The Newell Genealogy originated with the late Asahel Newell, of Southington, Ct., who died in April, 1872, at the age of 84, leaving a mass of material which he had collected concerning the genealogy of his family. He "desired that all the historical matter collected should be published; other friends also desired it." His daughter, Mrs. Hall, undertook the labor of completing the work and preparing it for the press, and has performed her task in a very satisfactory manner. The arrangement is that first used, we think, by Nathaniel Goodwin. Good indexes are furnished. The volume is neatly printed and bound, and is embellished with a portrait on steel of Asahel Newell.

The Trask Family, the next volume, is by Robert Dana Trask, a native of New Sharon, Me., and a recent graduate, in the Law department, of the Boston University. He is a descendant of Osman or Osmond Trask, of Beverly, Mass., in the eighth generation. Osmond was a contemporary with Capt. William and Henry Trask. Doubtless the three had a family connection, but we are not aware that the precise relationship between them has been established. Henry had an only son Henry, who died at the age of about twenty-one years, so that the male descendants bearing the name of Trask are from the lines of Capt. William and Osmond. The book, a neat and tasty one, is creditable to the compiler; though small, it contains what some larger ones lack, a good index.

The three works which follow are by Mr. Rylands, of Highfield, Thelwall, near Warrington, England. The Holcroft Family is reprinted for private circulation from the Leigh Chronicle, in the local columns of which newspaper it originally appeared. The papers of which it is composed were "drawn up as replies to queries "in the Chronicle and the Manchester Courier. Holcroft, from which this family took its name, was an estate in Lancashire belonging in the time of Henry III. to Gilbert de Culcheth, whose daughter Joan inherited this estate. She married Thomas Fitz Hugh de Hindley, who from this marriage took the name of Holcroft. Mr. Rylands has compiled from ancient documents and records a valuable account of the several families named on the title-page of his book, which he has embellished with several engravings of ancient seals.

The next work, that on the Culcheth and Risley families, gives tabular pedigrees of those families, both descended from Gilbert de Culcheth mentioned abov. The husbands of Culcheth's four daughters took the names of his four estates, which they severally inherited-Holcroft, Culcheth, Risley and Pesfurlong. The work on the Bate and Kirkland families gives also tabular pedigrees. The Bates are descendants of Anthony Bate, of Little Chester, co. Derby, who died May 15, 1598, and the Kirklands of Thomas Kirkland, of Ashbourne, co. Derby, who was buried at Ashby, March 27, 1751. Inscriptions from many of the monuments of the Bate and Kirkland families are appended. The New England Historic, Genealogical Society has copies of these three valuable works, with manuscript additions by Mr. Rylands.

The pamphlets on the Milton, Minshull and Gouldsmyth families, is by Miss Sharpe, of London, England, whose genealogical book entitled " A Royal Descent" was noticed in the REGISTER last July (ante, xxxi. 349). It consists of tabular pedigrees of the families named, reprinted from "The Genealogist" for April, 1878, and may be considered supplementary to the author's former work.

The Ammidown Family is by the author of the valuable Historical Collections," two volumes of which were noticed in the REGISTER for October, 1874 (ante, xxviii. 480), and a third, we understand, is in preparation. This family is of French origin, the emigrant ancestor, Roger Ammidown, being a Huguenot, who settled in New England as early as 1637. Included in this work are slight notices of the Russel, Sabin, Davis, Plimpton, Wolcott, Foster, Porter, Brown, Hovey, Marcy, Morris, Sumner, McKinstry, Jenks, Leonard, Vinton, Mason, Morse, Corey and Eaton families. It has a good portrait of the author on steel.

The Chase genealogy is by William B. Lapham, M.D., of Augusta, editor of the "Maine Genealogist and Biographer," one of our most active genealogists. That portion of the work which "relates to the Rev. Nathaniel Chase, an early settler of Buckfield, Me., and his descendants, was collected and compiled by his granddaughter, Mrs. Julia Chase Washburn, of Livermore, Maine." The families included in this pamphlet are descended from Aquilla Chase, who died in Newbury in 1670. The remaining genealogies, namely, those of Penhallow, Eustis, Waite of Malden, Waite of Boston, Woodbridge and Campbell, are reprints from the REGISTER, and our readers are already familiar with their contents.

J. W. D.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS,

Presented to the New England Historic, Genealogical Society to June 1, 1878.

The Growth of Government. A sermon delivered before the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, at the Annual Election, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 1878. By James L. Hill. Boston: Rand, Avery & Co., Printers to the Commonwealth, 117 Franklin Street 1878. [8vo. pp. 43.]

Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society at the annual meeting held in Worcester, Oct. 22, 1877. [Seal.] Worcester: Printed by Charles Hamilton, Central Exchange. 1878. [8vo. No. 70, pp. 112.]

