. Review of reviews and world's work. to the Ohio and whatwas then called the Western country, in 1748-65. Thisvolume epitomizes the history of the English relationswith the French and Indians upon the Western bordersduring the last French war, and its sequel, Pontiacsconspiracy. Two of the authors (Weiser and (Jroghan)were government Indian agents; one (Post) was aMoravian missionary, and the other (Morris) was aBritish army officer. The succeeding volumes comprisethe voyages and travels of Indian traders, scientists,and men of leisure. All of these narratives have atleast the value of genuin
. Review of reviews and world's work. to the Ohio and whatwas then called the Western country, in 1748-65. Thisvolume epitomizes the history of the English relationswith the French and Indians upon the Western bordersduring the last French war, and its sequel, Pontiacsconspiracy. Two of the authors (Weiser and (Jroghan)were government Indian agents; one (Post) was aMoravian missionary, and the other (Morris) was aBritish army officer. The succeeding volumes comprisethe voyages and travels of Indian traders, scientists,and men of leisure. All of these narratives have atleast the value of genuineness, and form t he very best ofcontemporary materials for the history of the explora-tion and settlement of the great West. One of those contributions to history the value ofwhich is recognized only by the few who are constantlydelving lor fresh material in the record of their coun-trys beginnings lias been made by Mr. Burton \1\ aKonkle in the form of a, volume entitled The Life and Times of Thomas Smith, 1746-1809 (Philadelphia:. MR. THOMAS C. DAWSON. Campion & Co.). This Thomas Smith, whose name hasalmost faded from the pages of American history, wasa Pennsylvania member of the Continental Congress,and his relations with the important men of the Revo-lutionary period, both in State and nation, make hisbiography important even at this day. The work seemsto have been done with great care and thoroughness,and is vouched for by Attorney-General Carson, ofPennsylvania. The second part Of Mr. Thomas C. Dawsons SouthAmerican Republics, in The Stories of the NationsSeries (Putnams),deals with the repub-lics of Peru, Chile, Bo-livia, Ecuador, Vene-zuela, Colombia, andPanama. The methodof treatment adoptedby Mr. Dawson is some-what cumbersome,since it involves a repe-tition of certain topicswhich were common tothe history of all theSouth American repub-lics prior to the wars ofliberation, in the earlypart of the nineteenthcentury. There is, how-ever, an advantage inhaving each repub
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