BERGEN, MRS. A. BEEKMAN. Tarrytown, N. Y. HAFFKIN-HAMBURGER, MRS. L. Moscow, BERNHEIMER, MISS ROSE. BORCHGRAVE, BARON DE. Bruxelles. Kansas. GRINCHENKO, MRS. MARIA. Kiev, Russia. Russia. BEST, HARRY. Univ. Settlement Society. HALL, GEORGE PURDY. New York. BLOCK, SIR ADAM. Constantinople. HALSEY, FREDERIC R. HAMILTON, SAMUEL KING. Boston. JANVIER, THOMAS A. & CATHARINE ANN. CHAPMAN, MRS. MARY W. Port Washing. JOCKEY CLUB, Stewards of the Jockey Club, ton, Long Island. CHITTENDEN, CAPT. NEWTON Η. CHURCH, MRS. BENJAMIN S. New York. CLEMENS, Wм. М. COLE, TIMOTHY. Poughkeepsie. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. CONCRETE-CEMENT AGE. COOPER UNION. New York. JOHNSON, JOHN G. Philadelphia, Pa. KELLS, R. A. KEPPEL, MR. DAVID & MRS. FREDERICK. KLINGER, ISIDORE. KOSTER, MRS. C. H. New York. KUHARDT, MRS. H. R. New York. CRAWFORD, MRS. FRANK. Omaha. DAILY PEOPLE. DAVIS, MRS. ISAAC ROBERTS. Penllyn, Pa. LAKE, MRS. HIRAM. Conneaut, O. LARNED, LIEUT. PAUL A. West Point. LEACH, J. GRANVILLE. Philadelphia, Pa. LOEB, MRS. MORRIS. New York. MUNBY, MRS. HARRIET. Hitchin, Hertford shire, England. NAGLE, DR. JOHN T. NARDECCHIA, DR. ATTILIO. Rome. NELSON, WM. Paterson, N. J. NEW YORK CITY - Central Park Observatory. NEW YORK CITY COMPTROLLER. NEW YORK CITY - Federation of Churches & Christian Organizations. NEW YORK CITY - Mayor's Committee to Welcome The North Atlantic Fleet, 1912 (rec'd through Dr. George F. Kunz). NEW YORK HERALD. NEW YORK SOCIETY LIBRARY. NEW YORKER STAATS-ZEITUNG. NEWTON, MRS. CAROLINE GAYLORD. New Haven. NEWTON, MRS. CAROLINE GAYLORD. NICOLL, MRS. DE LANCEY. New York. SIMPSON, MRS. AUGUSTA NORTON. NORTON, MRS. ELIOT. PARSONS, MRS. HERBERT. PELL, HOWLAND. New York. PENNINCK, JAMES. PITMAN, CLARENCE A. PROWELL, GEORGE R. York, Pa. PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY. RAILWAY AGE GAZETTE. RIVES, HON. GEORGE L. ROBERTS, ISAAC. Jersey City. ROOSEVELT, HON. THEODORE. ROOSEVELT, W. EMLEN. RUSSELL, CHARLES HOWLAND. RUSSELL SAGE FOUNDATION LIBRARY. RUSSIA Imperial Russian Embassy at Washington through Count Michael M. Perovsky Petrovo Solovovo. RYAN, DANIEL J. SCHERMERHORN, F. AUGUSTUS. SCHIFF, JACOВ Н. SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. SEDELMEYER, M. CHARLES. Paris. SHIVA PRASAD GUPTA. Benares, India. SISCA, MARZIALE. SLADEN, MAJOR FRED W. 15th Infantry, U. S. Army. SMYTH, REV. THOMAS, Estate of. SOCIETA NAZIONALE DANTE ALIGHIERI, Rome. STEPHENS, MISS ANN S. STEVENS, FREDERIC W. STOUT, DR. ARTHUR PURDY. STUDART, DR. GUILHERME. Ceara-Fortaleza, Brazil. TAFT, HON. WM. H. New Haven. TERRY, REV. RODERICK. Newport, R. I. THOMPSON, MISS FLORENCE WHITTLESEY, Portland, Me. TOWNSEND, HOWARD. TRIPP, GEORGE A. Chicago. TROWBRIDGE, FREDERICK K. TUCKERMAN, BAYARD. TYLER, MRS. J. A. UNION LEAGUE CLUB. New York. UNITED TYPOTHETAE & FRANKLIN CLUBS. VIZARD, HAROLD. WAIT, W. B., JR. WAKEMAN, ABRAM. New York. WALPOLE SOCIETY. Providence, R. I. WARNER, KATE, Estate of. WATT, WM. G. WHEELER, EVERETT P. New York. WHEELOCK, MRS. GEORGE G. WHITE, DR. JAMES CLARKE. Boston. WHITFIELD, MISS ESTELLE. WHITRIDGE, BUTLER & RICE. WIDENER, MRS. GEORGE D. Ashbourne, Pa. WILCOX, MRS. MARY OTIS. WILLIAMS, MRS. H. W. WILLIAMS, WESTON. WOOLEY, MRS. FREDERIC. New York. SCHUYLER, MRS. PHILIP. Irvington-on-Hud- WILLISTON, A. LYMAN. Northampton, Mass. son. SCHWAB, MIss. WRIGHT, HENRY B. Oakham, Mass. In this place it should be noted that the Report for 1913 made mention of our numerous gifts from Mr. Rocellus S. Guernsey, but unfortunately his name was printed incorrectly. We are glad of this opportunity for reparation. NEWS OF THE MONTH GIFTS THE following gifts may be mentioned as among the more important of those received during the month of February: