ent
of Virginia. William Parks, Williamsburg, 1747. Stith had in the
preparation of this work access to some manuscripts which are
not now in existence. For this reason the work will retain a
certain value as a source book of Virginia history. In the main,
however, he follows Smith's story with servility, for it did not
occur to him that much of the latter was not trustworthy. Stith
takes his history no further than the year 1624.

The Lower Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary. Press of the
Friedenwald Co., Baltimore. Five volumes. This magazine has
rendered a true service to Virginia history by publishing many
valuable documents hitherto hidden or inaccessible. These papers
touch Virginia life in the Colonial Period in many phases and
throw light on points hitherto obscure or misunderstood.

The Southern Literary Messenger.--In 1845 and in the years
immediately following, this magazine, stimulated by the great
interest that was being shown in Virginia history at that time,
published a number of documents and articles relating to
colonial times. Among these is a reproduction of John Smith's
True Relation; papers relating to Sir William Berkeley,
contributed by Peter Force; and an account of the General
Assembly of 1715.

The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography.--Published by the
Virginia Historical Society. Seventeen volumes. The wealth of
material contained in these volumes can hardly be estimated.
Countless papers, formerly scattered abroad, or hidden in the
musty archives of libraries, have been published and rendered
accessible to the historian. So vastly important are they that
no account of colonial Virginia, no matter of what period, can
afford to neglect them. They touch every phase of the life of
the colony, political, social, economic and religious. Much
space has been given to biography. From the standpoint of the
constructive historian it is to be regretted that the magazine
has devoted so little of its space to short articles culling and
arranging and rendering more serviceable the facts published in
documentary form. But the magazine has done and is still doing a
work of vast importance in collecting and preserving historical
material.

Tyler, Lyon G.--Narratives of Early Virginia, 1606-1625. Charles
Scribner's Sons. One volume. This work includes ma