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use of the General Court, containing Prepared pursuant to orders of the Boston: Rand, Avery & Co., Print[12mo. pp. 416.]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Manual for the the Rules and Orders of the two branches. legislature, by S. N. Gifford and George A. Marden. ers to the Commonwealth, 117 Franklin Street. 1878. Twenty-Fifth Annual Report of the Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Agriculture; with an Appendix containing reports of delegates appointed to visit the county exhibitions, with returns of the finances of the Agricultural Societies for 1877. Boston: Rand, Avery & Co., Printers to the Commonwealth, 117 Franklin Street. 1878. [8vo. pp. 119+ Xcv.]

Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1876-1877. Published at the charge of the Peabody Fund. Boston: Published by the Society. 1878. [8vo. pp. 441.]

Sixty-Fourth Annual Report of the Trustees of the Massachusetts General Hospital, 1877. Printed at the expen e of the Bowditch History Fund. Boston: 1878. James F. Cotter & Co., Printers, 14 State Street. [8vo. pp. 54]

Catalogue of the Picture Gallery of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. January 1, 1878. [8vo. pp. 16.]

A Memoir of Gen. Christopher Gadsden, read before the South Carolina Historical Society. By F. A. Porcher, president South Carolina Hist rical Society. Published by authority of the Society. Charleston, S. C.: The Journal of Commerce Job Office, No. 26 Chambers Street. 1878. [8vo. pp. 11.]

Minutes of the Rhode Island Congregational Conference, held with the Congregational Church, Westerly, June 12 and 13, 1877, together with the minutes of the autumnal meeting, 1876, and the report of the R. I. Home Missionary Society. Providence: Printed by the Providence Press Co. 1877. [8vo. pp. 68.]

Report of a Commissioner of Fisheries of Maryland. January, 1878. [Seal.] Baltimore: Printed by King Brothers, 162 West Baltimore Street. 1878. [8vo. pp. 125+.] Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of the Most Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. * * * Quarterly Communication, March 13, 1878. Boston: Press of Rockwell & Churchill, 39 Arch St.,

1878. 8vo. pp. 25.]

New York Municipal Society. Address of George B. Butler in favor of retaining the present Murray Hill Reservoir, delivered Nov. 5, 1877, at a regular monthly meeting. New York: Published by order of the Society. 1878. [8vo. pp. 20.]

Catalogue of the Public Library of the City of Taunton, Mass., together with a classified Index, revised rules and regulations, etc. etc. Established 1866. [Seal.] Taunton, Mass.: Issued by the Library Press of C. A. Hack & Son, 9 Union Block. 1878. [8vo. pp. 238.] The San Diego Society of Natural History, San Diego, California. Charter, Constitution. Charlton Historical Sketches, by Rev. Anson Titus, Jr. Reprinted from the Southbridge Journal. Southbridge: Printed by Geo, M. Whitaker, Journal Office. 1877. [8vo. pp. 28.] Essex Institute Historical Collections. Volume XIV., Part III. July, 1877. Salem: Printed for the Essex Institute. 1878. [8vo. pp. 154 to 232.]

A Sermon commemorative of the life and labors of Rev. Silas McKeen, D.D., preached in Bradford, Vt., Dec. 16, 1877, by Rev. L. H. Elliot, minister of the Congregational Churches of Bradford. Published by request. Montpelier: J. & J. M. Poland, Steam Book and Job Printers. 1878. [8vo. pp. 19.]

Argument of Tutor Nicholas Sever. Read before the Lieut. Governor and Council, 23d August, 1723, in support of his claim to a seat in the corporation of Harvard College, with an introduction by George Dexter. Cambridge: Press of John Wilson & Son. 1878. [8vo. pp. 23.]

Articles of Incorporation, Constitution and By-Laws of the American Numismatic and Archæological Society, founded 1857. Incorporated 1865. [Seal.] New York: Society's Rooms, Mott Memorial Hall, No. 64 Madison Avenue. 1878. [8vo. pp. 19.]

Eleventh Biennial Report of the Board of Curators of the State Historical Society of Iowa, to the Governor of the State. 1877. Des Moines: R. P. Clarkson, State Printer, 1877.

Quarter ending Sept. 30, 1877 [No. 1]. Quarterly Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics, Treasury Department, showing imports and exports of the United States, and other statistics relative to the trade and industry of the country for the three months ending Sept. 30, 1877, and also for the corresponding quarter of the year immediately preceding. Washington Printing Office. 1878. [8vo. pp. 162.]

