nection which the Voyages of John Davis of Sandridge, but nevertheless in a separate cover. It is plausibly suggested that the profusion of lines which may be seen on this map, by any one who will take the trouble to examine it, naturally led the great poet to observe a ludicrous similarity between it and the smiling face of Malvolio. The story of the late voyage of the Dutchman, William Barents, and his frosty winter at Nova Zembla, then fresh in the public mind, gave point and effectiveness to the representation of Olivia's disdain, to which the stupid Sir Andrew is made to hang like an icicle on a Dutchmans' beard. Besides the very probable identification of the map referred to by Shakspeare, the reader of this pamphlet cannot fail to be reminded of the marvellous receptivity of the great dramatist's mind for all kinds of knowledge, and of the readiness with which he seized upon whatever was new, and made it serve and adorn his works. By the Rev. Eamund F. Slafter, A.M., of Boston, Mass. The Visitation of Yorkshire in the Years 1563 and 1564. Made by William Flower, Esquire, Norroy King of Arms. Edited by CHARLES BEST NORCliffe, M.A., of Langton London: 1881. Royal 8vo. pp. viii.+416. The Parish Registers of St. Thomas the Apostle, London, containing the Marriages, Baptisms and Burials from 1558 to 1754. Edited by JOSEPH LEMUEL CHESTER, Honorary D.C.L. of the University of Oxford, and Honorary LL.D. of Columbia College, New York; Editor of the " Westminster Abbey Registers," etc. London 1881. Royal 8vo. pp. vi.+190. We give above the titles of the issues of the Harleian Society (See REGISTER, Xxiii. 340; xxv. 97; xxx. 479; xxxiii. 265: xxxv. 300) for the year 1881. The dues of this useful society are an entrance fee of half a guinea and an annual subscription of one guinea. The society was organized in 1869, and during the twelve years of its existence it has issued to its members sixteen royal octavo volumes, fourteen of them Visitations of different counties, one, Le Neve's Catalogue of Knights, and the other the Registers of Westminster Abbey. In 1877 a Register series was begun for those members who pay an additional fee of one guinea annually. Five volumes of this series have been issued. The volumes of both series are thoroughly indexed. The Visitation of Yorkshire for 1563-4, whose title we give first, we are informed by the editor, Mr. Norcliffe, in his preface, completes the list of visitations of that county in print. Of the other visitations, that of 1530 was printed by the Surtees Society in 1863, those of 1584 and 1612 by Joseph Foster in 1875, and that of 1664-5 by the Surtees Society in 1859. The editor of this volume rendered literary assistance on all of these but the first named. The present visitation is printed from a copy preserved by Mr. Flower, the herald who made it. After passing through several hands, it was purchased in 1738 by Thomas Norcliffe, Esq., of Langton, Yorkshire, in whose family it has since remained. The editor, who is descended from him, has performed his labor in a highly creditable manner. His annotations add much to the value of the work. A complete copy of this visitation is not found in the British Museum. The next volume is given to us with the careful editorship of Col. Chester. In his preface he writes: "The earlier portions of the Registers of St. Thomas the Apostle are exceedingly defective, many of the entries being more or less illegible, and others hopelessly so. The greatest care has been taken by the transcriber, Mr. J. Eedes, in decyphering the doubtful entries, and in many instances they have been successfully determined from voluminous extracts taken by the editor twenty years ago, since which date the deterioration of the earliest volume has been steadily going on. No stronger argument in favor of the enterprise of the Harleian Society in printing important Parish Registers could be found than is afforded by the gradual but certain destruction, from natural causes, of this particular one, from which no process The name of the editor is sufficient assurance that this is a faithful transcript, and that everything has been recovered which can be. The Congregational and Presbyterian Ministry and Churches of New Hampshire. By HENRY A. HAZEN. Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers. 1875. 