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BIBLIOGRAPHY.
1. Record of tho Family of Thomas Ewing, who emigrated from Ireland in 1718. Elition of 150 copies; printed for the use of the family connections only. 1858. 8vo, pp. 38. Written by Rev. Robert Patterson Du Bois, of New Lon- don, Chester County.
2. Record of the Family of Louis Du Bois, who emigrated from France in 1660. Edition of 150 copies; printed for the use of the family connectione only. 1860. 8ve, pp. 76.
This is the joint production of Rev. Robert P. Du Bois, of New Lon- don, and William E. Du Bois, of Philadelphia.
These works are admirably adapted for what they are intended to be,-repositories of facts that will interest members of the family. The fullness of the biographical details, however, renders them quite interesting to the general reader as well as to relatives.
Mrs. M. J. Guthrie.
The Silver Lining; or Falr-Hopo Prospect. By Mrs. M. J. Gutlirio, of Norwood, Chester County. Philadelphia, 1872. 12mo, pp. 203.
Howard W. Gilbert.
Aldernere; A Ponneylvania Idyll. Written by Howard W. Gilbert, and illus- trated with nine original Etchings by Lloyd Mifflin, Jr. Philadelphia: John Penington & Son, 1872. 8vo, pp. 27.
The book is inscribed to Sydney Howard Gay.
Ann S. Paschall.
1. The Home Circle. By Ann S. Paschall. Friends' Book Association, 706 Arch Street, Philadelphia, 1875. 12mo, pp. 200, with illustrations.
This is an interesting narrative, the first part of which was pub- lished some thirty years previously, under the title of the " Friend's Family," in a 12mo volume of 92 pages.
2. Scripture Lessons for the Little Ones. "Suffer little children to come to me, and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of Heaven." Friouds' Publication Association, 1867. 18mo, pp. 132.
This book was written for the use of one of the classes in the West Chester First-Day School of Friends.
Mrs. Isabella P. Huston.
Autumn Leaves. By Isabella P. Huston. Philadelphia: printed by Sherman & Co., 1873. Small 8vo, pp. 181, with illustrations.
This volume contains about sixty well-written poems, chiefly on Subjects connected with home, and also some biographical and family sketches, and was printed for the friends of the author.
Susan Lukens.
Gleanings at Seventy-Five. By Susan Lukens, of Ercildoun, Chester County. Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1873. 12mo, pp. 216.
This volume contains many interesting articles, both in prose and poetry, written by the author at various periods during her life, and collected by her, at the request of friends, for publication when she had reached the age of seventy-five years. One of her poems, "The Painter of Seville," is a very fine production.
Stephen P. Sharples, S.B.
1. Chemical Tables. By Stephen P. Sharples. Published by Sever & Francis, Cambridge, Mass , 180G. 12mo, pp. 192.
This is the most valuable work of the kind extant, and of great service to the student of chemistry. The author, a native of West Chester, was graduated from the Lawrence Scientifie School of Har- vard University in 1866, and presented this work as his graduating thesis.
2. Adulteratien of Foed. An article contributed to " Buck's Treatise on Hygiene and Public Health." Published in 1879. The article contains 60 pages, large 8vo.
Mr. Sharples has also written a number of valuable papers, which have been published in the American Journal of Science, American Chemist, and other scientific journals. He has held"successively the positions of instructor in the Lehigh University, at Bethlehem, Pa., assistant to the professor of chemistry in the Lawrence Scientific School of Harvard University, assistant editor of the Journal of Chemistry, State assayer of Massachusetts, and is now one of the special experts on the United States census, and is in business on his own account as an analytical and consulting chemist in Boston.
John Edwards Leonard.
1. Early Poema. By J. Edwards Leonard, LL.D. New Orleans, 1871. Small quarte, pp. 80.
This volume contains thirty-one poems, pure in conception and graceful in expression, embracing translations from the French and German.
2. Digest of the Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States in Lonisi- ana Cases, with an appendix, containing a short treatise on the jurisdiction and practice of the Federal courts. Compiled and published in 1875.
