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Authors of Articles in The Biblical Repertory and Princeton Review [Volume I (1829) through Volume XL (1868)] Compiled by Earl William Kennedy 1963 Edited by Wayne Sparkman, Director of the PCA Historical Center, St. Louis, MO. with corrections, the addition of pagination, and information for Volumes XLI (1869) through XLIII (1871). 2007 INTRODUCTION This compilation is designed to make possible the immediate identification of the author(s) of any given article (or articles) in the Princeton Review. Unless otherwise stated, it is based on the alphabetical list of authors in the Index Volume from 1825 to 1868 (published in 1871), where each author‘s articles are arranged chronologically under his name. This Index Volume list in turn is based upon the recollections of several men closely associated with the Review. The following account is given of its genesis: ―Like the other great Reviews of the periods the writers contributed to its pages anonymously, and for many years no one kept any account of their labours. Dr. [Matthew B.] Hope [died 1859] was the first who attempted to ascertain the names of the writers in the early volumes, and he was only partially successful. With the aid of his notes, and the assistance of Dr. John Hall of Trenton, Dr. John C. Backus of Baltimore, and Dr. Samuel D. Alexander of New York, the companions and friends of the Editor and his early coadjutors, the information on this head here collected is as complete as it is possible now to be given.‖ (Index Volume, iii; of LSM, II, 271n; for meaning of symbols, see below) The Index Volume is usually but not always reliable. Besides a few typographical errors (e.g., dates), it occasionally seems to contradict itself (e.g., by attributing the whole of the same article to two different authors) or is at variance with independent testimonies, such as the biographies and letters of the authors of the articles concerned. These independent testimonies are referred to in the present compilation only when their testimony seems contradictory to that of the Index Volume, or when the Index Volume is silent. A complete list of the works consulted and referred to in the present compilation is herewith given in chronological order. Each work is preceded by the abbreviation used to designate it. PE: Theological Essays: reprinted from the Princeton Review, New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1846. LAA: James W. Alexander, The Life of Archibald Alexander, D.D. ., New York: Charles Scribner, 1854. LJWA: John Hall, ed., Forty Years’ Familiar Letters of James W. Alexander, D.D. ., 2 vols., New York: Charles Scribner, 1860. LRB: Henry M. Baird, The Life of the Rev. Robert Baird, D.D., New York: Anson D.F. Randolph, 1866. LSM: Samuel Miller, The Life of Samuel Miller, D.D., LL.D. , Vol. II, Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen and Haffelfinger, 1869. IAA: Henry Carrington Alexander, The Life of Joseph Addison Alexander, D.D. , 2 vols., New York: Charles Scribner & Company, 1870. Index: The Biblical Repertory and Princeton Review. Index Volume from 1825 to 1868, Philadelphia: Peter Walker, 1871. LCH: A. A. Hodge, The Life of Charles Hodge, D.D., LL.D., . ., New York: Charles Scribner‘s Sons, 1880. (this seems largely dependent on the Index Volume) 1 The above-named works, particularly the Index Volume (which includes Hodge‘s ―Retrospect‖), are valuable for the general history of the Princeton Review. Also valuable are Kenneth Sperber Gapp, ―The Princeton Review Series and the Contribution of Princeton Theological Seminary to Presbyterian Quarterly Magazines,‖ ninety-one pages typescript in the Princeton Seminary Library, and Frank Luther Mott, A History of American Magazines, Volume I, 1741-1850 (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1939), pages 529-535. The quarterly was begun by Charles Hodge in 1825 and edited by him until 1871. During its first four years (1825- 1828) it was known as Biblical Repertory. A Collection of Tracts in Biblical Literature, and consisted almost entirely of translations and reprints of European works. Since most of the articles during the years 1825-1828 are not original, and since their authors and translators are not included in the Index Volume list, these years 1825 to 1828 are omitted in the present compilation. In 1829 Hodge inaugurated a new series with a broader scope, in which almost all of the articles are original. In 1829 its title was Biblical Repertory. A Journal of Biblical Literature, and Theological Science. From 1830 to 1836 it was The Biblical Repertory and Theological Review, and finally it received the name by which it is usually known, and which it retained until Hodge retired as editor in 1871: The Biblical Repertory and Princeton Review. It should be noted that the Index Volume does not (except in a very few instances, which have boon included in the present compilation) give the names of the authors of the short book