8vo. pp. 73. can rescue it." The work before us, by a member of this society, is one of great labor. It is in two parts. In these the whole subject is presented under two different aspects, and is thus thoroughly compassed. In the first part the exhibition is made from the stand-point of the towns, which are taken in alphabetical order, with date of town and church organization, succession of ministers, &c. In the second part the names of the ministers, about twelve hundred in number, are presented in alphabetical order; with their places and dates of birth; their places of education, both college and seminary, with graduating dates in each; the time of their ordination; the places of their ministry; the dates of their death, if dead, and their ages at time of decease. Few lists of this kind have ever been prepared with such exactness and care. The book is a small one, but the labor of making it was immensely great. Copies of this work may be had for one dollar by applying to Mr. C. N. Chapin, Congregational House, Boston. The original price was a dollar and a half. By the Rev. Increase N. Tarbox, D.D., of Newton, Mass. 1882. Proceedings of the New England Methodist Historical Society at the second Annuai Meeting, January 16, 1882. Boston: Society's Rooms, 36 Bromfield St. 8vo. pp. 32. The printed proceedings of this flourishing, though young, society at its first annual meeting was noticed in the REGISTER for April, 1881 (xxxv. 203). The pamphlet before us contains the proceedings at the second annual meeting, with the reports of the board of directors, the corresponding secretary, the librarian, the historiographer and the treasurer. The constitution and by-laws are appended. The present membership consists of 168 resident, 42 corresponding, 1 life and 1 honorary members. The report of the librarian, Willard S. Allen, A.M., shows his efficiency, the volumes having been increased during the last year to eight times the number in the library at its beginning, and the number of pamphlets having nearly trebled. There were in January last 430 volumes and 2,282 pamphlets. A Cruise along the Blockade. 1881. By FRANK B. BUTTS. (Formerly Paymaster's The twelfth number of the second series of "Personal Narratives of Events in the War of the Rebellion," is now before us. This series of publications, which is devoted to papers read before the Soldiers' and Sailors' Historical Society of Rhode Island, is preserving much matter which will be of service to the future historian of our late civil war. In the present issue, the author, Mr. Butts, gives a lively account of his experience with our blockading fleet on the Atlantic coast from 1863 to the close of the war. The Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia. Necrology for 1881. By This pamphlet contains the biographies of eight members of the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society, who died in the year 1881, namely, Col. Robert S.Swords, the Hon. William B. Lawrence, the Hon. John G. Palfrey, Mr. Joseph Sabin, Dr. Ferdinand Keller, the Rev. Dr. Eugene A. Vetromile, Dr. Samuel F. Haven, and the Rev. Dr. Edwin A. Dalrymple. The biographies are prepared with Mr. Hart's usual care and judgment. They are reprinted from the Proceedings of that Society for 1881. A Sketch of Charles Cowley. By D. A. SULLIVAN. Lowell: Printed for the Author. 1882. 18mo. pp. 59. Judge Cowley, a prominent lawyer of Lowell, completed the fiftieth year of his age on the 9th of January last. He received congratulations on the occasion from his friends, among them Mr. D. A. Sullivan, connected with the Lowell Sun, who presented to him this sketch of his life. Judge Cowley's career as a journalist, a lawyer, a naval judge advocate and an author, is narrated. Though primarily intended for private circulation, the author will furnish copies of the pamphlet at 25 cents each. History of the Hubbell Family, containing a Genealogical Record. By WALTER The Libby Family in America. 