[909

Bard, W. H. Nine years in Alaska. NAT. MAG., XXV (Oct.) 97-109. [907-8 Brooks, Alfred H. The influence of geography on the exploration and settlement of Alaska. AM. GEOG. SOC. BUL., XXXVIII (Feb.) 102-105. Day, Luella. The tragedy of the Klondike; this book of travels gives the true facts of what took place in the gold-fields under British rule. N. Y. (3), 5-181 p. plates, port. [910 Keeler, N. E. A trip to Alaska and the Klondike in the summer of 1905. Cincinnati, Ebbert and Richardson co. 116 [911 "Many anecdotes and incidents of old-time Dawson.'

p.

U. S. Bureau of insular affairs. Compilation of the acts of Congress and treaties relating to Alaska from March 30, 1867, to March 3, 1905, with indices and references to decisions of the Supreme court and opinions of the attorney general. Prepared under the direction of Paul Charlton, law officer of the Bureau of insular affairs, War department, by Fred. F. Barker. January 10, 1900. Washington, Gov. print. off. 496 P. (59th Cong., Ist sess. Senate. Doc. 142.) [912

Reynolds, John Hugh. Presidential reconstruction in Arkansas. ARK. HIST. ASSOC. PUB., I, 352-361. [917

California.

Buchanan, Agnes Foster. Some early business buildings of San Francisco. ARCH. REC., XX (July) 15-32. [918 Burdette, Robert Jones, ed. Greater Los Angeles and southern California, their portraits and chronological record of their careers. Chicago, Los Angeles, etc., Lewis. ii, 240 p. ports., plates.

[919 Chanel, C. Les origines de San Francisco et la découverte de l'or. REV. FRANC., XXXI (July) 375-384. [920 Crafts, Mrs. E. P. (Russell) Robbins. Pioneer days in the San Bernardino Valley, by Mrs. E. P. R. Crafts, assisted by Fannie P. McGehee. Redlands, Cal. 214 p. plates, ports. [921 Dent, Newton. The golden story of California. MUNSEY'S, XXXVI (Nov.) 135162. [922 Esperanza. California and its first discoverer. [Hernando Cortés.] AM. CATH. HIST. RESEARCH, n. s., II (Apr.) 143-149. [923

Guinn, James Miller. El camino real. Los Angeles. 14, (1) p. [924

"Read before the Historical society of southern California, April 16, 1906."

An investigation into the history of early roads in California.

Handy, W. J. Thomas O. Larkin's account of his adventures while a prisoner and his final release. [1846.] OUT WEST, XXIV (Mar.) 234-237. [925 From the Californian of Feb. 27, 1847. James, George Wharton. The Wonders of the Colorado Desert (southern California) its rivers and its mountains, its canyons and its springs, its life and its history, pictured and described; including an account of a recent journey made down the overflow of the Colorado River to the mysterious Salton Sea. Boston, Little. 2 V. illus., plates, map, double tab. Paged continuously; v. 1: xliv, 270 p.; v. 2: xiv, 271-547 p. [926

Maximo, Stella. The graveyard of Dolores Mission. The oldest graveyard in San Francisco. OVERLAND, XLVII (Mar.) 240-247. [927

San Francisco Disaster.

Aitken, Frank William, and Edward Hilton. A history of the earthquake and fire in San Francisco. An account of the disaster of April 18, 1906, and its immediate

results. San Francisco, The Edward Hilton co. (9), 285 p. illus., maps, plans. [928 Banks, Charles Eugene. The history of the San Francisco disaster and Mount Vesuvius horror, by Charles Eugene Banks and Opie Read. Chicago? 7-464 P. plates, maps. 1929

Beringer, P. N. Destruction of San Francisco. OVERLAND, n. s. XLVII (May) 392-406.

[930 Bicknell, E. P. In the thick of relief work at San Francisco. CHAR., XVI (June) 295-299.

Brandt, Lilian.

[931 Rehabilitation work in San Francisco. CHAR., XVII (Oct. 6) 25-46. [932

De Forest, R. W. Lessons of the San Francisco disaster. CHAR., XVI (May 5) 155-156.

[933

map.

Gilbert, G. K. Investigation of the San Francisco earthquake. Pop. SCI. MO., LXIX (Aug.) 97-115. [937 Greely, Adolphus Washington. Earthquake in California, April 18, 1906. Special report on the relief operations conducted by the military authorities of the United States at San Francisco and other points, with accompanying documents. Washington, Gov. print. off. 167 p. plates, [938 Haan, William G. Work of the regular army in the upheaval at San Francisco. ARMY AND NAVY LIFE, IX (Aug.) 19-29. [939 Hill, A. A. Reconstruction. [San Francisco.] CHAR., XVI (May 5) 165-168. [940 Himmelwright, Abraham Lincoln Artman. The San Francisco earthquake and fire; a brief history of the disaster; a presentation of facts and resulting phenomena, with special reference to the efficiency of building materials, lessons of the disaster. N. Y., Roebling construction co. 7-270 p. illus. [941

Holden, J. A. Destruction of San Francisco. CANAD. MAG., XXVII (June) 136140. [942

Inkersley, A. Effects of the earthquake and fire. SCI. AM., XCIV (May 19) 418-420. [943 Inkersley, A. What San Francisco has to start with. OVERLAND, n. S. XCVII (June) 466-497. [944 Irwin, William Henry. The city that was. A requiem of old San Francisco. N. Y., B. W. Huebsch. 47 p.

