... Gifts worthy of mention were received from the following: Henry C. Beach, copies of his compilations "Code changes: A list of the 1909 legislative (general and special sessions) amendments, additions . . . and repeals of sections of Pierce's Code," and "Code changes: a list of the 1909 legislative amendments . . . of sections of Ballinger's Codes and Statutes of Washington" [1909]; Charles Wilson Betts, his manuscript compilation "Ancestors of my grandchildren in the lines of saints with pedigrees showing descent from them," 1910; Hon. Ignacio Calderon, Bolivian minister at Washington, a copy of his privately printed lecture before the special class in commerce at Harvard University, March 17, 1910, entitled "Economic conditions of Bolivia"; National Library of Cuba, three volumes of the "Diario de Sessiones del Congreso"; Florida Agricultural College and Experiment Station, forty-eight pamphlets, bulletins of various agricultural experiment stations needed to fill gaps in our files; the Municipal Library of Guayaquil, "Coleccion de ordenanzas, contratos y resoluciones . . . formada . . . por Dr. J. M. Amador," second edition, 1908; Launceston, Tasmania, seven pamphlets, documents of Launceston; Massachusetts Agricultural College, twenty-one volumes and thirty-two pamphlets, publications of the College; the Mexican Secretaria de Estado y del Despacho de Guerra y Marina, thirteen volumes and five pamphlets, documents of the Department; the Secretaria de Hacienda y Credito Publico, 102 volumes and 103 pamphlets; the Secretaria de Fomento, Colonizacion e Industria, eight volumes; William Moran, one volume and five pamphlets, being Notices of sale of lands and tenements, Borough of the Bronx, October 3, 1906, for Manhattan June 14, 1905, for Manhattan and the Bronx, September 6, 1899, and for Brooklyn July 27, 1910, for unpaid taxes, water rents and assessments for local improvements; Major William P. Shreve, "The story of the Third Army Corps," compiled from the original records by William P. Shreve, 1885-1910, privately printed, Boston, 1910; Fielding L. Taylor, fifty-six volumes of periodicals; Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Relations, volume 4 of "Historia contemporanea de Venezuela" por Francisco Gonzalez Guinan, Caracas, 1910; Ranieri Vilanova, seventy-eight volumes and seven pamphlets, French, Catalan and Spanish books, etc.; and, the Department of Archives and History of West Virginia, four volumes, "Proceedings of the first convention of the people of Northwestern Virginia at Wheeling, May, 1861, Journal of the second convention . . . June-August, 1861," etc. There was no change in the exhibitions for the month, the loan exhibition of cartoons dealing with the American Revolution, from the collection of Mr. R. T. Haines Halsey, and the memorial exhibit of works by the late James D. Smillie being both continued at the LENOX branch as well as display of plates from "Neue Monogramme," "Die Zierform" and "Israels und seine Kunst" at ASTOR. FREDERICK THE GREAT'S REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PRUSSIAN ARMY OFFICER. The following letter from Frederick the Great is printed from his holograph manuscript now in the New York Public Library; the letter to which it is a copy is a contemporary copy. The two were presented to the Astor Library in 1884 by Mrs. John Jacob Astor. SIRE, Un nommé Devitz gentilhomme Mecklenburgois, qui jouït d'à peu près 5000 ecus de revenues et qui s'attend avec raison à des heritages considerables, est passé ici pour se rendre à l'armée Prusse ou por le canal du Sr. de Sallern. il doit devenir capitaine de cavallerie. m'etant venu voir en qualité de compatriote je luy ai fait sentir les avantages du service de Votre Maiesté et il paroit etre disposé à rester ici s'il osoit se flatter que par ses graces il pourroit etre placé sur le meme pied. Il a passé les 27 ans et n'a pu s'engager plus-tot pour l'amour de l'arrangement de ses affaires et de ses terres. C'est par l'attachement la plus respectueux que je m'enhardis à luy faire ce rapport etant avec la soumission la plus profunde de Votre Maiesté Je vous remercie des offres de service que vous me faites de la part d'un Gentilhomme Mecklembourgeois nommé de Dewitz. Je ne saurois les accepter. La qualité d'etre riche n'admet personne dans mon Militaire. c'est la capacité & la bravoure seule qui peuvent y faire entrer. En attendant Je vous sais gré de votre attention à cet egard; Et sur ce Je prie Dieu qu'il vous ait en sa sainte & digne garde. à BERLIN le 30o DECEMBRE 1772 AU MARECHAL DE LA COUR DE VOSS À BERLIN. FREDERIC. LIST OF WORKS IN THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY RELATING TO BRITISH GENEALOGY AND LOCAL HISTORY. PART IV. Cumberland. PERIODICALS. Cumberland and Westmoreland Antiquarian and Archæological Society. Transactions. v. 1-16 (1866-99/1900), n. s. v. 1-9 (1901-'09). Kendal, 1874-1909. 8°. со Index to v. 1-7 in v. 7. GENERAL WORKS. Bennett (J. A.), editor. The manuscripts of S. H. Le Fleming, Esq., of Rydal Hall. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, prtrs., 1890. iv, 474 p. 8°. (Historical Manuscripts Commission. 