1602-1881. Prepared and Published by CHARLES nection which the Voyages of John Davis of Sandridge, but nevertheless in a separate cover. It is plausibly suggested that the profusion of lines which may be seen on this map, by any one who will take the trouble to examine it, naturally led the great poet to observe a ludicrous similarity between it and the smiling face of Malvolio. The story of the late voyage of the Dutchman, William Barents, and his frosty winter at Nova Zembla, then fresh in the public mind, gave point and effectiveness to the representation of Olivia's disdain, to which the stupid Sir Andrew is made to hang like an icicle on a Dutchmans' beard. Besides the very probable identification of the map referred to by Shakspeare, the reader of this pamphlet cannot fail to be reminded of the marvellous receptivity of the great dramatist's mind for all kinds of knowledge, and of the readiness with which he seized upon whatever was new, and made it serve and adorn his works. By the Rev. Edmund F. Slafter, A. M., of Boston, Mass. The Visitation of Yorkshire in the Years 1563 and 1561. Made by William Flower, Esquire, Norroy King of Arms. Edited by CHARLES BEST NORCLIFFE, M.A., of Langton London: 1881. Royal 8vo. pp. viii.+416. The Parish Registers of St. Thomas the Apostle, London, containing the Marriages, Baptisms and Burials from 1558 to 1754. Edited by JOSEPH LEMUEL CHESTER, Honorary D.C.L. of the University of Oxford, and Honorary LL.D. of Columbia College, New York; Editor of the " Westminster Abbey Registers," etc. London: 1881. Royal 8vo. pp. vi.+190. We give above the titles of the issues of the Harleian Society (See REGISTER, Xxiii. 340; xxv. 97; xxx. 479; xxxiii. 265: xxxv. 300) for the year 1881. The dues of this useful society are an entrance fee of half a guinea and an annual subscription of one guinea. The society was organized in 1869, and during the twelve years of its existence it has issued to its members sixteen royal octavo volumes, fourteen of them Visitations of different counties, one, Le Neve's Catalogue of Knights, and the other the Registers of Westminster Abbey. In 1877 a Register series was begun for those members who pay an additional fee of one guinea annually. Five volumes of this series have been issued. The volumes of both series are thoroughly indexed, The Visitation of Yorkshire for 1563-4, whose title we give first, we are informed by the editor, Mr. Norcliffe, in his preface, completes the list of visitations of that county in print. Of the other visitations, that of 1530 was printed by the Surtees Society in 1863, those of 1584 and 1612 by Joseph Foster in 1875, and that of 1664-5 by the Surtees Society in 1859. The editor of this volume rendered literary assist ance on all of these but the first named. The present visitation is printed from a copy preserved by Mr. Flower, the herald who made it. After passing through several hands, it was purchased in 1738 by Thomas Norcliffe, Esq., of Langton, Yorkshire, in whose family it has since remained. The editor, who is descended from him, has performed his labor in a highly creditable manner. His annotations add much to the value of the work. A complete copy of this visitation is not found in the British Museum. The next volume is given to us with the careful editorship of Col. Chester. In his preface he writes: "The earlier portions of the Registers of St. Thomas the Apostle are exceedingly defective, many of the entries being more or less illegible, and others hopelessly so. The greatest care has been taken by the transcriber, Mr. J. Eedes, in decyphering the doubtful entries, and in many instances they have been successfully determined from voluminous extracts taken by the editor twenty years ago, since which date the deterioration of the earliest volume has been steadily going on. No stronger argument in favor of the enterprise of the Harleian Society in printing important Parish Registers could be found than is afforded by the gradual but certain destruction, from natural causes, of this particular one, from which no process can rescue it." The name of the editor is sufficient assurance that this is a faithful transcript, and that everything has been recovered which can be. The Congregational and Presbyterian Ministry and Churches of New Hampshire. By HENRY A. HAZEN. Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers. 1875. pp. 73. 