to him and has thus unconsciously
given an excellent account of all that was unique or distinctive
in the Virginia aristocracy.

Force, Peter.--Tracts and other Papers, Relating Principally to
the Origin, Settlement and Progress of the Colonies in North
America. Printed in 1836. Four volumes. By the preservation of
these valuable documents Mr. Force has done a great service to
the history of the colony of Virginia. The papers relating to
Bacon's Rebellion are of especial interest, while Virginia's
Cure, A Description of New Albion and Leah and Rachel are hardly
less important.

Goodwin, Maud Wilder.--The Colonial Cavalier or Southern Life
before the Revolution. Lowell, Coryell and Company, New York,
1894. One volume. This little work is well written and is in the
main accurate. It offers an interesting picture of the Southern
planter and the unique life that he led in the second half of
the 18th century.

Hening, W.W.--The Statutes at Large; Being a Collection of all the
Laws of Virginia, from the First Session of the Legislature, in
the Year 1619. In thirteen volumes covering the period up to
October, 1792. In 1836 Samuel Shepherd published three more
volumes, covering the period from 1792 to 1806. In addition to
the collection of laws the work contains many historical
documents of great value. The Statutes at Large are invaluable
to the student of Virginia history and they throw much light
upon periods otherwise obscured in gloom. It is to Hening
chiefly that the historian is indebted for his knowledge of the
years covered by the first administration of Sir William
Berkeley, while his information of what occurred during the
Commonwealth Period would be slight indeed without The Statutes
at Large. Since the Journals of the House of Burgesses have been
copied, and thus made available to the investigator, the work is
not so indispensable for some periods, but it constitutes a
valuable adjunct to these papers and no historian can afford to
neglect them. The work shows throughout the greatest care even
in the minutest details and will remain a monument to the
indefatigable energy and patience of Mr. Hening.

Howe, Henry.--Historical Collections of Virginia; containing a
collection of the most interesting facts, traditions,
biographical sketches, anecdotes, etc., relating