Lewis Woodward, M.D.
Genealogy of the Woodward Family, of Chester County, Pa., with an appendix, giving a brief account of the Woodwards of some other portions of the United States. Compiled by Lewis Woodward, M.D. Wilmington, Del., 1869. 8vo, pp. 115.
Isaac I. Hayes, M.D.
1. An Arctic Boat Journey in the Autumn of 1854. By Isaac I. Hayes, M.D., Surgeon of the Second Griunoll Expedition. Philadelphia: Lippincott & Co., 1860. Izmo, pp. 375.
A second edition, enlarged and illustrated, was published by Fields & Osgood in 1869. 12mo, pp. 387.
Dr. Hayes was a merober of the Arctic exploring expedition com- manded by Dr. Elisha K. Kane, which left New York in May, 1853, and returned in October, 1855. In the autumnn of 1854 eight of the members of the expedition-officers and men-made an attempt in an open boat to reach Upernavik, in North Greenland, the nearest outpost of civilization, but returned to the vessel, after an absence of four months, without accomplishing their purpose. This volume gives a graphie description of this laudable but perilous enterprise. It is dedicated to the companions who shared with the author the fortunes which it records.
2. The Open Pular Sea. A Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery towards the North Pole iu the Schoouer " United States." By Dr. Isuac I. Hayes. New York: Hurd & Iloughton, 1867. Largo octave, pp. 454, with a portrait of the author and numerous maps and illustrations.
An exploring expedition under command of Dr. Isaae I. Hayes left this country in July, 1860, and returned in October, 1861. It reached a point nearer the pole than any similar undertaking has done, either before or since. This volume records its fortunes, and is dedicated to William Parker Foulke.
3. The Land of Desolation : Being a Porsonal Narrative of Observations and Adventure in Greenland. By Leaac I. Hayes, M.D. Illustrated. New York : Harper & Brothers, 1872. 12mo, pp. 358.
This volume records a visit to Greenland, made in the summer of 1869, with a number of friends, in the steam yacht of William Brad- ford, whose pictures of Arctie scenery have received deserved com- mendation. Their range of the Greenland coast was more than one thousand miles.
4. Cast Away in the Cold. An Old Man's Story of a Young Man's Adventures, as related by Captain Joho Hardy, Mariner. By Dr. Isaac I. Hayes. Boston : James R. Osgood & Co., 1875. 8vo, pp. 263. Illustrated.
This is a book for young persons. Much valuable information is given in the form of a narrative of his adventures by an old mariner to a group of listening children.
In addition to these works, Dr. Hayes has written a number of valuable papers, which have been published at different times.
J. Smith Futhey.
1. History of the Upper Octorara Presbyterian Church, Chester Co., Pa. 1870. 8vo, pp. 184.
2. History of Educational Institutions of Chester County. 1877. 8vo, pp. 17. Being report for the county, published in the Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction for 1877.
3. Historical Address on One Hundredth Anniversary of the Paoli Massacre, giving an account of the operations of the armies of the Revolution- British and American-on the soil of Chester County. 1877. 8vo, pp. 54, with map.
J. Smith Fnthey and Gilbert Cope.
1. History of Chester County, in Dr. William H. Egle's". History of Peonsylvania." 1876. Large octave, occupying 30 pages of that work. Illustrated with seven engravinge.
2. History of Chester County. 1881. Quarto. Published by L. H. Everts, Philadelphia. Illustrated.
Gilbert Cope.
1. A Record of the Cope Family, as established in America by Oliver Cope, who came from England to Pennsylvania about the year 1682, with the real- dences, dates of births, deaths, and marriages of his descendants as far as ascertained. By Gilbert Cope. Philadelphia, 1861. 8vo, pp. 251.
2. Genealogy of the Dutton Family of Pennsylvania. Preceded by a history of the family in England, from the time of William the Conqueror to the year 1669; with an appendix containing a short account of the Duttons of Con- necticut. Compiled by Gilbert Cope. West Chester, Pa., 1871. 8ve, pp. 112. Illustrated.
