RECENT LITERATURE. In Mr. Sanford H. Cobb's "The Rise of Religious Liberty in America" (The Macmillan Co., New York), the student will find such a comprehensive survey of the subject as has long been needed. Mr. Cobb approaches his theme in a liberal and sympathetic spirit and not in the interest of any special party or section. In some cases a greater familiarity with the sources would have saved him from being misled by secondary writers, as in the case of the "Half-Way Covenant," which Mr. Cobb still explains as a device to extend the suffrage, with which it had nothing to do. Similarly, in his account of the Quakers, he emphasizes excessively the disorders of the Quakers and fails to notice, through a neglect of the chronology, that the worst instances of Quaker disorder occurred after their cruel persecution and were a consequence of it more than a provocation to it. Mr. Cobb also seems to us not to give sufficient importance to the economic motives contributing to the establishment of religious toleration in the Colonies which actuated the English proprietaries. The experience of Maryland proved that toleration was not only safe but profitable, and the example of Lord Baltimore was followed by the proprietors of the Carolinas and the Jerseys. On p. 77, Dale's Virginia Code of "Lawes Divine, Moral and Martial" are derived from Netherland's military code, although it has been shown that they have little in common. An excellent example of the more laborious and critical examination of our Colonial history which is being made by the modern school of historians, is afforded by Dr. A. L. Cross's "The Anglican Episcopate and the American Colonies" (Harvard Historical Series, vol. ix. Longmans, Green & Co., New York). Besides the ordinary critical apparatus this volume includes seventy-five pages of transcripts from hitherto unprinted material in the English Archives. After a very careful weighing of the evidence Dr. Cross arrives at the conclusion that the view advocated by Mellen, Chamberlain and others, that a fear of having the English Church imposed upon the Colonies, through the appointment of American bishops, was an important underlying cause of the movement for independence, has been much exaggerated. To argue that the Episcopal question was an impelling cause, he asserts, is to misconstrue evidence and to confuse cause and effect. In reviewing the first volume of Professor I. P. Gordy's "Political Parties in the United States," we suggested that the broader title, "Political History of the United States," would be more descrip tive of its contents. The second volume has now appeared with the more comprehensive title. (Henry Holt & Co., New York.) It covers the years 1809-1828. As in the first volume, great attention is given to the diplomatic history, and for this part of his work the author was favored by Mr. Henry Adams with the use of his transcript from the British State Papers. Other subjects that receive full treatment are the financial panic of 1819-20, and the Bank question. The Monroe Doctrine is presented with greater brevity than one nowadays expects. In view of the intention of Professor Gordy to devote particular attention to political parties, we must confess a certain disappointment in his discussion of the presidential elections of 1824 and 1825. The irreconcilability of the method of electing the President by the House with any theory of Democracy, is not brought out clearly nor is there any exposition of the historical significance of that process or of its possible dangers. In recent years the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson has been the subject of several historical studies. The latest by Mr. David Miller DeWitt, "The Impeachment and Trial of Andrew Johnson" (The Macmillan Co., New York), is written in a vivid although somewhat journalist style by a warm sympathizer and admirer of Johnson. The author has relied mainly upon the Congressional Globe and the official documents of the trial, but he has had the advantage of examining the private papers of the President and of his private secretary, Col. W. G. Moore. He shows an exceptional gift for literary portraiture. The portraits drawn of Charles Sumner and Henry Wilson are particularly striking. Apart from the sources mentioned the author does not appear to have investigated widely, if one judge from the lack of references to the considerable mass of biographical literature that exists for that period. Nor are the special studies of Chadsey or Dunning referred to. Mr. DeWitt's work, notwithstanding its apparent shortcomings in regard to breadth of investigation, is a thoroughly interesting narrative of one of the most striking and important