12. report. Appendix, pt. 7.) "The manuscripts at Rydal Hall, in Westmoreland, consist chiefly of the letters and papers of Sir Daniel Fleming... A great part of Sir Daniel Fleming's correspondence relates to local affairs, such as the election of members of Parliament for Cumberland and Westmoreland, the provision of seamen for the Royal Navy, the payment of the militia, the arrest of suspected persons, the disarmament of Papists and Recusants, and the suppression of Conventicles." Cooke (G. A.) Topographical and statistical description of the county of Cumberland... London: C. Cooke, n. d. 158 p., I map. 24°. (Cooke's Topography of Great Britain. [vol. 47.]) CBD Cory (John A.) Notices of certain remarkable fortified churches existing in Cumberland. I pl. (Archæol. Jour. v. 16, pp. 318-325. London, 1859.) Cumberland, England. Cumberland parish registers. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore and C. W. Ruston-Harrison. v. 1. London: Phillimore & Co., Ltd., 1910. 8°. (Phillimore's parish register series. V. 130.) ARX One of 150 copies printed. v. 1. Workington. Moresby. Curwen (J. F.) An index to the heraldry of Cumberland and Westmorland. (Cumberland & Westmorland Antiq. & Archæol. Soc. Transac. n. s. v. 6, pp. 204-236. Kendal, 1906. 8°.) Ferguson (R. S.) A history of Cumberland. London: E. Stock, 1890. 4 p.l., 312 p. 8°. (Popular county histories.) со Foster (J.), editor. Pedigrees recorded at the heralds' visitations of the counties of Cumberland and Westmorland, made by Richard St. George, Norroy King of Arms in 1615, and by William Dugdale, Norroy King of Arms in 1666. Edited by J. Foster. Carlisle: C. Thurnam & Sons [1891?] vi, 11., 172 p. 8°. ARX Hinde (John Hodgson). On the early history of Cumberland. (Archæol. Jour. v. 16, pp. 217235. London, 1859.) Hodgson (T. H.) Extracts from acts of the privy council relating to Cumberland and Westmorland, 1558 to 1568, being the first ten years of the reign of Elizabeth. (Transac. Cumberland and Westmorland Antiq. and Archæol. Soc. n. s. v. 3, pp. 126-149. Kendal, Eng., 1903.) Hutchinson (William). An excursion to the lakes in Westmoreland and Cumberland, August, 1773. [By W. Hutchinson.] London: J. Wilkie, 1774. I p.l., 193 p. 8°. COB The history of the county of Cumberland, and some places adjacent, from the earliest account to the present time. Carlisle, 1794. 2 v. 4°. со Parker (F. H. M.) A calendar of the Feet of Fines for Cumberland, from their commencement to the accession of Henry VII. (Cumberland & Westmorland Antiq. & Archæol. Soc Transac. n. s. v. 7, pp. 215-261. Kendal, 1907.) Richmond (Archdeaconry). Wills and inventories from the registry of the archdeaconry of Richmond, extending over portions of the counties of York, Westmerland, Cumberland and Lancaster; [edited] by J. Raine, Jr. Durham, London, 1853. 8°. (Surtees Sec. Pub. v. 26.) CA Rose (Thomas). Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland, illustrated, from original drawings by Thomas Allom, etc., with historical & topographical descriptions, by Thomas Rose. London: Fisher & Co., 1833. 3 v. 4°. +COB St. George (R.) The visitation of the county of Cumberland in the year 1615, taken by R. St. George. Ed. by J. Fetherston. London, 1872. viii, 38 p., 4 l., 10 p., 3 pl. 4°. (Harleian Soc. Publications. v. 7.) *R Scott (D.) Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland. London: W. Andrews & Co., 1899. 5 p.l., 262 p., 8 pl. 8°. со Victoria (The) history of the county of Cumberland. Edited by J. Wilson. Westminster: A. Constable & Co., 1901-5. 2 v. f°. (In: The Victoria history of the counties of England.) CO Wright (Thomas), and others. The history and topography of the counties of Cumberland and Westmorland, comprising their ancient and modern history. .trade, commerce...etc. Edited by W. Whellan. London: Whittaker & Co., 1860. I p.l., v-vi, 896, viii p. 4°. +Co Cundall. Cundall with Norton-le-Clay. The parish register of Cundall with Norton-le-Clay in the North Riding of the County of York, 1582 to 1780. Transcribed and edited by H. D. Eshelby. [Liverpool] privately printed [T. Brakell, Ltd., Pr'trs.] 1898. 3 p.l., 101 p. 8°. ARX Cunningham. Pont (Timothy). Cunninghame, topographized by T. Pont, 1601-1608. With continuations and illustrative notices by the late J. Dobie of Crummock. Edited by his son, J. S. Dobie. Glasgow: J. Tweed, 1876. xix, 426 p., I map, 8 pl. illus. 4°. +CRB Robertson (G.) Topographical description of Ayrshire; more particularly of Cunninghame; together with a genealogical account of the principal families in that bailiwick. Irvine: Cunninghame press, 1820. xii, 13-442 p., I map. fo. +CR Page (J. L. W.) An exploration of Dartmoor and its antiquities. London: Seeley & Co., Ltd., 1892. xvi, 1 l., 316 p., 3 maps, 18 pl. 3. ed. 8°. COB Rowe (S.) A perambulation of the antient and royal forest of Dartmoor and the Venville precincts; or, A topographical survey of their antiquities and scenery. 3. ed., rev. & cor. by J. B. Rowe. Illustrated from drawings by F. J. Widgery. Exeter: T. G. Commin, 1896. xvi, 516 p., 22 pl., I port., 5 maps. illus. 8°. COB Dartmouth. Gibbs (Roscoe). The arms of Dartmouth and their origin. I pl. (Devon Notes & Queries. V. 5, pp. 137-142. Exeter, 1909. 8°.) Riley (Henry Thomas), editor. The manuscripts of the corporation of Dartmouth. (In: Historical Manuscripts Commission. 5 report. 1, pp. 597-606. London, 1876. f°.) Part Windeatt (Edward). Old Dartmouth notes. (Devon Notes & Queries. v. 5, pp. 169-174. Exeter, 1909. 8°.) |