The Province of New Jersey, 1664–1738. By Edwin P. Tanner, Ph. D., instructor in history in Syracuse University.
This is a detailed history of the political affairs and institutions of New Jersey during two generations of its provincial life. The peculiar land system of the proprietors in each of the two Jerseys, elements of the population, the personnel, legal position and activities of executive, council and assembly respectively, and their conflicts, the judicial system, financial affairs, militia system, etc., are carefully treated.
The Writings of James Madison. Edited by Gaillard Hunt.
This is much on the plan and fully as extensive as “The Works of James Buchanan” heretofore referred to, and eight volumes at present have been issued. The notes are excellent in respect to information and judgment, but not much of the matter set out is new, the author merely contenting himself by copying the writings of President Madison without making any specious comment on the same.
A Calendar of Confederate Papers, with a Bibliography of Some Confederate Publications.
This is a preliminary report of the Southern Historical Manuscripts Commission, and is one of the really monumental historical enterprises in the South. The commission is actively collecting, arranging and publishing various kinds of material relating to the Civil War, and to thoroughly appreciate the truly marvelous changes one should have known the conditions in the southern capitals a quarter of a century ago. Those directing this enterprise are so energetic, intelligent and ambitious that we believe the best fruits are yet to be gathered, although there is no room to doubt the value of several large collections already made. Mr. Douglas Southall Freeman is the director, and this calendar, orderly throughout and supplemented by careful notes, is very complimentary to him. Much historical data can be gathered for the Society from the southern states, where the recognition of Irishmen and their achievements was more free than in the New England states.
The Adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment. By Horace Edgar Flack, Ph. D.
Is a part of the Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science. So much has been heretofore said about these studies in the current magazines that we assume the members of the Society are familiar with them.
Collections and Researches Made by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society.
The Society has been at work many years, and now publishes its thirty-sixth volume. The usefulness of this work to members of our Society in Michigan who desire to record the history and achievements of Americans of Irish birth or descent cannot be overestimated.