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3. The Browns of Nottingham, being an account of the emigraot settlers of that name in the Nottingham settlement, and the genealogy of some of their descendants. 1864. 8vo, pp. 24.
Mr. Cope also furnished valaable material for the " Kirk," "Wood- ward," "Jackson," and " Palmer and Trimble" genealogies, and also prepared, in manascript, an abstract of Friends' records in Chester County, and in York and Adams Coantics, of births, deaths, and mar- ringes. These abstracts are contained in two folio and six quarto volumes in the library of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Cyrus Sterne.
Sterne and McFarlan, ef Chester County, Pa., and New Castle, Delaware. By Cyrue Sterne. Wilmington, Del.
This is a historie genealogy of the families of Sterne and MeFarlan, now in course of preparation.
Lewis Palmer.
A Genealogical Record of the Descendante of John and Mary Palmer, of Con- cord, Chester (now Delaware) Co., Pa .; especially through their son, Jehin Palmer, Jr., and sone-in-law, William and James Trimble, with notes of nocestry or information of many of the families with whom they intermar- ried. By Lewis Palmer. Illustrated with views, Portraits, and Autographe. Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1873. 8vo, pp. 474.
This is a very complete and valuable genealogical work. Its author resides in Delaware County, but the volume contains the genealogical records of a great number of Chester County families.
Mrs. Sara Louisa Oberholtzer.
Violet Lee, and other Poems. By Mrs. S. L. Oberholzer. Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1873. 12mo, pp. 143.
The author, a daughter of the late Paxson Vickers, resides near Cambria Station, Chester County. The poems in the volume are seventy-two in number, and evince poetic talent of no ordinary de- gree. Since their publication she has written additional pocms of great merit, among them the beautiful and appropriate dirge snog at the burial of Bayard Taylor in Longwood Cemetery.
Capt. William Hemphill Bell.
The Quiddities of an Alaskan Trip. By W. H. Bell, Captain C.S., U.S.A. Port- land, Oregon, 1873. Pp. 70.
Capt. Bell is a son of Hon. Thomas S. Bell, formerly president judge of the courts of Chester County, and also a judge of the Sa- preme Court. He is a graduate of West Point, and an officer in the United States army. In 1873 he was stationed in Alaska, and this volume is a humorous pictorial representation of his experience on his trip to his post. It contains sixty-one plates, from drawings made by himself, which show that he holds the pencil of a skillfal and ae- complished artist.
Kirk Family.
Historic Genealogy of the Kirk Family, as established by Roger Kirk, whe settled in Nottingham, Chester County, Province of Pennsylvania, about the year 1714. Containing impartial biographical sketches of his descendante, so far se ascertained ; also a record of two hundred and nine of the de- ecendants of Alphonsus Kirk, who migrated frem Lurgan, North Ireland, and settled in the county of New Castle, Delaware. By Charles H. Stubbs, M.D., Corresponding Member of the Maryland Academy of Science, etc. Lancaster, Pa., 1872. 8vo, pp. 252.
This volame contains the names of nearly twenty-five hundred of the descendants of Roger Kirk, and of two hundred and nine of the descendants of Alphonsus Kirk. It has been very carefully prepared, and is a valuable contribution to Pennsylvania historic-genealogical literature.
Watson W. Dewees.
A Brief History of Westtewn Boarding School, with a general Catalogus of Officers, Studente, etc. Compiled chiefly from minutes of Committee in charge, and the Records preserved at the Institution. By Watson W. De- wees. 1872. 8vo, pp. 342.
Westtown Boarding-School is an institution for the education of the children of members of the Society of Friends. . It was organized in 1799, and up to the date of the publication of this volume 4195 hoys and 5370 girls had received their education there. This history and record is interesting and valuable, not only to those who have been teachers and schelars, and to members of the society, but to all whe take an interest in historical inquiries and the cause of edacation.
Rebecca Conard.
Poems. By a Friend. West Chester, Pa. : F. S. Ilickman, Printer and Pab- lisher, 1875. 12me, pp. 130.