8vo. The work before us, by a member of this society, is one of great labor. It is in two parts. In these the whole subject is presented under two different aspects, and is thus thoroughly compassed. In the first part the exhibition is made from the stand-point of the towns, which are taken in alphabetical order, with date of town and church organization, succession of ministers, &c. In the second part the names of the ministers, about twelve hundred in number, are presented in alphabetical order; with their places and dates of birth; their places of education, both college and seminary, with graduating dates in each; the time of their ordination; the places of their ministry; the dates of their death, if dead, and their ages at time of decease. Few lists of this kind have ever been prepared with such exactness and care. The book is a small one, but the labor of making it was immensely great. Copies of this work may be had for one dollar by applying to Mr. C. N. Chapin, Congregational House, Boston. The original price was a dollar and a half. By the Rev. Increase N. Tarbox, D.D., of Newton, Mass. Proceedings of the New England Methodist Historical Society at the second Annual Meeting, January 16, 1882. Boston: Society's Rooms, 36 Bromfield St. 1882. 8vo. pp. 32. The printed proceedings of this flourishing, though young, society at its first annual meeting was noticed in the REGISTER for April, 1881 (xxxv. 203). The pamphlet before us contains the proceedings at the second annual meeting, with the reports of the board of directors, the corresponding secretary, the librarian, the historiographer and the treasurer. The constitution and by-laws are appended. The present membership consists of 168 resident, 42 corresponding, 1 life and 1 honorary members. The report of the librarian, Willard S. Allen, A.M., shows his efficiency, the volumes having been increased during the last year to eight times the number in the library at its beginning, and the number of pamphlets having nearly trebled. There were in January last 430 volumes and 2,282 pamphlets. A Cruise along the Blockade. By FRANK B. BUTTS. (Formerly Paymaster's Clerk United States Navy.) Providence: N. Bangs Williams & Co. 1881. Fcp. 4to. pp. 37. Price 50 cents to non-subscribers. The twelfth number of the second series of "Personal Narratives of Events in the War of the Rebellion," is now before us. This series of publications, which is devoted to papers read before the Soldiers' and Sailors' Historical Society of Rhode Island, is preserving much matter which will be of service to the future historian of our late civil war. In the present issue, the author, Mr. Butts, gives a lively account of his experience with our blockading fleet on the Atlantic coast from 1863 to the close of the war. Necrology for 1881. By The Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia. CHARLES HENRY HART, Historiographer. Philadelphia. 1882. 8vo. pp. 19. This pamphlet contains the biographies of eight members of the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society, who died in the year 1881, namely, Col. Robert S.Swords, the Hon. William B. Lawrence, the Hon. John G. Palfrey, Mr. Joseph Sabin, Dr. Ferdinand Keller, the Rev. Dr. Eugene A. Vetromile, Dr. Samuel F. Haven, and the Rev. Dr. Edwin A. Dalrymple. The biographies are prepared with Mr. Hart's usual care and judgment. They are reprinted from the Proceedings of that Society for 1881. A Sketch of Charles Cowley. By D. A. SULLIVAN. Lowell: Printed for the Author. 1882. 18mo. pp. 59. Judge Cowley, a prominent lawyer of Lowell, completed the fiftieth year of his age on the 9th of January last. He received congratulations on the occasion from his friends, among them Mr. D. A. Sullivan, connected with the Lowell Sun, who presented to him this sketch of his life. Judge Cowley's career as a journalist, a lawyer, a naval judge advocate and an author, is narrated. Though primarily intended for private circulation, the author will furnish copies of the pamphlet at 25 cents each. History of the Hubbell Family, containing a Genealogical Record. By WALTER HUBBELL. Also Biographical Sketches, Deeds, Wills, Inventories, Distribution of Estates, Military Commissions, Obituaries, and much Ancient Historical Information relating to the Family and Name. First Edition. New York: J. H. Hubbell & Co., 407 and 409 Broadway. 1881. 8vo. pp. xiv.+463. The Libby Family in America. 1602-1881. Prepared and Published by CHARLES T. LIBBY. Portland, Me. Printed by B. Thurston & Co. 1882. 