Mrs. Roswell Skeel, Jr., of Irvington-onHudson, N. Y., presented the Library with a copy of the fifth edition of "The life of Washington the Great, enriched with a number of very curious anecdotes, perfectly in character and equally honorable to himself, and exemplary to his young countrymen," by M. L. Weems, Augusta, 1806. This is the first edition to contain the cherry-tree anecdote. From the Massachusetts Historical Society we received photostat copies of the Boston News Letter, Nos. 1-137 (April 24, 1704-December 2, 1706), and Nos. 141-209 (December 30, 1706-April 19, 1708) — 243 sheets in all. Prof. Friedrich Hirth of Columbia University gave the Library a copy of "The Chu-fan-chi of Chau Ju-kua" (1225 A.D.), the Chinese text, edited by Prof. Friedrich Hirth and Hon. W. W. Rockhill, Peking, 1914. From Mr. Sam. P. Avery of Hartford, Conn., came, as additions to the Avery Collection, 197 prints and drawings, 1 copper plate, and 37 clippings; also 85 prints for the general collection. From Mr. E. B. Bird of Boston came 9 book-plates designed by himself; from Mr. Frank Brangwyn of London, through Mr. H. Reuterdahl of Weehawken, N. J., came a copy of his recruiting poster; Dr. A. J. Brown of New York gave the Library 20 book-plates designed by himself; from Mr. Grosvenor B. Clarkson of Tarrytown, N. Y., came a copy of "Some modern etchings, original plates by S. G. McCutcheon, Frank Waller, text by J. R. W. Hitchcock," New York, 1884; and from Mr. George T. Plowman of Winthrop, Mass., we received 8 of his etchings. Miscellaneous gifts of books and periodicals were received from the following: Mr. C. E. Bacon, Dr. D. D. Berolzheimer, Miss Emily O. Butler, Mrs. N. J. Hart, Dr. A. B. Judson, Mr. James Madison, Mr. Wayne M. Musgrave, Mr. C. Pardo, all of New York City; and Mrs. William Howell Reed of Boston ("Hospital life in the Army of the Potomac" by William Howard Reed, Boston, 1891). Copies of their works were presented to the Library by the following authors: Mr. Edwin Hale Abbot of Boston; Mr. Frank D. Andrews of Vineland, N. J.; Miss E. F. Barker of New York; Mr. Clarence Marion Brune of London, Eng.; Rev. C. C. Carpenter of Andover, Mass.; Mr. William O. Comstock of Brookline, Mass. (No. 15 of 35 privately printed copies, "Four mounted messengers of the Revolution - Paul Revere, Marinus Willett, William Dawes, Thomas Lamb," Brookline, 1913); Mr. H. R. Coulthard of Breage, Helston, Eng.; Lady Durning-Lawrence of London, Eng. ("Notes and illustrations concerning the family history of James Smith of Coventry [B. 1731-D.1794, and his descendants with tables of pedigrees," privately printed, 1912); Mr. Joseph Byrne Lockey of New York; Dr. Wm. Thornton Parker of Northampton, Mass.; Mr. Ulrich B. Phillips of Ann Arbor, Mich.; Mr. James Penninck of New York (the original typed manuscript of "Travels on the Pacific Coast"); Dr. Samuel Rabinowitz of Brooklyn; and Mr. Charles C. Whittier of Boston. Additions to our collection of genealogical works were received from the following: Mr. Charles W. Bowman of Washington, D. C.; Mr. E. E. Corliss of St. Paul, Minn.; Miss Stella A. Crawford of Mount Vernon, N. Y.; Mr. B. Frank Green of East Orange, N. J.; Mr. William Welsh Harrison of Philadelphia; Mr. Byron Berkeley Johnson of Waltham, Mass.; Mr. H. C. Levis of London, Eng.; Mrs. Sarah S. McMillan of Hoquiam, Wash.; Mr. Joseph Rea McNary of Burgettstown, Pa.; Mr. R. H. North of Philadelphia; Mr. George Clark Northrup of Elizabeth, N. J.; Mr. Orrin C. Painter of Baltimore; Mrs. James Breckinridge Speed of Louisville, Ky.; Mr. Roger Faxton Sturgis of Boston; The Sons of the American Revolution, Conn. Society, General David Humphreys Branch, New Haven, Conn.; and The Sons of the