These poems are one hundred and one in number, and are of various length, from two to twenty stanzas. The author resided in West Chester, and was a sister of the late Jesse Conard, Esq. She died in 1875, and the volume was published after her decease.
Abram D. Harlan.
Pennsylvania Constitutional Conventino, 1872 and 1873; its members and of- ficere, and the result of their labers. By A. D. Harlan, Second Assistant Clerk of the Convention. 1873. 12mo, pp. 176.
This volume contains a history of the convention, together with biographical sketches of all the members and officers, and the results of their labors.
Mary Ann Moore.
Musings of a Blind and Partially Deaf Girl. By Mary Ann Meere. Philadel- phia : J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1873. 12mo, pp. 144.
This volume contains seventy poeins and fourteen articles in prose.
Howard Painter.
Vienna International Exhibition, 1873. Report on the Metallurgy of Lead, Sil- ver, Copper, and Zinc. By Howard Painter, Honorary Commissioner of the United States. Washington: Government Printing-Office, 1875. Royal octavo, pp. 237, with plates and illustratione.
This is a learned and valuable report, the work of one well quali- fied for the task. Mr. Painter was a native of West Chester, Pa., the son of Samuel and Ano V. Painter, and by profession a mining engi- neer. He died in 1876, at San Francisco, Cal., at the age of twenty- four years.
Frank H. Stauffer.
Toward Sunset, and Other Poems. " Mere amber beads at random strung " By Frank H. Stauffer, Anther of " Dorlan the Scout," " Nameless Nan," " Mis- eionary Madge," "Fanchet the Fawn," " Sacrificing her Fortune," etc., etc. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1876. 12mo, pp. 123.
John Vanderslice.
Sketches of Travel Through Many Lande and Over Many Seas. By John Van- deralice. Printed by J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia, 1876. 8vo, pp. 324.
The author of this volume resides in Phoenixville, and has traveled extensively both in Europe and Amerien. At the age of seventy-four years he made a tour around the world which occupied seven months. This book describes his various travels.
Levi K. Brown.
An Account of the Meetings of the Society of Friends within the limite of Bal- timore Yearly Meeting, time of holding the sante, and means of access thereto. Illustrated by a Map showing the location of the different meet- ings. By Levi K. Brown, 1875. 16mo, pp. 64.
Mr. Brown was for many years a resident of Chester County, and the territory embraced within the limits of Baltimore Yearly Meeting includes a portion of Chester County.
John Luther Ringwalt.
1. American Encyclopedia of Printing. Edited by J. Luther Ringwalt. Phila- delphia, 1871. 8vo. Numerens illustratione.
2. The Diller Family. By J. Luther Ringwalt. 1877. Quarto, pp. 56.
Mr. Ringwalt, the author of these volumes, is a son of the late Col. Samael Ringwalt, of Downingtown. "The Diller Family" is a very full and interesting historie-genealogical account of the descendants of Caspar Diller, who emigrated to this country aboat the year 1729 and settled in Lancaster Ce., Pa. The family is now quite extensive, and many of its members have filled eminent positions both in church and State. The Ringwalt family of Chester County are descended from Caspar Diller.
Maj. Isaiah Price.
History of tho Ninety-seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry during the War of the Rebellion, 1861-65, with biographical sketches of its field- and staff-officers, and a complete record of each officer and enlisted nian. Prepared at the request of the Regiment hy Ieaiah Price, D.D.S., Major Ninety-seventh Penna. Vels., and Brevet Colonel U. S. Vole. Illnetruted with steel portrait, engravings, and wood-cuts. Philadelphia: published by the anther for the subscribers, 1875. Royal 8vo, pp. 610.
This volume is without doubt by far the most complete regimental history ever prepared and published. The text contains a fullness of detail which leaves nothing more to he said of the operations of the regiment or of the personnel of its members. The work contains seven steel portraits and sixty-three wood-cuts. Of the companies com- posing the regiment, seven were recruited in Chester County and three in Delaware County.
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Jane W. Bruner.
