The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-11-20

B~r@HEtipu, publishers From orlLtU@t
sources Nj. Hamilton has presented ?
hIst-hand study Of tho darkest period
IN the history If commons eaIfb-
D. Tho NnTaVian~ III Georgia" by
Miss y. l.. Fries. ~ salem. 1gZ Tag@
10 mo. Cloth Edwards x ErauGh-
ton. publishers This book gives
length the story IF the colony of EIud-
ly times 10 Georgia.
.. History OF HEREFORD county" hr
judge IL. II. E~tubgrne. SIS pages. 10
mo. cloth. Edwards X B~roH-nt"H
publishers. This county histofE e'ia-
mences with the first settlements i'm
the eastern part OF the STATE ana comes
down TO the present.
Z. state Rights and Political Par
;iC- in North Carolina" 10y Or. Henry
McGilbert Nagsta0- 155 pages. Paper
cover. Johns Hopkins Press. From
state records and contemporary docu-
manfs as we'll as other histories Nj.
MagStaH gives us a study Df the pol
itica Of the State from 1875 10 1860.
s.. The Beginnings OF I~r'cma~"nrN
i'm North Caroiina." ny Marshall Do
L1nccE Haywood. So pages. Viewer
* Lynch. publishers This book is IA
raIuStaking narrative Of the nrst steps
ina Masonry. followed bN an account of
the carly lodges and Of tho organic
tion Of the Grand Lodge. The second
part is devoted To Biographical
-tAn- t'- - H.
NAL days.
.. History Of Mcthcdiem." by Rev.
". l.. Grisspm. 3I6 pages. % Illus
tratione. Smith 4 Lamar. publisher.
Nashville. Tenn. This book is a fun
and scholarly account of the rise n
expansion of the Methodist church IN
his OuntrE
10. IN the state Records series. an
invaluable collection of state docu-
ments. Chief Justice Waiter Clark has
.lr,-l ,-a11r mo-. - - aud - = SF1-
dents of North Carolina history will he
delighted to know that the three vol
umc index to this series is now about
ready for publication.
"A Short History of Cumberland
County," by J.. II. Myrover. All too
briefly Mr.. NyroVcr sketches the inter
csting history Of the old S~cotch-Irish
county.
-. The North Carolina Booklet"
of history. under the guiding hands of
Miss Mary billiard Hinton and Mrs
+. +. Moffitt. continues with unfa@-
ging zeal it's publication of articles or
our history. This maagzine ought to
have five thousand subscribers and we
hope it soon may. During the year II
has published the following articles:
Cornelius Harnett, by r. d. w. Con-
edward Moseley, a Character sketch
by u. H. Hill.
Celebration of the Anniversary OF
the goth Of May, 1715, by Major w. y.
Graham.
Governor Thomas Pollock, by Mrs
John w. Hinsdalc.
The Battle OF CoWan's Ford, by Ma
jor W. A.. Graham.
The First Settlers in North Carolina
not Religious Refugees, by Rt. Rev.
Joseph r. Cheshire.
The Indian Tribes of Eastern Caro-
lima by Dr. Richard billiard.
\ colonial Admiral of the Cap2
Fear. by Mr.. James Sprunt.
The Borough Towns OF North Caro-
lima, by Francis Nash.
Governor Thomas Burke, by j. q.
deHoulhac Hamilton.
Colonial and Revolutionary Relics i'll
the Hall of History, by Col. f. y. Olds.
III. biography.
/. "Rio2raphicaI History of North
Carolina" edited by Capt. 5. A. Ashe,
and published by Charles l.. Van Mop
pen. Greensboro. This series is to be
completed in ten volumes, four Of
which have now come from the press.
This is by far The handSomest series
Of biographical works ever undertaken
in North Carolina and perhaps in the
South. The carefully written articles,
attractive binding and W~ell-eXecuted
portraits will make the set a monu-
ment to editors and publishers.
;. sidney Ianicr." by DR.. Edwin
Minis. of Trinity College. DR.. Mims's
book is not only a biography but 4
critical study of the work of one of
the greatest of the Southern poets.
). Idle Commcnts.' This is a me-
mortal volume. containing in its 27l
pages, selections from newspaper at
tiCIcs of Isaac Erwin Avery, whose T.
timely death cut short a career full Of
robust promise of literary power. The
volume is edited by Edwin Minis, J.
Z. Caldwell, c. \. Smith, Plato Dur
ham and j. w. Bailey
4. THE Winborne Family" by
Judge b. 3. Winborne, Of Hertford
county; 1872 pages; Edwards &
Broughton, publishers.
;. Life of Gen. X. =. Lee" by Prof,
Henry e. Shepherd; Neale Publishing
Company, New York. This is an octa-
vo volume fully illustrated and in
tended t. be a characterization of the
Confederate Chicftain.
III. Poetry.
1. SON Merry and sad" by John
Charles Mcneil; 106 pages; stone &
Barringer Company, publishers. This
little volume contains the songs which
last year won for Mr.. McNeill the
award of the Patterson cup of tins
Society.
2..After Study McIitations," by
Raymond Browning. of Trinity Col
lege. 81 pages. This volume, daiotily
published, consists of II poems.
". TcNt Books.
/. "~rrincipIcs of Wealth and Wei
fare by Prof Charles Lee Rapcr. Of
the University or North Carolina
32S pages. Mcmillan & Company. New
York. publishers.
,. '.Studics i'll SiGn@Iisll Syntax,' Nv
DR.. c. Alphonso Smith, of the Univer-
sity of North Carolina. CHM & Co,
publishers.
3. Our Lan2ua4c."-SecOnd Book,
also by DR.. Smith. Published by the
y. f. Johnson Company.
4. ''~Nlanaecnent OF Cotton Mills
by II. d. Martin. 226 pages. cloth; Ed
wards q Broughton, publishers.
). 'Iiuoo's Ucrnani.' edited with
notes, an introduction, and vocabulary
by DR.. j. -. Bruner, of the State Uni
Nersity. American Book Company,
publishers.
6. ''TIc Character of Victor Iiu@o'e
Huy BIAS by DR.. j. ID. Bruner.
Z. "A Spelling SOCK" edited by
PRO j. |. FOuSt, and l.. G. Griffin. Al