"The Settlement of Burlington." An Oration delivered in that city December 6, 1877, by Henry Armitt Brown, in commemoration of the two hundredth anniversary of its settlement by the passengers of the good ship Kent, who landed at Racoon Creek, Aug. 16th, O. S., and laid out the town on Chygoe's Island, "towards ye latter part of ye 8th mouth," 1677. Published by resolution of the citizens of Burlington, N. J., 1878. [8vo. pp. 68.]

The Public Duty of Educated Men. The Oration of the Honorary Chancellor of Union University, Hon. George William Curtis, LL.D., delivered at the commencement of Union College, June 27, 1877. Albany, N. Y.: J. Munsell, printer. 1878. [8vo. pp. 22.]

Twenty-Fifth Annual Report of the President, Treasurer and Librarian of the Mercantile Library Association of San Francisco, 1877. San Francisco: C. W. Gordon, Steam Book and Job Printer, 525 Market Street. 1878. [8vo. pp. 46.]

Fourteenth Annual Report of the Long Island Historical Society, presented May, 1877, with a list of the members January, 1878. Brooklyn, L. I.: Printed for the Society. 1878. [8vo. pp. 39.]

The Manual of the Central Congregational Church in Chelsea, Mass., 1878. * Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son, printers, 34 School Street. 1878. [8vo. pp. 115.]

Sketch of the Military Career of Enoch Poor, Brig. General in the Revolutionary War. By Amos T. Akerman, late Attorney General of the United States. Manchester, N. H. : T. H. Tuson, Book, Card and Job Printer. 1878. [8vo. pp. 13.]

Seamen, Past and Present. A general compilation of opinions on their condition and the means for their improvement. By R. B. Forbes. Boston: 1878. James F. Cotter, printer, 14 State Street. [8vo. pp. 86.]

Mr. Sumner, the Alabama Claims and their Settlement. A Letter to the "New York Herald," by J. C. Bancroft Davis. Reprinted frem the New York Herald of January 4, 1878. New York: Douglas Taylor, printer, 87 and 89 Nassau Street, and 128 Fulton St. 1878. [8vo. pp. 20.]

State Historical Society of Wisconsin, twenty-fourth Annual Report. [8vo. pp. 31.] Proceedings of the Minnesota Historical Society, from its organization, November 15, 1849, to the admission of the State, May 11, 1858. [Seal.] Saint Paul: Ramaley & Cunningham, printers. 1878. [8vo. pp. 21.]

Annual Report of the Minnesota Historical Society to the Legislature of Minnesota, for the year 1877. [Seal.] Minneapolis: Johnson, Smith & Harrison. 1878. [8vo. pp. 24.] Memoirs of the State Officers, Judiciary and members of the Twentieth Legislature of Minnesota, by C. L. Hall, St. Paul, February, 1878. Second annual publication. St. Paul: The Pioneer Press Co. 1878. [8vo. pp. 64.]

Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society for the year 1877. Part II. Boston: Printed for the Society. 1878. [8vo. pp. 178.]

Bibliotheca Americana, 1878. Catalogue of a valuable collection of Books and Pamphlets relating to America, with a descriptive list of Robert Clarke & Co.'s historical publications, for sale by Robert Clarke & Co. Cincinnati: 1878. [8vo. pp. 64.]

Fifty-Second Annual Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Western Reserve College. The Braintree Soldiers' Memorial: a record of the services in the war of the Rebellion of the men of Braintree, Mass., whose names are inscribed on the Braintree Soldiers' Monament. Prepared by George A. Thayer. Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son, printers, 34 School Street. 1877. [8vo. pp. 52.]

Warrington Literary and Philosophical Society. Eighteen months in the Confederate Army, by R. W. Murray, Esq. A lecture delivered on the 14th of November, 1877. Warrington: Printed for the above Society at the Guardian Office. 1877. [8vo. pp. 34.]

Warrington Literary and Philosophical Society. Life and Character of Gen. Robert E. Lee, by R. W. Murray, Esq, 13th January, 1877. Warrington: Printed for the above Society at the Guardian Office. 1877. [8vo. pp. 27.]

By-Laws and List of Members. Organized Nov. 2, 1874. [Seal.] San Francisco: Crane & Raveley, printers, 518 Clay Street. 1878. [8vo. pp. 15.]

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London, May 17 to November 29, 1877. [Seal.] London: Printed by Nichols & Sons, for the Society of Antiquaries, Burlington House. [Second Series. Vol. VII. No. 3.]

The Suffolk Bank. By D. R. Whitney, president of the Suffolk National Bank. [Motto.] Cambridge: Printed at the Riverside Press, for private distribution. 1878. [Svo. pp. 73.]

Manual and Historical Sketch of the Presbyterian Church, La Porte, Ind. Herald Co. Book and Job Printers. 1878. [8vo. pp. 21.]

