The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 18, July 1914 - April, 1915 Page: 116

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THE QUARTERLY has received "A Family of Millers and Stew-
arts" (St. Louis. 1909) by Dr. Robert Finney Miller, of San
Antonio. Dr. Miller's father, Rev. James Weston Miller, came to
Texas as a Presbyterian missionary from Pennsylvania in 1845, and
became pastor of the church at Houston. He died at Gay Hill,
April 29, 1888. He was survived by his wife, Elizabeth Scott
Stewart Miller, who died at the same place, August 30, 1908.
The initial number of the Mississippi Valley Historical Review
is dated June, 1914. It contains "The United States and Mexico,
1835-1837," by Eugene C. Barker; "Review of McMaster's His-
tory of the People of the United States," liy Carl R. Fish; "Louis-
iana as a Factor in American Diplomacy, 1795-1800," by James A.
James; "Historical Activities in the Old Northwest and Eastern
Canada, 1913-1914," by Solon J. Buck, and departments devoted
to Notes and Documents, Book Reviews, and News and Comments.
It is 164 pages in extent, paper, type and format are very good,
and the board of editors gives ample assurance that it will be
judiciously piloted through the rich field that it is to exploit.