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Descendants of Reinold and Matthew Marvin, of Hartford, Ct., 1638, and 1635. Sons of Edward Marvin of Great Bentley, England. By George Franklin Marvin, of New York, and William T. R. Marvin, of Boston. T. R. Marvin and Son, Publishers, 73 Federal Street, Boston, 1904. 8vo. 659 pages.
Not many families can expect the publication of their genealogies under more favorable auspices. Mr. William T. R. Marvin, the joint-author, printer and publisher of this book, inherited the traditions of his art, and his taste for genealogical studies from his father, who, nearly half a century ago, printed a genealogy of the Marvins. A comparison of that little duodecimo of 56 pages with this later volume shows the marked progress made during the last half century in the arts of compiling and printing family histories. The vital details of all branches of the family, beginning with the English ancestry and extending through nine generations in America have been gathered with scrupulous care, and the biographical memoranda presented have been selected with discrimination. The arrangement of the data, the illustrations, the complete index, and all of the details of book-making are such as one would expect from an educated man, having a deep interest in the subject and a lifelong experience as a genealogist and a printer. This book may well be taken for a model by anyone contemplating the publication of a genealogy....