Harrison and Sons, London, have published an "_Anthropological Report
on Sierra Leone_," by Northcote W. Thomas, in three parts. Part I
covers the law and customs of the Tinne and other tribes. Part II
consists of a "Tinne-English dictionary" and part III of a grammar and
stories.
This firm has also brought out "_Specimens of Languages from Sierra
Leone_" by the same author. This work contains tabular vocabularies
with short stories and notes on Tones, illustrated with the Staff
Notation.
Macmillan and Company have published the "_My Yoruba Alphabet_" by R.
E. Bennett.
"_Mâliki Law_" by F. H. Buxton has appeared with the imprint of Luzac
and Company. This is a summary from French Translations of the
"_Mukhtasar of Sîdî Khalîl_" by Captain Buxton of the Political
Department of Nigeria. It was published by order of Sir F. D. Sugard,
Governor-General of Nigeria.
"_Native Life in South Africa before and since the European War and
the Boer Rebellion_" by Sol. T. Plaatje has been published by P. S.
King. This work is especially valuable for students of Negro History
in that they may obtain from it the other side of the race problem in
that country. The author is an educated native who has served the
government as an interpreter, and now edits for a native syndicate
_Tsala ea Batho_ (The People's Friend). The purpose of the writer is
to explain the grievances of the natives and especially that one
resulting from the Land Act of 1913.
Allen and Unwin have published the third volume of "_The History of
South Africa from 1795 to 1872_" by G. McCall Theal. The work is to be
completed in five volumes.
Among Putnam's recent publications is F. W. Seward's "_Reminiscences
of a War Time Statesman and Diplomat_," being his father William H.
Seward.
The University of Chicago Press has published "_Slavery in Germanic
Society during the Middle Ages_."
C. R. Hall has published through the Princeton University Press his
"_Andrew Johnson: Military Governor of Tennessee_."
Stokes has published J. A. B. Scherer's _Cotton as a World Power_.
Mr. Henry B. Rankin's "_Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln_"
has come from the press of the Putnams. This book is interesting and
valuable in that it is written by a man who studied law under Lincoln
and Herndon.
The Chicago Historical Society has published a booklet entitled "_The
Convention that nominated Lincoln_," giving its outward and local
aspects.
In C. J. Heatwole's _History of Education in Virginia_, published by
Macmillan, passing mention is given the effort to enlighten the
Negroes in that State. The writer is mainly concerned with the efforts
for the uplift of the Negro since emancipation. He seemed to be
ignorant of the many efforts at education put forth by the Negroes
with the help of their friends even before the Civil War.
E. S. Green's _History of the University of South Carolina_ has been
published by the State Publishing Company at Columbia. In treating the
period during which the Negroes were in control of that institution
the author is adversely critical of the freedmen in general, but
mentions some colored graduates and pays a tribute to the high
character of Richard Theodore Greener, who served there as instructor.
"_The South To-day_" by John M. Moore has been published by the
Missionary Education Movement of the United States and Canada.
The JOURNAL OF NEGRO HISTORY has received a copy of Charles E.
Benton's "_Troutbeck: A Dutchess County Homestead_," with an
introduction by John Borroughs. Among the beautiful illustrations in
this pamphlet is that of Webutuck River at Troutbeck during the
performance of the "Hiawatha Pageant" at the fifth Amenia Field Day,
August 15, 1914.
A. A. Schomburg's _Bibliographical Checklist of American Negro Poetry_
has been published as one of a series of monographs edited by Charles
F. Heartman of New York. It is a valuable work.
The Argosy Company, Georgetown, British Guiana, has recently published
a work entitled _Black Talk_. This book consists of notes on Negro
dialect compiled by C. G. Cruickshank. It is an interesting and
informing volume.