American Revolution, Pennsylvania Society, Pittsburgh; Joseph M. Andreini of New York; Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Andrews of South Bend, Indiana; Mr. H. E. Crall of New York; Mr. E. Russell Davol of Taunton, Mass.; Mrs. Robert W. de Forest of New York; Dr. Georges C. Du Bois of Frankfurt, a. M., Germany; Mr. George Ellsworth Koues of New York; Miss Mary Wilson MacNair of Washington, D. C.; the Society of Descendants of Robert Bartlet of Plymouth, Mass.; Mr. E. C. Van Wert of Valhalla, N. Y., and Mrs. S. J. Williams of Warrensburg, Mo. Interesting gifts were received from the following organizations: Calvary Church, Survey & Partition of Oriskany otherwise called Oriskany Patent, made under the direction of Abraham Ten Eyck, Peter Schuyler and Christopher Peak, Agents, by G. Lansing, Surveyor, the 19th January in the year 1786," on a scale of forty chains to one inch. This patent, granted April 18, 1705, by the then Governor of New York, is the earliest known transaction of land now lying within the limits of Oneida County, covering 32,625 acres, lying along the Mohawk River and including the present city of Rome, which is the site of Fort Stanwix and Fort Schuyler, where the battle of Oriskany was fought during the American Revolution. The survey of 1786 was made pursuant to the legislative requirements growing out of lands held under forfeiture of persons attainted. Ten Eyck, Schuyler and Peak were appointed agents to partition and Lansing as surveyor, by Colonel Frederick Visscher, of Oriskany battle fame, then first judge of Montgomery County. Another purchase of local interest is a release of a lot of land on the east side of Maiden Lane, dated November 19, 1730, from John Miln and his wife Mary, a daughter of Stephanus Van Cortlandt, the first lord of the Manor of Cortlandt, to William Vesey, first rector of Trinity Church, witnessed by James Alexander and James Lyne. It is interesting to call attention to the two autographs of James Lyne, who made a survey of the city at this time, which is better known as the "Bradford Мар." New York City is also represented by a purchase of a collection of about sixty pieces of the papers of Captain Noah Scovell, merchant of Saybrook, Conn., and New York City, 1794-1825, largely relating to the origin, etc., of the New York Dry Dock Company, which was chartered, with bank privileges, on April 12, 1825. Also by the original minute book of the Democratic Anti-Abolition, State Rights Association of the City of New York, 1863-1868. British military history is strengthened by a purchase of four volumes which were at one time in the library of Sir Charles Frederick, who was Surveyor of the Ordnance of England. Three of the volumes have his large armorial bookplate, while one has embossed on its sides the arms of the Prince of Wales. One volume consists of engrossed records and letters relating to the British military establishment and its equipment in Europe and America, from 1642-1766; another consists of precedents and orders for firing guns upon triumphal and thanksgiving days, occasions of peace, royal coronations, birthdays, deaths, etc., from 1683 to 1759; a third volume shows allowances and wages in the military and civil service of the ordnance of England, about 1759-1764; and a fourth volume is a record copy of letters written or received by Sir Charles Frederick from 1761 to 1766, among the exchanges being those of the Duke of Newcastle; the Lords of Ligonier, Lorne, Loudoun, Stanhope, and Holland; the Earls of Cathcart, Bute, Albermarle, Shelburne, and Denbigh; the Marquis of Granby; Count La Lippe; Generals Michelson and Napier; the Lord Mayor of London, and George Grenville. THE EUROPEAN WAR SOME WORKS RECENTLY ADDED TO THE LIBRARY Adkins, Frank James. The war: its origins and warnings. London: G. Allen & Unwin, Ltd. [1914.) 