Free Prisoners. A story of California life. By Jano W. Bruner. 12mo, pp. 258. Philadelphia : Claxton, Remisen & llaffelfinger, 1877.
The author is a native of Chester County, and the volume is dedi- catod to her friends in Downingtown.
Thomas Maxwell Potts.
1. A Short Biographical Sketch of Major James Potts, born 1752, died 1822. To which is appended copies of the most important papers relating to him, and two ancestral charts. By Thomas Maxwell Potts, Canonsburg, Pa. Printed privately by the author, 1877. 12mo, pp. 85.
This is an interesting biographical and genealogical work. The sub- ject of it, Maj. Jaines Potts, was a citizen of West Fallowfield (now Highland) township, Chester County. He was in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown, and in other engagements.
2. Bi-Centenary Memorial of Jeremiah Carter, who came to the Province of Pennsylvania in 1682, containing a Historic Genealogy of his Descendante down to the present time. By Thomas Maxwell Potts.
This work is (1881) in course of preparation, and will contain a very full pedigree of the descendants of one of the earliest English pioneers of Pennsylvania, with interesting incidents and biographical sketches. The volume will contain not less than 350 or 400 pages.
Samuel W. Pennypacker.
1. Annals of Phoenixville and its Vicinity, from the settlement to the year 1871, giving the origin and growth of the Borough, with information concerning the adjacent townships of Chester and Montgomery Counties aod the Valley of the Schuylkill. By Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker, Esq., Member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Mcniber of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, and former President of the Law Academy of Pbil- ndelphia. 1872. Large 8vo, pp. 295, with mape and illustrations.
2. The Pennypacker Rennion, October 4, 1877. "Call to remembrance what acte our fathers did in their time."-Maccabees ii. 5. 8vo, pp. 51. 1llu18- trated.
This is an interesting account of the reunion of the descendants of Heinrich and Eve Pannebecker, at Schwenksville, Pa., with the ad- dresses delivered on the occasion, and a historical sketch of the family by Samuel W. Pennypacker, Esq.
3. Abraham and Dirck Op Den Graeff. Published in the Penn Monthly, of Phila- delphia, September, 1875. 8vo, pp. 14.
4. The Settlement of Germantown, and the causes which led to it. Read before the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, October 20, 1879, and published in the Pennsylvania Magazine for 1880. 8vo, pp. 41.
Philips Family.
Philips Family : Reunion and Names of Descendants. 1877. 12mo, pp. 62.
This volume contains an interesting account of the proceedings of a reunion of the Philips family, descendants of Joseph Philips, who came from Wales in 1755 and settled in Chester County, held at the Vincent Baptist church on May 30, 1877; and also a history of the family, and names of the descendants of the original settler, from 1755 te 1877. The living descendants are estimated to number about seven- teen hundred.
Richard Darlington, Jr.
A Full Description of the Great Tornado in Chester County, Po. By Richard Darlington, Jr., Principal of the Ercildoun Seminary, West Chester, Pa. 1877. 8vo, pp. 28.
This account was supplemented by Dr. Ezra Michener, in a pamphlet entitled "The Great Tornado. A Review, Critical and Suggestive, with Notes and References." By Ezra Michener, M.D. 1877. 8vo, pp. 22.
Jackson Family.
Jackson Family. Proceedings of the Sesqui-Centennial Gathering of the de- ecendants of Isaac and Ann Jackson, at Harmony Grove, Chester Co., Pa., Eighth Month Twenty-fifth, 1875. Together with the Family Genealogy. Philadelphia: published by the Committee for the Family, 1878. Royal octavo, pp. 371, illustrated.
This work is an elaborate historic-genealogical account of the de- scendants of Isaac and Ann Jackson, who settled in Londongrove township, Chester County, in the year 1725. The account of the pro- ceedings at the sesqui-centennial gathering occupies sixty-eight pages, and contains a number of addresses and letters and much interesting information concerning the family. The genealogy occupies the re- mainder of the volume, over three hundred pages, and was compiled by Halliday Jackson, of West Goshen township, Chester County. The work is most thoroughly done, and the compiler deserves credit for the industry and skill he has displayed in its preparation. The arrange-' ment is very complete, and a full and well-arranged index completes the work. It contains an account of over three thousand of the family.