Wenlock Christison and the Early Friends in Talbot County, Maryland. [Seal.] A paper read before the Maryland Historical Society, March 9, 1874, by Samuel A. Harrison, M.D. Baltimore: 1878. [" Fund Publication, No. 12." 8vo. pp. 76.]

1827. Much from Little. 1877. Semi-Centennial of the First Presbyterian Church of Jacksonville, Ill., June 30, 1877. A discourse by L. M. Glover, D.D., pastor. Jacksonville, Ill. Printed at the office of the Daily Journal. 1878. [8vo. pp. 16.1

The Revision of the Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Report of the Committee to the Bishops. Cincinnati: Hitchcock & Walden. New York: Nelson & Phillips. 1878. [8vo. pp. 76+.]

Trenton One Hundred Years Ago. By William S. Stryker, Adj. General of New Jersey. Printed for private distribution. Trenton, N. J.: McCrellish & Quigley, Steam-Power Book and Job Printers. 1878. [8vo. pp. 14.]

International Series. The American Journal of Education. Published quarterly. Edited by Henry Barnard, LL.D. Volume III.; entire series, Volume XXVIII. Hartford: Office of American Journal of Education. 1878. [8vo. pp. 256.]

Collections of the New Hampshire Antiquarian Society, No. 3. A list of the Centenarians of New Hampshire who have deceased since 1705, with sketches of many of them. Compiled from various sources. By Daniel F. Secomb, member of the N. H. Historical Society. Contoocook: Published by the Antiquarian Society. George Crowell Ketchum, printer. 1877. [8vo. pp. 89.]

Massachusetts Legislature. The Committee on Federal Relations. Arguments on behalf of petitions for aid in the preservation of the Old South Meeting-House. Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers, 34 School Street. 1878. [8vo. pp. 48.]

Catalogue of Books in the Jamaica Plain Branch Library, with an Appendix. First edition. April, 1878. Boston: Issued by the Library. Rockwell & Churchill, City Printers. 1878. [Large 8vo. pp. 124.]

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Arguments before the Committee on Patents of the House of Representatives, in February and March, 1878, on House Bill 1612, to amend the laws relating to patents. Washington City: Thomas McGill & Co., Printers and Stereotypers. 1878. [8vo. pp. 322.] In Memoriam. Robert Parker Parrott. By Frederic de Peyster, LL.D., F.R.H.S. New York: MDCCCLXXVIII. [8vo. pp. 16.]

Reports of the President, Treasurer and Executive Committee of the Wilmington Institute, made at the annual meeting, April, 1878. Printed for the Executive Committee. Wilmington, Del.: Printed by Ferris Bros., No. 10 E. Third Street. 1878. [8vo. pp. 16.] Manual of the First Presbyterian Church of Indianapolis, together with a history of the same from its organization in July, 1823, to November 12, 1876, by Rev. James Greene, of the Presbytery of Indianapolis. Indianapolis: John G. Doughty, Book and Job Printers. 1878. [8vo. pp. 61.]

Our Dead Brothers. An Address in the College Chapel, May 4, 1878. By Joseph F. Tuttle, president of Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana. [8vo. pp. 8.]

Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society. Second Series, Vol. V., No. 2. 1878. Common Schools of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for the year ending June 1, 1877. Harrisburg: 1878. [8vo. pp. 967.]

Ninth Annual Report of the State Board of Health of Massachusetts. January, 1878. Boston: Rand, Avery & Co., Printers to the Commonwealth, 117 Franklin Street. 1878. [8vo. pp. 529.]

On some Coins of the Castellani Collection. A paper read before the American Numismatic and Archæological Society of New York, January 15, 1878. By Gaston L. Feuardent. Reprinted for the Society from the American Journal of Numismatics. 1878. [8vo. pp. 8.]

The New West, as related to the Christian College and the Home Missionary. By E. P. Tenney. Second Edition. Cambridge: Printed at the Riverside Press. 1878. [8vo. pp. 73.]

The Rhode Island Line in the Continental Army, and its Society of Cincinnati. A paper read before the Rhode Island Historical Society, April 30, 1878, by Asa Bird Gardner, LL.D., Professor of Law at the United States Military Academy, West Point, N. Y. Providence: Providence Press Co. Printers. 1878. [8vo. pp. 12.]

Engineers Department U. S. A. Geological and Topographical Atlas accompanying the report of the Geological Exploration of the fortieth parallel, made by authority of the Hon. Secretary of War, under the direction of Brig. and Brvt. Major General A. A. Humphrey, Chief of Engineers U. S. A. By Clarence King, U. S. Geologist in Charge. 1876. [Folio, pp. 000.]

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ERRATA.-Page 337, line 7, for Lydia Ann read Sylvia Ann. Page 342, line 32, for N. A. Hazen read H. A. Hazen.