Mr. Hoadly has also republished in this volume the old New Haven Laws, from an original copy once owned, in all probability, by Rev. John Davenport, and now belonging to the collections of the American Antiquarian Society at Worcester, Mass. We doubt not there are still many respectable persons who are firm believers that the code called the Blue Laws once existed in New Haven. A slight inspection of the true code, here published in full, and of the Records of the proceedings of the different courts of the Colony given in these two volumes, will show that these famous laws never had any existence, and that all the stories about them are ridiculously false. It is evident that “nothing of any importance was transacted in the colony which was not recorded at the time, and with a detail of particulars which precludes the possibility of their having been rules of conduct enforced by any public authority, which are not there mentioned." It is, indeed, very singular that the New Haven colony "should have had so extensively the name of regulating the cut of the hair and the fashion of the dress of the inhabitants, when of the united colonies it was the only one which abstained from all laws of this description."

COLONIAL RECORDS OF CONNECTICUT, 1678-1689.*—This volume of the Colonial Records of Connecticut reflects great credit upon the editor, J. Hammond Trumbull, Esq., to whom the state is already largely indebted for his labors in unfolding our early history. The records here published are the proceedings of the General Court of the Colony from the election in May, 1678, to the close of the special session called in June, 1689, to proclaim the accession of William and Mary to the throne of England. This is a very important and interesting period in Connecticut history, as it includes the usurpation of Sir Edmund Andros, and comparatively little has been known about it. The suspension of the charter government by the royal Governor, was from October, 1687, to May, 1689, but for some years before this event, as Mr. Trumbull informs us, the proceedings of the General Court afford but little insight into the course of events in the Colony. Those subjects which most nearly concerned its welfare, and which may be supposed to

The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, May, 1678-June, 1689: with notes and an appendix, comprising such documents from the state archives, and other sources, as illustrate the history of the colony during the administration of Sir Edmund Andros. Transcribed and edited in accordance with a resolution of the General Assembly. By J. HAMMOND TRUMBULL. Hartford: Case, Lockwood & Co. 8vo. pp. 538.

have almost exclusively engrossed the attention of the Court, are rarely mentioned in the records. There was abundant reason for this in the fact that every page was written in the expectation that it might soon be subjected to the scrutiny of an arbitrary governor.

The great value of this volume consists in the selection that the editor has made from the papers in the state archives, which throw light upon this part of our history. He has succeeded in giving a documentary history of this period which, we doubt not, is as complete as possible. He informs us that every document which is preserved in the Connecticut archives has been carefully examined, and either printed in full or a sufficient abstract given. The laws enacted for New England, by Andros and the council, are now, for the first time, printed from a copy belonging to the Library of Yale College. Extracts have been made from Gershom Bulkeley's curious narrative, entitled "Will and Doom," &c., which supply many interesting particulars with regard to the opening and closing scenes of the administration of Andros in Connecticut. Extracts have also been made from the volumes of "Usurpation Papers, in the Secretary's office in Boston. The work of transcribing and editing seems to have been done with discrimination and in the most thorough manner, and the volume is everywhere enriched with notes which testify to the care and labor which have been bestowed upon it.

NOTES ON THE FLORIDIAN PENINSULAR.* This unpretending little volume, evidently a labor of love, is valuable for its biblio-graphical information with regard to the history of East Florida. It furnishes a critical account of the numerous works upon that country which have come under the inspection of the author. They are grouped in six sections; works pertaining (1) to the early explorations; (2) to the French colonies; (3) to the first Spanish supremacy; (4) to the English supremacy; (5) to the second Spanish supremacy; and (6) to the supremacy of the United States. The volume contains several chapters devoted to information with regard to the different Indian tribes who have inhabited the peninsular; and there are descriptions given also of the Indian mounds and other antiquities which abound in the country. Mr. Brinton does not give us any intimation whether he intends to make any further use, himself, of the abundant materials which he must have

Notes on the Floridian Peninsular, its literary History, Indian Tribes, and Antiquities. By DANIEL G. BRINTON, A. B. Philadelphia: King & Baird. 1859. 18mo. pp. 202.

collected at the expense of many hours of toil. Yet we cannot but hope that one who has been so successful in the work of preparation will be induced to go on, for we are confident he will be equally successful as the historian of Florida. At all events this little work will be invaluable to every student of the history of the peninsular.

THE CHINA MISSION.*-This book will be found an invaluable aid to all who are wishing to make themselves acquainted with the history of what has been done for the evangelization of China by Christians of all denominations. The book contains nearly fifty biographical sketches, carefully prepared, of deceased missionaries.

OLD SOUTH CHAPEL PRAYER MEETING.t-Few churches in the land have more interesting associations connected with them than the Old South Church in Boston! The book, whose title we give, adds another chapter to its long and honorable history. It gives an account of the well known "daily prayer meeting ;" and furnishes what will be of special interest to the next generation, "a phonographic report of one meeting including every prayer offered, every hymn sung, and every remark made."

BIOGRAPHY.

