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booksellers.
This isthe third edition OF Mr. O. Hartsgraud col
lection Of Irish Pedigrecs," including the pcdi-
grees Of many Of the Anglo. Irish families who
wentinto ireland with "strongbow and his land
hungry Norman knights, in A. ID. ITO, and subsc-
qucn,ly. As veriGcatlon OF the authenticity
Of these genealogies Il may be stated that nearly
all Of them arc found recorded In the Office Of
arms. Dublin Castle, NOW presided over by tile
learned and genial Sir Bernard Burke Ulster
King. of-orins. the ohiuial guardian of heraidry
aud genealogical Mss. Many of tho pedigrees in
Mr. OlGarts work are traced down TO the living
OF the old clans. aud nearly all Of
the pedlgrecs are brought down to Queen
Elizabeth's "a. d. l5Ss-i60S Cromwelrs 1850,
aud Queen Anues time 01O2-lsii). Nothing like
this complete collection has ever been attempted
heretofore. Richard Cronnolly, learned mem
Der of the Irish constabulaty, published few
years ago-chieHy from the "MacFirbis Ms. Book
of Pedigrces"-tho gCnealogies Of three of the
great clans; and tho greatest OF modern Irish
scholars, the late John ODonoyan, Ill. D.,
gives the pedisrees Of several tribes In the works
he so ably translated aud edited for Dublin socic-
ties. But Professor o'Itart has not copied from
Cronnolly, o'Donoyan, nor any published pedi.
gree. He has unveiled the Ms. Of the great
Michael OClery, chief Of the four masters, who
compiled, from authentic sources. The Annals of
the Kingdom OF Ireland" nom the earliest time 10
a. d. 1886, aud "Thc Book of Irish Gencalogics.'
As we have already stated, these pedigrces agree
with those under tie guardianship Of Sir Bernard
ieotio Gi d the iats sr william Bethsiu 81
collection is enficSed by large Ms.
book of genealosles, called "OFarrelrs Linca
Antigua" compiled in Queen Anno's reign.
No Irish American family Of Gaelic or Anglo.
Norman blood should DO without this authentic
volume, enriched, as Il Is, by numerous geneNog
zeal and historical notys OF family history.
the erudite and industrious author, and now pub.
lished for the first time eresut OF hi? researches
in the ms. departments of Trinity Col
leBe and the Royal Irish Academy Dublin,
but which we need not cnumerate. In concluding
this brief notice Of Professor O'1iarts priceless
work we may remark that the press of Ireland,
Great Britain, America. aud Observation-Disclosures
this work has bcou royiowed--spoak Of the Irish
Pedigrees" ia tho warmeSt language of commend.
alton; Some of our so-callcd "Anglo-saxou y
families will certainly be undeceived by perusal
of those Gaelic and Anglo. Irish geneologes From
Edward w "a. D. li6l-lIS3), through Eliza
beth reign la the sixteenth century and all along
the " dark and evil days OF james l., Cromwell,
William of Orange, but more especially during
the penal days from the reigt of Anne Q702-
17li) to the advent Of the immortal Henry
drattan, hundreds Of the. ancient, or, Celtic,
aud great many Of the Anglo-Iris
iamilies-the latter having become more
changed, mutilAtcd. disguised. translated, or
angllcized tholr names for prudential or less ex-
ctsable reasons. But Professor OlIart, with great
OF party interest to subserye, has CLASH
fled all those "Angl o.Saxon" 90 fugitives
where they rightly belong, on Tine Stem %, OF
Irish Pedigrees" to all our people Of irish birth
and blood and trust II will have a large sale on
both sides of the Atlantic. The work has been
Rich ard oulahau, of this city
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GARFIELD's PLACE IN HISTORY. Ane.say b,
Henry Z. pennEu' New York; o. r. Putnam
sons. Washington; James j. Chapman
It is altogether too early to determine exactl!
she place that the late President viii occupy ii
history. and the author Of the essay under con
alteration is manifestly not the oue to determine
that place He has arbitrarily placed Garfield fl
the same place as Washington and Lincoln, aut
then has sought to establish legitimate con
necion between those tUo who stand ont fore
most in our country history. That Gar
field was man of high intellectual anC
literary requirements is true that he lust escape,
being statesman IN the brOadest and fullest suns
Of The term Is equally true, His memory Is en-
deared TO the country by his lsmentable asssssina
'u0n. his long and heroic suffering and his death
and he needs 10 itilsOlne lauddtiOi. from lniuii
cous admirers TO raise The standard of his life II
the hearts OF tho people. When time shall hay,
passed and the full results OF his brief adminIstra
lion are made known, then his place In hstor,
may Do determined.
TIRE SIXTH GRRAT ORIENTAL. MONARCHY
OR, THE GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, AMI
ANTIQUITIES OF PAHTHIA. COLLECTED
and Illustrated frOdi ancient aud mpdeTi
sources by GEoRGE RAwLISsoN, NJ. A.. Gam
den, professor Of ancient history IN the Tnlygr
s!!y o. oxford, Ncw Works bodd, Mead < Co
Washington william Ballantync ~ Son.
While this volume + Ia part y continuation o
tho history Of the East, already treated by the a
thor In his Five Great Monarebles," Il is more
expressly q supplement to tho ancient history OF
the West, as that history Is ordinarily presented
under its two recogul1ed divisions Of" Histories
OF Greece" and Histories Of Rome" As writer,
upon Roman history have been prone to beliiile o.