notices, editorial notes, etc. The format of this compilation should be explained. Beginning at the left margin, the articles are numbered (with Roman numerals) consecutively within each quarter. This follows the practice of the Review itself (with the exception of the 1829 volume, which has no numbering). The Review‘s occasional typographical errors in this enumeration (e.g., two consecutive articles assigned the same number) have been corrected in the present compilation. After the number of the article comes the name of the author (or translator) all in capital letters, followed by reference to the source of information in cases where there is a problem concerning authorship. In perhaps five per cent of the cases (mainly in the earlier years), the author is unknown, and this is indicated by the abbreviation ―AU‖ (= ―Author Unknown‖), followed by a blank space. Next comes the title of the article, exactly as it appears in the heading at the beginning of the article (not necessarily as it appears in the Table of Contents). Very frequently the title (e.g., a list of books to be reviewed) is too long to be given in full; in that case, any omissions are indicated by ellipses. Finally, after this title is given, there is often given a short title in parentheses, which is the caption (or captions) appearing at the top of each page of the body of the article. This short title is generally given only when it differs appreciably from the quoted heading at the beginning of the article. Usually the name by which an article is known (e.g., in the Index Volume) is this short title. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Editor’s Note: Among the errors corrected, for example, Kennedy had for Volume XXII, Number 1, January 1850 : II. THOMAS SMYTH, ―1. The Freedman‘s Monitor….‖ etc. (―Secret Societies‖), while the actual text should be II. THOMAS SMYTH, ―1. The Freemason‘s Monitor…‖ etc. (―Secret Societies‖) and Kennedy conflated the following two entries at Volume XXVII, Number 4, October 1855. V. WILLIAM HENRY GREEN, ―Demotic Grammar…. By Henry Brugsch….‖ 649-655 VI. WILLIAM HENRY GREEN, ―Letters from Egypt…By Richard Lepsius; Accounts of Travel from Egypt….By Henry Brugsch…‖ (Travels in Egypt) 655-680 2 Volume I, Number 1, January 1829. I. J. ADDISON ALEXANDER, transl., ―Flatt‘s Dissertation on the Deity of Christ, Translated from the Latin - Section 1‖ [Endnotes, pages 44-71] 9-71 II. CHARLES HODGE, ―Introductory Lecture Delivered in the Theological Seminary, Princeton, N. J. November 7, 1828....‖ 73-98 III. ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER, ―The Bible, A Key to the Phenomena of the Natural World‖ 99-120 IV. AU:__________, ―Church Government in Prussia‖ 121-133 V. New Publications 134-158 Volume I, Number 2, April 1829. I. J. ADDISON ALEXANDER, transl., ―Review of the Arguments and Theories of Antitrinitarians, being the second section of Flatt‘s Dissertation on the Deity of Christ (translated from the Latin)‖ (―Antitrinitarian Theories‖) 159-188 II. AU: __________, ―The Mosaic History Accordant with the Existing State of Things‖ 189-209 III. J. ADDISON ALEXANDER, ―History and Religious Opinions of the Druses‖ (―The Druses‖) 210-224 IV. ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER, ―Review. Four Discourses on the Sacrifice and Priesthood of Jesus Christ; and on the Atonement and Redemption. By John Pye Smith...,‖ (―Review‖) 225-251 V. AU: transl., ―Witsius on the Councils of the Hebrews (translated and abridged)‖ 252-266 VI. JAMES W. ALEXANDER (LJWA, I, 117; LJAA, I, 198) (and/or J. ADDISON ALEXANDER; Index, 90; LJAA, I, 198), ―Review. Leben des Erasmus von Rotterdam... Von Adolf Miller....‖ (―Life of Erasmus‖) 267-293 VII. AU: __________, ―Review. A Hebrew Chrestomathy. by Moses Stuart....‖ 294-306 Volume I, Number 3, July 1829. I. AU: __________, ―Jahn‘s Hebrew Commonwealth....‖ 307-325 II. ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER, ―Brown‘s Theory of Cause and Effect‖ 326-343 III. JAMES CARNAHAN, ―The General Assembly‘s Board of Education, and the American Education Society‖ 344-369 IV. CHARLES HODGE, ―Public Education…as practised at Hazelwood School…. By Arthur Hill…‖ 370-410 V. THOMAS HASTINGS, ―Church Music, Considered in Reference to its Original Design and its Present State‖ 410-429 VI. AU: __________, (Index) (or, CHARLES HODGE? - PE, handwriting in Table of Contents of Princeton Seminary Library copy), ―On the Sonship of Christ‖ [Part I] 429-456 Volume I, Number 4, October 1829. I. AU: __________, (Index) (or, CHARLES HODGE? - PE, handwriting in Table of Contents of Princeton Seminary Library copy), ―On the Sonship of Christ‖ [Part II] 457-480 II. JOHN H. RICE, ―Correspondence of the General Assembly with Foreign Churches‖ 481-499 III. AU: __________, ―Review of Faber‘s Difficulties of Romanism‖ 500-520 IV. DANIEL YOUNG (?)*, ―The Sacred Poetry of the Early Christians‖ 521-559 V. MOSES STUART, ―Examination of the Review of the American Education Society‖ 560-601 VI.