LIFE OF JONATHAN TRUMBULL, SENIOR.-In the November number we hope to be able to present our readers with a suitable Review of this volume, which commemorates the life and services of that eminent patriot, JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Senior. We have not the space to speak of him, or of this Life by Hon. I. W. Stuart, as we should like, or as the subject demands. The name of Jonathan Trumbull stands second to none after that of Washington among those who achieved our national independence. The only Colonial Governor who on the breaking out of the war of the revolution stood by the cause of the people, he gained

*The China Mission: Embracing a History of the various Missions of all denominations among the Chinese. With Biographical Sketches of Deceased Missionaries. By WILLIAM DEAN, D. D., twenty years a Missionary to China. New York: Shelton & Co. 1859. 12mo. pp 396.

+ Old South Chapel Prayer Meeting: Its origin and history. With interesting narratives and instances of remarkable conversions in answer to prayer. 1859. Boston: J. E. Tilton & Co. 18mo. pp. 199. For sale by F. T. Jarman. Price 50 cents.

Life of Jonathan Trumbull, Senior, Governor of Connecticut. By I. W. STUART. Boston: Crocker & Brewster. 1859. 8vo. pp. 700.

the proud title of the "Revolutionary Governor." Under him the little state of Connecticut became the second state in the Union, as regards the amount of military force contributed to the common cause. She had twenty-five regiments of militia; and of these, it is said, that twentytwo full regiments were in actual service, out of the state, at one and the same time, and that the most busy and pressing season of the year. It is always to be remembered, too, that Governor Trumbull is the original "Brother Jonathan;" a name now accepted as the soubriquet of the United States of America. Dr. Bushnell, in his "Speech for Connecticut," says, "Our Connecticut Jonathan was to Washington what the scripture Jonathan was to David, a true friend, a counsellor and a stay of confidence-Washington's brother. When he wanted honest counsel and wise, he would say, 'let us consult Brother Jonathan; and then afterwards, partly from habit and partly in playfulness of phrase, he would say the same when referring any matter to the Congress, let us consult Brother Jonathan.' And so it fell out rightly, that as Washington was called the Father of his Country, so he named the fine boy, the nation, after his brother Jonathan—a good, solid, scripture name, which as our sons and daughters of the coming time may speak it, any where between the two oceans, let them remember honest, old Connecticut and the faithful and true brother she gave to Washington." This Life of the man whom Washington pronounced to be one of the purest patriots of the revolution, we could wish might be in the home of every American.

JAMES HILLHOUSE.*-In Dr. Barnard's Journal of Education for June, 1859, may be found an exceedingly interesting and valuable Article commemorating the life and services of the Hon. James Hillhouse. The author is Rev. Leonard Bacon, D. D., of New Haven. No man since the revolution has done such service for Connecticut as Mr. Hillhouse. He was from 1790 to 1810 in Congress-six years as a representative, and fourteen years as Senator. His services in this capacity were terminated only by his voluntary resignation, with the high appreciation of his eminently valuable services by his constituents. This was manifested by the position assigned him immediately in a new field of labor. The work of extricating the "School fund" of Connecticut from its embarrassments, and placing it on a firm and lasting foundation, was committed to him, and in accomplishing this, the great work of his life, he was engaged from 1810 to 1825. His labors in behalf of public works in the state, and the local improvements of the place of his abode were

unremitted, and of the highest importance. His administration of the Treasury of Yale College, for fifty years, was characterized by a fidelity and zeal which will ever be remembered to his honor by the friends of that institution. Well have the many and valuable services of this eminent man been commemorated by Dr. Bacon in the Article of which we speak. It is followed by a History of the School Fund of Connecticut. The two Articles together constitute a mass of information which will well repay the perusal and study of the friends of education and human progress.

LIFE OF HAVELOCK.*-The preface of this memoir of Gen. Havelock reminds us of the fact that when the news of his death reached New York, the flags of the shipping in the port were hung at half mast. The sense of personal loss that was then everywhere felt in this country will not soon be forgotten by those who in 1857 watched for the tidings of that last, long march of his under the burning sun of India to the relief of Lucknow. Never before has an English military officer gained such a hold upon the sympathies of the American people! This was owing in part to the fact that he was regarded as the savior of the women and children at Lucknow from the horrors of another such a fiendish massacre as that at Cawnpore; but it was due also to the confidence that was felt in him as a man of high religious principle. Mr. Headley has prepared a very full and excellent sketch of his life. He has had access to the best sources of information, and the work is in every respect a very satisfactory one. The memoir embraces an account of the earlier campaigns in Burmah and Afghanistan, in which Havelock gained his knowledge of Indian warfare. Those details of his religious life which are of general interest, are given with sufficient particularity. And the volume closes with the story of those memorable "hundred days" which resulted in the relief of Lucknow.

THE HALDANES AND THEIR FRIENDS.-It is well known that one of the most remarkable religious movements in Europe during the present century had its origin in connection with the visit to Geneva

The Life of General H. Havelock, K. C. B. By J. T. HEADLEY. New York: Charles Scribner. 12mo. pp. 375 For sale by T. H. Pease.

Memoir of Robert Haldane and James Alexander Haldane; with sketches of their friends, and of the progress of religion in Scotland and on the continent of Europe in the former half of the nineteenth century. 12mo. 1859. American Tract Society. pp. 278. For sale by F. T. Jarman.