaun
cey Ford. Vol. I. 1779-1796. New York, 1913. The Macmillan Co.
Svo, pp. 508. Price, $8.50 net. More than fifty years of the life of John Quincy Adams, son of
the second President of the United States, and himself sixth Presi
dent, 1825-1829, were passed in the public service and almost one half of that service was in Europe, as diplomatic representative of the United States in Great Britain, Holland, Prussia, and Russia.
He resided abroad in the period of the French Revolution and of
Napoleon, and, in his despatches to the Department of State, he described fully the events as they passed before his eyes. He sup plemented his official despatches with letters, quite as detailed but in a different vein, to family and friends. Throughout his life he
engaged in many controversies, wrote much upon public questions, and delivered addresses upon many subjects. From this mass of
writings a selection has been made for these volumes, to include what is of permanent historical value, and what is essential to a
comprehension of the man in all his private and public situations.
Nothing is suppressed which can contribute to this purpose, and the text is printed as it was written. The scope of the work is wide and the manifold activities of Mr. Adams such, that his grandsons could have made no better selection of an editor than Mr. Ford, who is noted for his knowledge and the care and pains he bestows on all his
literary work. In form, printing and paper, the book is deserving of praise.
This content downloaded from 91.229.248.148 on Tue, 13 May 2014 16:06:07 PMAll use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions
