The Pennsylvania-German : devoted to the history, biography, genealogy, poetry, folk-lore and general interests of the Pennsylvania Germans and their descendants . res which lay be-neath the surface. Therefore, interest-ing as they may be, in our first six vol-umes we find but a skimming of the sur-face and a general treatment of the sub-ject as a whole, contained in a series ofbrief and unconnected papers. Therecame a great awakening, when, on Octo-ber 16, 1895, at the annual meeting inBethlehem, the Society decided to adoptsuggestions embodied in the report of theSecretary, to leave the beat
The Pennsylvania-German : devoted to the history, biography, genealogy, poetry, folk-lore and general interests of the Pennsylvania Germans and their descendants . res which lay be-neath the surface. Therefore, interest-ing as they may be, in our first six vol-umes we find but a skimming of the sur-face and a general treatment of the sub-ject as a whole, contained in a series ofbrief and unconnected papers. Therecame a great awakening, when, on Octo-ber 16, 1895, at the annual meeting inBethlehem, the Society decided to adoptsuggestions embodied in the report of theSecretary, to leave the beaten path trodby others, and to give the world an ex-haustive and critical history of Pennsyl-vania as developed under German imlu-ences, through the medium of a consecu-tive series of writings by various mem-bers of its own. To-day this history hasbecome the most valuable publication ofits kind in existence, is eagerly soughtby all the leading libraries of America,and Germany as well, is recognized asstandard authority on the subject, isunique in the experience of historicalsocieties in general, is furnished its mem-bers free of cost, save for the payment oi. IHKSTLR. »«n Society. annual dues, and is prized by them abovemany other things. And the plow is stillpressed into the furrow, and for many aday we hope to see it throw up otherpriceless treasures, until the world is will-ing to acknowledge that the hitherto de-spised Pennsylvania-German is the more than peer, of any inhabitant ofour globe. The following brief and general men-tion of the papers belonging to the series,which have been already prepared, cannot fail to be of interest: \*ol. 7.—The Fatherland. 1450-1700. by JuliusFriedrich Sachse. 2^4 pp.; The Ger-man Exodus to England in 1700, by FrankRied DitfcndcrtTor. , 157 pp. Vol. 8.—1 he German Emiirraiion to Amer-ica. 1709-1740. hv Rev. Prof. Henrv EysicrJacobs. 125 pp ; The First Dis-coverers of .\merica Ge
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