sulting from the Land Act of 1913.

Allen and Unwin have published the third volume of "_The History of
South Africa from 1795 to 1872_" by G. McCall Theal. The work is to be
completed in five volumes.

Among Putnam's recent publications is F. W. Seward's "_Reminiscences
of a War Time Statesman and Diplomat_," being his father William H.
Seward.

The University of Chicago Press has published "_Slavery in Germanic
Society during the Middle Ages_."

C. R. Hall has published through the Princeton University Press his
"_Andrew Johnson: Military Governor of Tennessee_."

Stokes has published J. A. B. Scherer's _Cotton as a World Power_.

Mr. Henry B. Rankin's "_Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln_"
has come from the press of the Putnams. This book is interesting and
valuable in that it is written by a man who studied law under Lincoln
and Herndon.

The Chicago Historical Society has published a booklet entitled "_The
Convention that nominated Lincoln_," giving its outward and local
aspects.

In C. J. Heatwole's _History of Education in Virginia_, published by
Macmillan, passing mention is given the effort to enlighten the
Negroes in that State. The writer is mainly concerned with the efforts
for the uplift of the Negro since emancipation. He seemed to be
ignorant of the many efforts at education put forth by the Negroes
with the help of their friends even before the Civil War.

E. S. Green's _History of the University of South Carolina_ has been
published by the State Publishing Company at Columbia. In treating the
period during which the Negroes were in control of that institution
the author is adversely critical of the freedmen in general, but
mentions some colored graduates and pays a tribute to the high
character of Richard Theodore Greener, who served there as instructor.

"_The South To-day_" by John M. Moore has been published by the
Missionary Education Movement of the United States and Canada.

The JOURNAL OF NEGRO HISTORY has received a copy of Charles E.
Benton's "_Troutbeck: A Dutchess County Homestead_," with an
introduction by John Borroughs. Among the beautiful illustrations in
this pamphlet is that of Webutuck River at Troutbeck during the
performance of the "Hiawatha Pageant" at the fifth Amenia Field Day,
August 15, 1914.

A. A. Schomburg's _Bibliographical Checklist of American Negro Poetry_
has been published as one of a series of monographs edited by Charles
F. Heartman of New York.