to its history
and antiquaries, etc. One volume. Published by Babcock and
Company, 1845. In his preface the author says: "The primary
object of the following pages is to narrate the most prominent
events in the history of Virginia, and to give a geographical
and statistical view of her present condition." In accomplishing
the latter of these tasks Mr. Howe has done a real and lasting
service to the history of the state. His description of the
various counties in 1843 and the life of their people was the
fruit of personal observation and as a consequence is usually
accurate and trustworthy.

Howison, Robert R.--A History of Virginia, from its Discovery and
Settlement by Europeans to the Present Time. Two Volumes. Carey
and Hart, Philadelphia, 1846. The preface of the work has the
following: "In writing the Colonial History, the author has
endeavored to draw from the purest fountains of light the rays
which he has sought to shed upon his subject." And throughout
the book there is abundant evidence to show that Mr. Howison had
studied the sources of Virginia history then available and had
picked out as best he could the truth whenever his authorities
differed. So much has been learned of the events he treats since
1846, however, that his work is today of little value.

Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political
Science. The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore. A number of these
studies touch upon colonial Virginia history and they have done
much in bringing order out of the mass of facts to be found in
old books, in documents and in journals. Some of the papers are:
Justice in Colonial Virginia, O.P. Chitwood; History of Suffrage
in Virginia, J.A.C. Chandler; Representation in Virginia, J.A.C.
Chandler; White Servitude in the Colony of Virginia, H.R.
McIlwaine, and Virginia Local Institutions, Edward Ingle.

Jones, Hugh.--The Present State of Virginia. Printed for J. Clark,
at the Bible under the Royal-Exchange, 1724. Reprinted for
Joseph Sabin, New York. This work gives an entertaining and
valuable picture of Virginia during the administration of
Governor Spotswood. Those chapters are most useful which treat
of the pursuits, the religion, the manners and the government
of the colonists. The descriptions given are drawn largely from
the personal observations of t