events in American history. The new edition of Phyfe's excellent little handbook, "Seven Thousand Words Often Mispronounced" (G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York), is enlarged by an appendix, adding three thousand words. In the case of a book so remarkably successful-the new edition is labelled Fifty-ninth thousand-the publishers might well, in consideration for the users of the book, have made new plates and consolidated the vocabularies. To have to consult two separate lists is an inconvenience which might have been spared. BOOKS RECEIVED. Annual Literary Index, 1902. Edited with coöperation of Members of the American Literary Association and of "The Library Journal" Staff, by W. I. Fletcher and R. R. Bowker. New York, Office of the Publishers Weekly, 1903. BALDWIN, ERNEST H. Stories of Old New Haven. New York, The Abbey Press, 1903. BEVAN, EDWYN ROBERT. The House of Seleucus. Two vols. Imported by Longmans, Green & Co. London, Edward Arnold, 1902. BOAS, FRANZ. Tsimshian Texts. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washing ton, Government Printing Office, 1902. BROOKS, JOHN GRAHAM, The Social Unrest. New York, The Macmillan Co., and London, Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1903. BUCK, CARL DARLING. A Sketch of the Linguistic Conditions of Chicago. The Decennial Publications of the University of Chicago. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1903. Commissioner of Education. Report for 1900-1. Vol. 2. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1902. Commissioner of Labor. Seventeenth Annual Report, 1902. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1902. Department of Labor. Bulletins, Nos. 44, 45, 46. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1903. DEWEY, DAVIS RICH. Financial History of the United States. New York, London and Bombay, Longmans, Green & Co., 1903. DEWITT, DAVID MILLER. The Impeachment and Trial of Andrew Johnson. New York, The Macmillan Co., and London, Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1903. DEXTER, EDWIN G. High-Grade Men, in College and Out. Reprinted from Popular Science Monthly, 1903. DUBOIS, W. E. BURGHARDT. Press, 1902. The Negro Artisan. Atlanta, Atlanta University FAUNCE, D. W. Advent and Ascension. New York, Eaton & Mains, and Cincinnati, Jennings & Pye, 1903. HUTCHINS, B. L. and HARRISON, A. A History of Factory Legislation. Westminster, P. S. King & Son, 1903. JOHNSTON, HUGH. Beyond Death. New York, Eaton & Mains, and Cincinnati, Jennings & Pye, 1903. KOONS, WILLIAM GEORGE. The Child's Religious Life. New York, Eaton & LECKY, WILLIAM E. H. Leaders of Public Opinion in Ireland. Two vols. MERRIAM, C. EDWARD. A History of American Political Theories. New York, 1903. The Witchery of Sleep. New York. Ostermoor & Co., New York State Library. Comparative Summary and Index of Legislation, 1902. Albany, University of the State of New York, 1903. PATTEN, SIMON N. Heredity and Social Progress. New York, The Macmillan Co., and London, Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1903. PHYFE, WILLIAM HENRY P. Ten Thousand Words often Mispronounced. New York and London, G. P. Putnam's Son, 1903. Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Meeting of the Lake Mohonk Conference of Friends of the Indian, 1902. Published by the Lake Mohonk Conference, 1903. RANDOLPH, CARMAN F. Considerations on the State Corporations in Federal and Interstate Relations. Reprint of Columbia Law Review. New York, 1903. RAYNER, EMMA. Handicapped among the Free. New York, Dodd, Mead & Co., 1903. Report of the Commissioner of Education for the Year 1900-1901. Vol. I. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1902. Report of the Librarian of Congress for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1902. RICARDO, David. The Price of Gold, 1809. Three Letters edited by J. H. 1903. Paris, Libraire Victor Lecoffre, SCOTT, WILLIAM A. Money and Banking. New York, Henry Holt & Company, 1903. State of New York. Department of Labor. Bulletin, No. 16. Albany, 1903. TERRY, MILTON S. TRENHOLME, NORMAN MACLAREN. The Right of Sanctuary in England. The University of Missouri Studies. Edited by Frank Thilly. Published by the University of Missouri, 1903. University of Pennsylvania. Proceedings of "University Day." Philadelphia. Published by the University, 1903. WALSH, CORREA MOYLAN. The Fundamental Problem in Monetary Science. New York, The Macmillan Co., and London, Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1903. Ward, Lester F. Pure Sociology. A Treatise on the Origin and Spontaneous Development of Society. New York, The Macmillan Co., and London, Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1903. |