8vo. pp. 628. With blank Family Record appended. Price $5, or $5.24 by mail. Address The Eddy Family. Reunion at Providence to celebrate the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Landing of John and Samuel Eddy at Plymouth, Oct. 29, 1630. Boston, Mass. 1881. 8vo. pp. 265. Materials toward a Genealogy of the Emmerton Family. Compiled by JAMES A. ExMERTON, M.D. Privately Printed. Salem Press. 1881. 8vo. pp. 244. Notes on the Ancestry of Major Wm. Roe Van Voorhis, of Fishkill, Duchess County, New York. By his Grandson, ELIAS W. VAN VOORHIS, of New York City. For Private Distribution only. 1881. 8vo. pp. 239. A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Moses Pengry of Ipswich, Mass., so far as Ascertained. Collected and Arranged by WILLIAM M. PINGRY. Ludlow, Vt.: Warner & Hyde, Book and Job Printers. 1881. 8vo. pp. 186. Genealogy. Records of the Descendants of David Johnson of Leominster, Mass. Compiled by Rev. WILLIAM W. JOHNSON. Milwaukee: Printed by Godfrey & Crandall. 1876. 8vo. pp. 80+v. Concerning President Garfield's Ancestry. A Communication from the Rev. EDWARD G. PORTER. Read at the October Meeting of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Cambridge: John Wilson & Son, University Press. 1881. 8vo. pp. 15. President Garfield's New England Ancestry. Read at the Annual Meeting of the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, October 21st, 1881. By GEORGE F. HOAR, Worcester, Mass.: Press of Charles Hamilton. 1882. 8vo. pp. 16. Memorial of the Lives and Services of James Pitts and his Sons John, Samuel and Lendall, during the American Revolution. 1760-1780. With Genealogical and Historical Appendix. By DANIEL GOODWIN, Jr. Printed for Family and Private Use. Chicago: Culver, Page, Hayne & Co. February, 1882. 8vo. pp. 63. Genealogy and Biographical Sketches of the Youngman Family. By DAVID YOUNGMAN, M.D., Boston, Mass. Boston: Press of George H. Ellis, 141 Franklin St. 8vo. pp. 26. 1882. The Humphrey Family of North Yarmouth, Maine. [By] Capt. JAMES J. HurPHREY. Old Times Office. Yarmouth, Maine. 1882. 8vo. pp. 22. Ancestry of Capt. Ebenezer Pope. Genealogical Notes. Elizabeth, N. J. Cook & Hali, Steam Printers. 1882. 8vo. pp. 7. Genealogy of the Balkcom or Balcom Family of Attleboro', Mass. Copied from Town and County Records, etc. 8vo. pp. 12. Sketch of the Life and Times of Dr. David Ray. Boston: Printed for Private Circulation. 1881. Sq. 16mo. pp. 24. Paine Family Records. Edited by HENRY D. PAINE, M.D., 26 West 30th St., New York City. Published quarterly at $1 a year. The Family of Puffer of Massachusetts. By W. S. APPLETON. Boston: David Clapp & Son. 1882. 8vo. pp. 9. The Sabin Family of America. The Four Earliest Generations. By the Rev. ANSON TITUS, Jr., Weymouth, Mass. 1882. 8vo. pp. 7+4. Price 25 cts. To be had of the author, South Weymouth, Mass. We continue our quarterly list of genealogical publications. The volume on the Hubbell family is devoted to the descendants of Richard Hubbell, who died at Pequonnock, Ct., Oct. 23, 1699, aged 71. The book gives first a historical account of the origin of the name and family, followed by biographical sketches of prominent individuals of the name, after which comes the genealogy proper, being the record of ten generations. It closes with extracts from records and miscellaneous matter concerning the Hubbells. It shows much research. The biographical sketches are interesting. They contain copies of wills, letters, commissions, and other documents illustrating the lives of the individuals, many of them being illustrated by portraits and autographs. The book is well printed and well indexed. The author is a native of Philadelphia, and a member of the dramatic profession. The Libby Family is devoted to the descendants of John Libby, who was from 1635 to 1639 in the employ of John Winter at Richmond's Island, and afterwards settled at Black Point, now Scarborough, Maine. The author, who is now only in the twenty-first year of his age, has been remarkably successful in tracing the numerous descendants of his emigrant ancestor and obtaining full and precise details of their lives, during the comparatively few years that he has been engaged in preparing this work. The work is clearly and compactly arranged, and the indexes are deserving of more than usual praise. There are four of them, namely, of christ |