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— RECENT BOOKS. CAMPBELL DEAL. A GENEALOGICAL ACCOUNT OP THE ANCESTORS IN AMERICA OP JOSEPH ANDREW KELLY CAMPBELL AND ELIZA DEAL, HIS WIPE. By Joseph Andrew Campbell, Philadelphia, 1921, 78 p. 18 illus. Folded chart. Privately printed. 8°. As a contribution to the genealogical history of the early Scotch Irish and German settlers of Eastern Pennsylvania this work is a valuable addition to any library. As an example of the art of printing and paper making it is a joy to the collector and an ornament to any book shelves. HISTORY OP THE LYBARGER FAMILY. By Donald Fisher Lybarger, Cleveland, Ohio, 1921, 100 p. 8°. Good index. This excellent compilation deals with the descendants of John Adam Lybarger, who migrated from the Palatinate to Philadelphia in 1732, taking passage on the ship Johnson, which sailed from Rotterdam and Deal and reached America, September 19, of that year. In its original form the name would appear to be the French Le Berger, or, La Bergfere, meaning the shepherd. Some of the variations in spelling, as found in the public records are: Leberger, Le Berger, Lehberger, Laybariger, Lightenberger, Lieberger, Lebarger, Lyaberger, Lybergr and finally Lybarger. By his timely work Mr. Lybarger has preserved for the future much of his family history: its migration, its service to the county of its adoption in every war from ’76 to ’17, and, its part in the peaceful upbuilding of a great Republic. THE CRADLE OF PENNSYLVANIA. By Thomas Willing Balch, a vicepresident of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Allen, Lane & Scott, Publishers, Philadelphia, 1921, 41 -f- 4 p. small octavo, cloth. The author ’s chief purpose in this interesting historical narrative is “an Appeal to the Patriotic Colonial Societies of Pennsylvania to save The Cradle of our State by urging the founding of the Governor Printz Park,” and the naming of the chief artery of travel between Philadelphia and Wilmington, the Governor Printz Highway. Mr. Balch opens his appeal by calling attention to the settlement, by the English, of Virginia, at Jamestown Island, in 1607, and of Massa¬ chusetts, by the coming of the Mayflower to Plymouth, in 1620; of New Amsterdam, by the Hollanders, in 1614, who later made settlements in northern and southern New Jersey, and, in Delaware as early as 1631. This, however, is but the foreword to emphasize the recognition of these facts by the respective states in which the same occurred, and to stress the primary settlement of the territory, now the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, by Sweden in 1643, a fact usually overlooked. Graphically the author outlines the history of the expedition sent out to this country in 1642-3, under the guidance of the great Swedish Chan- (210) % Recent Books. 211 cellor, Oxenstierna, but commanded by Colonel Johan Printz who had served in the Thirty Years’ War and was now appointed governor with plenary power to locate the seat of his government wherever his dis¬ cretion might dictate. Governor Printz entered the Delaware Biver early in 1643 and located at Fort Christina, near the present City of Wilming¬ ton, at which place the earlier Swedish Colony had settled and named Christina, in honor of its girl-queen, daughter of Gustavus Adolphus. Later in 1643 Governor Printz removed the capital of New Sweden from Fort Christina to Great Tinicum Island, and here, on the spot now occupied by the Corinthian Yacht Club, some few miles from Philadelphia, Penn¬ sylvania had “the beginning of her sovereignty and Christianity.’’ Too much cannot be said in support of Mr. Balch ’s effort to make Governor Printz and his settlement known to all the world. A TOUR IN HUGUENOT COUNTRIES. An address by Henry W. Shoe¬ maker delivered at a Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Huguenot Society of Pennsylvania, at Beading, July 8, 1920. Published by the Times Tribune Company, Altoona, Penna., 13 p. 8°. MEMOIRS OF JAMES ORD OF ORD BANCHO, CALIFORNIA. Edited by Henry W. Shoemaker, author of “The Last of the War Governors,’’ and, lately president of The Huguenot Society of Pennsylvania. Pub¬ lished by the Times Tribune Company, Altoona, Penna., 1920, 28 p. por. 8°. The first of these brochures gives a delightful resumfi of a trip to Huguenot centres