The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-19
Prof. D. H. Hi Speaks
On photography.
Report On What North Carolinians
Have Done During the Year Read
Before the Literary and His
torical Society.

Year" He said:
In presenting the subjoined report
to the Society, it ought to be stated
that l have tried by correspondence
with college faculties. with editors,
with publishers. and with men of let
ters over the State to make the report
as complete as possible. If the names
of any books have been omitted, the
Society will be grateful if the authors
Will call attention to the omission. The
list will be republished at a later date.
and we should like to have in it the
name of every book that has appeared
for the past year.
For the sake of clearneSS i present
the report under the following head
ings:
1. History 2, Biography; 3, Fiction;
4, Poetry; 5, Technical Books; 6, Text
books: Z. Miscellaneous.
Il The Democratic Slave Trade of
the Southern States by w. H. Collins,
professor of History in Claremont Col
lege, Hickory, n. C. From the press
of the Broadway Publishing Company.
New York. This book contains seven
chapters; as follows:
/. Rise of Salve Trade in Africa.
g Causes of Domestic Slave Trade
3. Amount and Extent of Slave
Trade
4. Were some negroes engaged in
breeding and rearing negroes for
sale?
3. Kidnapping of Free Negroes.
6. Slave Prisons.
Z. Laws of Southern States with
reference to Importation and Exporta-
ton of Slaves.
IL. Some neglected History of
North Carolina. by William Edwards
Fitch, now of Savannah Georgia.
Neale Publishing Company. New York.
307 pages.
III. young Japan" by James A.
b. Scherer, now President of Newber-
ry College. This book of 328 pages
is published by j. b. Iippincott & Co,
of Philadelphia. 1t is divided into
three sections. The first section is
The second. the Adolescence Period.
The third. Modern Days.
Nv. THE first North Carolina Re-
union" This is a book of 12S pages,
compiled by Mr.. G.. s. Grimshaw of
Greensboro. 1t contains the speeches
and addresses made at Greensboro's
Home Coming Week, held during the
past year. In addition to the address
SEES. the compiler has inserted other
valuable historical matter.
V. The North Carolina Booklet, I'M
der the editorship of Miss Mary Hill
lard Hinton, and Mrs f. E. Moffitt,
has continued its useful and bright
career. 1t is earnestly hoped that
these patriotic ladies' who are so gen.
erously working to preserve what is
best in our history will receive the
hearty support of all who love the
state. The contents of the Booklet
for the past year:
1. Some changes in the North Caro-
lima Coast: Prof Collier Cobb.
2. The Highland Scotch Settlement:
Judge James C. McRae.
3. The Scotch-Irish of North Caro-
Ina: Rev. A. j. McKelway.
4. Battle of Guilford Court House,:
Major Joseph NJ. Morehead.
5. The German Palatnes in North
Carolina: Judge o. H. Allen.
G. Genesis of Wake County: Mar
shall Delaney Haywood.
Z. st. Paul's Church, Edenton: DR..
Richard billiard.
8. N. c. Sgners of the Declaration
of Independence: Mrs. Spier Whit
aker.
9. History of the Capitol Col. chas.
Earl Johnson.
10. Some notes on Colonial North
Carolina: Hon. j. Bryan Grimes.
IL. North Carolina Poets: Rev.
Hight C. Moore.
VI. Secretary of State, j. Bryan
Grimes printed for the Members of
the Legislature an interesting little
Handbook full of historical matter
Rev. r. H. Whitaker. of Raleigh. 4SS
pages. published by Edwards and
Broughton, has in a popular form
some suggestive sketches of earlier
life i'm the State.
VIII. "The Federalist System" by
DR.. John S. Bassett of Trinity College.
This is volume IL, Of series of hiSto-
rical works, edited by Prof. Hart of
Hazard and published by Harper
Brothers. New York.
TX. Trinity College has also pub
lished series v. of it's Historical
Studies.
X Moravians in Georgia 1735-174O,
by Miss Adelaide L. Fries. of Salem.
Published by Edwards & Broughton.
1. Biography: Prof Edwin Minis, of
Trinity College. has prepared a COM
plete life of the greatest of South
ern poets since Poe-Sidney Lanier.
This volume, which is full and SYM
pathetic is published by Houghton.
Miff1in & Co., of Boston.
2. Prof. Minis is also editing a me-
mortal volume of the best articles
from the pen of the late I. E. Avery,
one of the most gifted of the young
writer's of the State.
3. Marcus Benjamin., of Washington
City, not a native of the State, has
issued a memorial and critical volume
on the poems of John Henry Boner
OilG VI the StIOh6SSC VI Jul udtiNC
poets.
4. sketch of the Life of DR.. Edwin
A. Alderman, by Doctor C. Alphonso
Smith, of the State University, appear
ed in the University of Virginia Bulle-
tin.
). Life of John Motley Morehead
also by Dr. Smith, has been completed
just recently.
l. Fiction: '"The Clansman.' a his
torical novel of Reconstruction Days
by Rev. Thomas Dixon, Jr.. is the
most important piece of fiction from
any North Carolina author in recent
times. The controversy that has
ragged around this story will no doubt
lead to closer and more critical
study of this important period in the
history of the Southern States. The
author has in this book shown greater
in the technique of the story
r.s art than in any of his previ-
ritings. The book is from the
ft of the Doubleday and Page Co.,
~ SCI York. Hence both author and
her are from our. State.
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