Charlton T. Lewis.
John Albert Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament, Pointing out, from the Natural Force of the Words, tho Simplicity, Depth, Harmony, and Saving Power of its Divine Thoughts. A new translation, by Charlton T. Lewis, M.A., and Marvin R. Vincent, Professor in Troy University. Philadelphia and New York, 1866. Two vols. Royal octavo, pp. 925, 980.
This book has been piratod in England, and republished with tho names of iwo English clergymen on the title-page instead of Messrs. Lowis and Vineent. It appears there in three volumes octavo, and has passed through several editions,
2. A History of Germany from the Earliest Times. Founded on Dr. David Mül- ler's " llistory of the German People." By Charlton T. Lewis. New York : Harper & Brother, Poblishers, 1874. 8vo, pp. 799. Illustrated.
3. Harper's Latin Dictionary. A New Latin Dictionary, founded on the Trans- Intion of Freund's Latin-German Lexicon. Edited by E. A. Andrews, LL.D. Revised, Enlarged, and in great part Rewritten by Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D., and Charles Short, LL.D., Professor of Latin in Columbia College, Now York. Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1879. Quarto, pp. 2019.
The wholo of this dictionary was revised and rewritten by Charlton T. Lewis, except the first 216 pages, embracing the letter A, which was the work of Professor Short.
Mr. Lewis is a son of Hon. Joseph J. Lewis, of West Chester, Pa.
Mrs. Mary D. R. Boyd.
This author resides in Sadsbury township. The following books, written by her, were designed for the use of Sunday-schools, and aro highly esteemed. Those numbered from one to twenty-six, inclusive, and also the thirtieth and thirty-secend, were published by the Board of Publication of the Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, the twenty- seventh, twenty-eighth, and twenty-ninth by J. P. Skelly & Co., Phila- delphia, and the thirty-first by the American Tract Society, New York. The years of publication are given with the titles :
1. Annie Lee, 1857; 2. Blind Ruth, 1857; 3. Hazlegleu, 1857; 4. Christmas Evo, 1857; 5. Seventy Times Seven, 1857; 6. Charlie, 1857; 7. Little Bob True, 1858; 8. Kind Words, 1859; 9. Who is My Neighbor ? 1859; 16. Words of Wisdom, 1860; 11. Johnny Wright, the Boy Who Did Right, 1861; 12. Homes of the West, 1864; 13. The Five Gifts and Harry's Honest Pennies, 1864; 14. Country Sights and Sounds for Little Eyes and Ears, 1864; 15. Autumn Days, a Sequel to Country Sights and Sounde, 1864; 16. Bertie and His Best Things, 1865; a series entitled Grandmamma's Pockets, seven in number, the initial letter of each title forming the word pockete, viz. : Per- severing Dick, Our Little Fruit-Gatherers, Caring for God's Sparrows, Kitty's Knitting-Needles, Every Little Helps, The Will and The Way, and Seaside Rambles, 1866; 24. Tim, the Collier-Boy, 1869; 25. I Have and O Tad 1, 1809; 26. Sweet IIerbe, 1869; 27, Stepping-Stones Over the Brook, 1869; 28. Barby's Shuttle, and What it Wrought, 1869; 20. The Three Rules: The Iron Rule, The Rule of Self, and The Golden Rule, 1870; 30. Wat Adams, or the Young Machinist and His Old Proverbs, 1876; 31. Grace Ashleigh's Life-Work, 1877 ; 32. A Good Name a Goodly Heritage, 1879.
Fannie H. Bent.
This author is a native of Highland township, and is a daughter of David J. Bent, who was at one time a member of the Legislature of Pennsylvania from Chester County. She holds the pen of a ready and practiced writer, and her books, chiefly designed for the use of Sun- day-schools, have had a wide circulation. They are twelve in num- ber, and were published as follows :
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