227 p. 12°. ΒΤΖΕ Allen, J. W. Germany and Europe. London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1914. vii(i) p., 1 1., 133(1) p. 12°. BTZE Armeen, Die, unserer Feinde. Wie sehen sie aus, und was muss man von ihnen wissen?... Leipzig: M. Ruhl [1914]. 32 р., 4 col'd pl. 12°. VWE Barclay, Sir Thomas. Law and usage of war; a practical handbook of the law and usage of land and naval warfare and prize. London: Constable and Co., Ltd., 1914. xv, 245 р. 12°. XBD Barnard, Charles Inman. Paris war days; diary of an American. Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1914. x, 226 р., 1 1., 1 fac., 16 pl., 7 port. 8°. DOL Battle, The, of "The Bight"; being the official narrative of the naval engagement between the British and German fleets in the Heligoland Bight on Friday, August 28th, 1914; with drawings by by Frank Mason & Arthur Briscoe, and Rudyard Kipling's poem, "The destroyers." London: "The Yachting Monthly," 1914. 2 p.1., 20 p. illus. ob. 8°. (Battle souvenirs, no. 1.) VYC Beck, James Montgomery. Germany's case tried in court. London: G. Newnes, Ltd. [1914. 2 p.l., vii-viii, 9-63 p. 12°. BTZE p.v.23, no.2 Benedict, Clare. Six months, MarchAugust, 1914. [Cooperstown, N. Y., 1914.1 68 р. 8°. BTZE p.v.27, no.7 Bernhardi, Friedrich Adam Julius von. Deutschland und der nächste Krieg. Sechste Auflage, unter Berücksichtigung der veränderten militärischen und politischen Verhältnisse neu bearbeitet... Stuttgart: J. G. Cotta, 1913. viii, 345 р., 1 1., 1 fold. map. tables. 8°. EAR Bonsels, Waldemar. Das junge Deutschland und der grosse Krieg. Aus Anlass des Briefwechsels Romain Rollands mit Gerhart Hauptmann über den Krieg und die Kultur. München: W. Schmidkunz, 1914. 33 р., 11. 2. ed. 8°. BTZE p.v.27, no.6 Braun, Max. Gott geht durchs Land! Schlichte Andachten fürs deutsche Haus während der Kriegszeit. Berlin: Vaterländische Verlags- und Kunstanstalt, 1914. 32 p. 12°. ΒΤΖΕ p.v.23, no.1 Brereton, Frederick Sadleir. With French at the front; a story of the great European war down to the battle of the Aisne. 11lustrated by Arch. Webb. London: Blackie and Son, Ltd. (1914.) v p., 1 1., 292 р. 6 pl. (incl. front.) 12°. NCW Buchner, Eberhard, compiler. Kriegsdokumente; der Weltkrieg 1914 in der Darstellung der zeitgenössischen Presse. Bd. 1. München: A. Langen [1914]. 8°. BTZE Bd. 1. Die Vorgeschichte; der Krieg bis zur Vogesenschlacht. Buchwald, R., compiler. Der heilige Krieg; Gedichte aus dem Beginn des Kampfes... Jena: E. Diederichs, 1914. 1 p.l., 90 p., 11. 24°. ΒΤΖΕ p.v.25, no.1 Nachwort signed: R. Buchwald. Bulletin des armées de la République. Extraits du Bulletin des armées de la République. [fasc.) 1. Paris: Berger-Levrault, 1914. 16°. (Pages d'histoire, 1914. [fasc.] 9.) ΒΤΖΕ p.v.24, no.9 The "Bulletin" is published daily for the French army. First issue, August 15, 1914. [fasc.] 1. Les premier - Paris, du 15 août au 3 septembre 1914. Butler, Nicholas Murray. The great war and its lessons. New York: American Association for International Conciliation, 1914. 8 p. 12°. (International conciliation, published monthly by the American Association for International Conciliation. Special bulletin.) BTZE p.v.23, no.6 Carlé, Erwin, editor. Der grosse Krieg; ein Anekdotenbuch, hrsg. von Erwin Rosen pseud.). Teil 1. Stuttgart: R. Lutz [1914]. 12°. (Anekdoten-Bibliothek. Bd. 14.) Book, A, of British heroes. London: G. Richards, Ltd., 1914. 3 p.l., 5-171 p. 12°. BTZE Teil 1 is 9. ed. BTZE Chesterton, Cecil Edward. The Prussian hath said in his heart. London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1914. vii, 240 p. 12°. BTZE |