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RECENT BOOKS, G S P THE PARRISH FAMILY [ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania], INCLUDING THE BELATED FAMILIES or Cox, DILLWYN, ROBERTS, CHANDLER, MITCHELL, PAINTER, PUSEY. By Dillwyn Parrish, 1809-1886. With special refer* enee to JOSEPH PARRISH, M.D., 1779-1840, with sketches of his children, by members of the family and others. Compiled by his granddaughter, Susanna Parrish Wharton. Philadelphia, 1824. Pp. 336, facsimile illus. por., 8°. The volume has a wealth of biographical as well as genealogical mate* rial, to which is added an equal wealth of illustration. The compilers have put the family and interested public much in their debt. JANDON FAMILY OF PENNSYLVANIA. By Edwin Jaquett Sellers. Philadelphia, 1924. Pp. 52, 8 s . This scholarly little volume is a revision of An Account of the Jandon Family published by the same author in 1890. The data concerning this Huguenot family, covering the period 1593 to the present time, is the result of unusual investigation as the translations of the various French records will show. Mr. Sellers brought to his self -appointed task a trained mind and the patience of the scientific se archer. SELLERS FAMILY OF PENNSYLVANIA AND ALLIED FAMILIES. By Edwin Jaquett Sellers. Philadelphia, 1925. Pp. 58. 8°. Contains genealogies of the Buth, Wampole and Krey families and is a revision of Partial Genealogy of the Sellers and Wampole Families, by the same well-known author, published in 1903. HYMNS ORIGINAL AND TRANSLATED. By Louis F. Benson, D.D. Set to the Music of Various Composers. Philadelphia, 1925. Printed at the Plympton Press, Norwood, Mass. The Cover Design by Barbara Benson Jeffeiys. Pp. 95. Por. Sm. 4to, Dr. Benson ’s fame as author and scholar will ever rest on his English Hymn, Its Development and Use, since it easily surpasses everything written on the subject. It is, however, on this last exquisite bit of book making, issued at Christmas in a limited edition, with a gem of pure English as preface, that his place as minister to the soul will remain un filled until there falls, to use his own words, * 1 the silence that wraps us round. ” CHURCHES IN DELAWARE DURING THE BEVOLUTION. WITH A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THEIR SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH. By Elizabeth Watterson. Published by the Historical Society of Delaware, Wilmington, 1925. Pp, 117 j ills. 5. 8o. This was first presented as a Master ’s thesis, University of Chicago, Its statistical data, relative to the Baptists, Catholics, Episcopalians, Lutherans, Methodists, Presbyterians and Quakers, and its citations to source material, make it a valuable contribution to the ecclesiastical his( 320 ) 1924 Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania PGM Vol IX Recent Books . 321 tory of Delaware. To its excellent bibliography there might be added Records of Holy Trinity ( Old Swedes ) Wilmington, translated from the Swedish by Horace Burr ; Acrelius 5 History of New Sweden, and John'. son 's Swedish Settlements on the Delaware, 1685 -1664 . EARLY FRIENDS FAMILIES OP UPPER BUCKS, WITH SOME ACCOUNT OP THEIR DESCENDANTS. HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE EARLY SETTLERS IN UPPER BUOKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. By Clarence V. Roberts. Assisted by Warren S. Eby. Philadelphia, 1925. Pp. 680. Ills. 65. 8<\ Tears of research is the background of this handsome volume, with always the appeal for ' * light, more light, ’' on the lives and descendants of the stout hearted settlers in the rich lands of Upper Bucks. There are forty-nine chapters. Of these, fire are largely historical, while the re maining forty-four are primarily genealogical and treat of the following families : Adamson, Ashton, Ball, Blackledge, Burson, Carr, Custard, Dennis, Edwards, Foulke, Green, Griffith, Hallowell, Heacock, Hicks, Idea, Jamison, Johnson, Kinsey , Lancaster, Lester, Levick , Lewis, Lott, McCarty, Miller, John Morgan, Morgan Morgan, Morris Morris, Nixon, Penrose, Phillips, Rawlings, Edward Roberts, Thomas Roberts, William Roberts, Shaw, Strawn, Thomas, Thomson, Walton, Walton ( Stroudsburg Branch ), and Zorns. A comprehensive index of approximately 22,000 references completes the well-printed book, which is a rich mine of information along the lines indicated. P - G S AMERICAN WAR SONGS. Published