and Huguenot leaders of thought to North French Africa, the capital city of which, Algiers, is a noted stronghold of Huguenot culture and religious life ; over the Mediterranean to Marseilles, the famous centre of French Protestantism; through Provence, crossing the Bhone at the ancient city of Arles, thence to Nimes and on into the Cevennes, made familiar by Stevenson 's pen-picture, ‘‘TRAVELS WITH A DONKEY, ’’ which so vividly portrays the sufferings of the Huguenots of this region. At Paris there is the visit to Monsieur Puaux, President of the Huguenot Society <of France, and the appeal of his vision of a closer spirit¬ ual union between the Huguenot Societies of America and France of which the author writes most graphically. No intellectual descendant of Calvin and the other great leaders of the Beformation can fail to be thrilled by Mr. Shoemaker’s narrative including his comparisons between certain) well known scenery of Eastern Pennsylvania and the storied Huguenot country of his tour. The second brochure has to do with JAMES ORD. The romantic legend attached to him has always possessed a peculiar charm for historians and literateurs. Many have upheld hiss, honest belief that he was the son of King George IV of England, and Mrs. Maria Fitzherbert, while others, including the gifted Irish author, Shane Leslie, have made light of his pretentions. Fortunately for his descendants and friends he left several autobiographical fragments, some in his own handwriting which tell his story better than others could tell it for him. These fragments pre¬ sented in book form, by Mr. Shoemaker, will clear the way for the — 212 Recent Books. historian of the future and make a foundation upon which to build investigation. OUTSTANDING DAYS. By Cheeeeman A. Herrick, Ph.D., LL.D., Presi¬ dent of Girard College. The Union Press, Philadelphia, 1820, 282 p. small 8°. Cloth. Dr. Herrick has done much for the student-body of the business world as the editor of the Macmillan’s Commercial Series, and as the author of THE MEANING AND PRACTICE OF COMMERCIAL EDUCATION, and the HISTORY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (Macmillan, 1917, 1920). The former explains the purpose and describes the actual working of Commercial Schools. The latter gives a review of world history from the commercial and industrial point of view with enough of general history to furnish a back-ground. Prepared as a text-book, it is for the general reader an unusually fascinating and illuminating treatise. During his many years of academic life Dr. Herrick has made oppor¬ tunity for occasional addresses and many magazine articles. Some from each of these groups have been presented in book-form under the title, RECLAIMING A COMMONWEALTH AND OTHER ESSAYS, Philadelphia, 1911, which has become widely known. In his latest work, OUTSTANDING DAYS, the author has made an in¬ spirational contribution to the every-day world, and it would be well if each desk had somewhere at easy reach a copy thereof. The ‘ Contents 9 well covers this particular field of endeavor: Place of Special Days, New Year’s Day, Lincoln’s Birthday, Washington’s Birthday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Mother’s Day, Memorial Day, Children’s Day, Flag Day, Commencement Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Beginning School, Thanksgivng Day, Christmas Day. Many have observed all of these days. All have observed some of them. It would be better if all could, at the appointed time, observe all in succession. Hearts grow warmer and the brain clearer by such attention to the commonweal. In passing, it may be said that Flag Day as a national observance had its beginning not 4 'with the action of the governor of New York,” in 1897, but, in Philadelphia, in 1893, by the action of a body of patriotic women the Pennsylvania Society of Colonial Dames of America. Which action was promptly endorsed by the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution, who, in 1893, addressed the President of the United States, the governors of the States and territories, the press 'associations, and other organizations and individuals on the subject of the Flag being displayed from every home in the land on every June 14. Thus, was the national observance of Flag Day begun in Philadelphia, June 14, 1893. ‘ — ’