New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-18

The second edition OF Mr.. John Matthew's
American ArInoury and Blue Book published
for the editor, London is Disappointing. New
armigerous names appear. and the facts Of de-
scent are presented briefly, though the preface
mentions the possession of all the details Of
the complete line of descent for nearly three
hundred years in all but few cases, and in
many instances pedigrees that have been traced
back 20 ancient times" II would appear how
ever. that Mr. Matthews has observed more care
in keeping names out than in getting them in
well Il is hardly too much TO say. and it is
vexatious 70 discover. that the volume, with all
its pleasing presswork and good cuts, is little
better than unsorted material
The perplexing problem Of arrangement has
been met by discarding all arrangement, beyond
the dictates Of priority for the arms OF the
nation and its President. The pages following
appear 10 have been made UP piecemeal the
information was gathered. Father and son are
separated. We find the arms and crest Of Elias
Hubert Ames deceased. OF Titusville. Penn,
for example on page al. Under residence" we
are referred TO Joseph Bushnell Ames. the eld-
est son. whose arms and crest are repeated
with appropriate information on page 139. The
descendants Of John Davies. who settled near
Iitchfeld, Conn., in 1875. distributed over
pages e. 81, $40. 800, SEQ and $50, with arms
and crest repeated in each case. On the other
hand. some Of the biographies appear without
cuts. No arms accompany the name Of Major
General FItz John Porter. No connection is
shown with other Porters in the volume. whose
arms are shown pages ~. 141 and 36S I'm
necessary repetition has the most conspicuous
instance in the case OF Theodore Roosevelt,
whose arms appear on pages and 266. In the
latter place he is stil Governor Of this State
To emphasize the neec OF this early entry per-
haps. It is not cited in the index. Other bear
ers Of the Roosevelt arms. found on pages 20S
and 80. vary in the spelling Of the name Of
their common ancestor. There are instances of
variation in the several cuts OF the same arms
or II least arms similarly described. The arms
Of the descendants OF Thomas Townsend. who
settled at Lynn Mass, in 1637-azure. a chew
ron ermine between three escaIlops or-show
the er1nine represented on page 377, and fail to
on page 90. But OF the crownng instances
Of confusion We have come upon is that OF the
entries Of the descendants Of Ensign Robert
Hale. Of Charlestown. Mass. mentioned as OF
Cambridge. Mass. on page 431. and Of Charles
ton" Mass. on pages l52 ana 1866. The Rev
Dr. Edward Everett Hale appears on page AZ.
Arthur his eldest son. is found on pages 1Ss
and 431: Edward Everett II. as the fourth son.
on page 152. and as the second. on page 1873.
and Herbert Dudley. the fourth son. on page
Az. The arms. on pages Az. 431. 433 and 44o
are ~gules. three broad arrows reversed or
/ feathered and barbed argent on pages 152
and lS6 the arrows are not reversed. That the
4 index does not mention these two entries might
4 suggest that II discharges q corrective func-
ton. But when. in the fare OF such careless
editing the index fails. can only conclude
that it is already time for third edition OF
the book