under Supervision of the National Committee for the Preservation of Existing Records of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America. Philadelphia, 1925. Pp. 202, por., facs. 2. So. The publication of a volume of patriotic war songs was first suggested by Mrs. James Starr of Philadelphia, Chairman of the National Record Committee, in 1917. To her energy, as Chairman, is doubtless due the format of this handsome piece of book-making. From the past, from the present, have come the Songs which grace its pages, together with authors ’ names familiar and unfamiliar. The division of the Songs into the respective war periods of the Nation is excellent. The dedication of the work to the memory of Mrs. Alexander J, Cas3att was fittingly approved in 1923. In the words of Mrs. Joseph R. Lamar, president of the National Society : “ This volume of war songs is dedi cated to the memory of a loved woman who was herself a * Happy Warrior ’ not only ready to give battle for what she believed in, but that rarer thing, a leader of others in maintaining the highest standards that we possess. ” Mrs . Cassatt of Philadelphia, the “ Happy Warrior, ” brave and true, born Lois Buchanan, niece of the fifteenth President of the United States, was appointed, in 1901, Treasurer of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, which office she held until her death in 1920. She was also the fifth President of the Pennsylvania Society of the Colonial Dames, 1901-1912. So many members of the Genealogical Society are interested in the American War Songs that no apology is offered for this somewhat ex - — — - tended notice. 1924 Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania PGM Vol IX Recent Boohs. 322 THE WARREN, LITTLE, LOTHROP, PARK, DIX, WHITMAN , FAIRCHILD, PLATT, WHEELER, LANE AND AVERY PEDIGREES OP SAMUEL PXJTNAM AVERY, 1847-1920 Compiled by Samuel Putnam Avery Published by the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1925 Pp six j 273 ; por ills 14 ; large So Printed on hand-made Japanese linen paper, with numerous illustra tions of artistic worth, this volume is an unusually fine example of genealogical book craft Literary excellence and thoroughness are also reflected in the biographical details of such founders of the American Commonwealth as come within the Bcope of the work It is well indexed . . - . . . . -- . . . CATALOGUE or AN EXHIBITION OF PORTRAITS BY JOHN NEAGLE. The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Philadelphia, 1925 Pp 158 ; por 98 ; plan 1; 8° Not so many years ago genealogy was chiefly concerned with names and dates Now, the question, what manner of men these our ancestors, is best answered by the shining canvass, the music score of a forgotten song, or, age-yellowed prose, or poem. To this change in genealogical outlook the Academy of the Fine Arts, by its recent portrait Catalogues of Sully, Peale and Neagle, has been no small contributor In the biographical notices of such Catalogues the genealogist may find not only a missing date, but the pure ego behind the date. . . . . P . . . REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS OF WARREN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. . . . . . By S Lucy M Davis Cowan New York, 1926 Pp 97 ; ills, 8« Contains Revolutionary records, tombstone inscriptions of Revolution ary soldiers and their wives, buried in Warren County ; also a list of Revolutionary pensioners of that County and an excellent index. - G THE FAIRES CLASSICAL INSTITUTE. MEMOIR OF REV. JOHN FAIRES, A.M., D.D. FOUNDER AND PRINCIPAL OF THE CLASSICAL INSTITUTE, PHILADELPHIA. A TEACHER FROM 1831 TO 1888. WITH PHOTOGRAPHS AND BIOGRAPHIC SKETCHES OF UPWARD OF FIVE HUNDRED OF HIS FORMER PUPILS. By Charles J. Cohen, Philadelphia, 1926. Pp. 850. Facs. ills, Por. 8®. Mr. Cohen 's gracious tribute to his early alma mater has rarely been equaled. Many of those whose faces look out from the pages of his book have crossed the Great Divide, yet to those who remain, as to those who are to come, it will be an abiding joy It was a labor of love. When finished it was presented to all Dr. Faires * scholars who could still answer adsum to the call of their school fellow, the author. Mr. Cohen has put forth other outstanding books, but this touches the heart like Thackeray ’s picture of Grey Friar3 School. . 1924 Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania PGM Vol IX