[945 "This is a recast of a newspaper article published in the Sun, April 21, 1906.'

Keeler, Charles Augustus. San Francisco through earthquake and fire. San Francisco, Elder and co. 60 p. plates. [946 Lafler, Henry Anderson. How the army worked to save San Francisco. Francisco, Calkins newspaper syndicate, Dept. M. 20 p. [947

San

Lafler, Henry Anderson. My sixty sleepless hours. A story of the San Francisco earthquake. MCCLURE'S, XXVII (July) 275-281. [948 Linthicum, Richard. San Francisco earthquake horror. Together with twelve descriptive chapters giving a graphic and detailed account of the most interesting and historic disasters of the past from ancient times to the present day, by Trumbull White. Chicago? 408 p. map, plates, ports. [949

Moffett, Samuel E. San Francisco disaster -a chronicle. REV. OF REV., XXXIII (June) 710-712. [950 Morris, Charles, ed. The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire, told by eye witnesses, including graphic and reliable accounts of all great earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in the world's history, and scientific explanations of their causes. Phila., Chicago [etc.], Winston. xvi, 17-446 p. illus., plates, ports. [951 National fire proofing company, Pittsburg. Trial by fire at San Francisco; the evidence of the camera. Pub. by National fire proofing company. [N. Ý.?] (61) p. illus. 26 x 33cm. [952

A collection of plates, with brief descriptive text, showing the condition of fireproof buildings after the great fire. [Neil, Henry.] Complete story of the San Francisco earthquake; the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and other volcanic outbursts and earthquakes, including all the great disasters of history, by Marshall Everett [pseud.]. Chicago, The Bible house. 304, [32] p. illus., plates. [953 At head of title: Authentic. Memorial edition. Official.

Park, Andrew G. The city beautiful; San Francisco past, present and future. Illustrated with photographs which were taken before, during, and after the earth

Beecher, Edward C. Reminiscences of three quarters of a century in New Haven. CONN. MAG., X (Oct.-Dec.) 679-691.

Soper, G. A. Sanitary situation. Francisco.] CHAR., XVI (June 2) 305308.

Stetson, James B. San Francisco during the eventful days of April, 1906. Personal recollections. San Francisco, Murdock press. 23 p. [962 Strother, French. Rebound of San Francisco. WORLD'S WORK, XII (July) 77797788. [963 Telegraphy and wireless telegraphy during the San Francisco disaster. SCI. AM., XCV (July 28) 67. [964 Thompson, W. H. Watching a city perish. WORLD TO-DAY, X (June) 592-596. [965 San Francisco disaster.

Tyler, Sydney. San Francisco's great disaster; a full account of the recent terrible destruction of life and property by earthquake, fire and volcano in California and at Vesuvius. Phila., Ziegler. 424 p. illus., plates. [966 Wall, L. H. Heroic San Francisco. CEN

TURY, LXXII (Aug.) 579–593. [967 Wildman, L. D. The reconstruction of communications at San Francisco. ARMY AND NAVY LIFE, IX (July) 1-11. [968 Wilson, James Russel. San Francisco's horror of earthquake and fire, to which is added graphic accounts of the eruptions of Vesuvius and many other volcanoes, explaining the causes of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, comp. from stories told by eye witnesses of these frightful scenes. Phila., Nat. pub. co. v-xiii, 33-416 p. illus., plates, ports.

[969

Work of rehabilitation in San Francisco. CHAR., XVI (June 15, Aug. 4) 369-374, 467-468. [970

[976

Two country parsons, Joseph Bellamy and Azel Backus, 47-56 p.; A hill-town meeting house (Rev. David Parmele) 131-141 p. Edwards, Elisha Jay. Greenwich-A community of beautiful estates. Its transition from the conquering of the forests in 1640 to a township of palatial American homes. The historic conflict between the Connecticut colony and New Amsterdam for this rich haven on the sound. CONN. MAG., X (July-Sept.) 511-532.

[977

Eno, Joel N. The conquest for land-Connecticut's changes and exchanges of territory. CONN. MAG., X (July-Sept.) 475-482. [978

Gay, Julius. Farmington two hundred years ago. A paper read at a meeting of the Colonial Dames of Connecticut, May 29, 1906. Hartford press, Case, Lockwood and Brainard co. 14 p. [979 Gillespie, Charles Bancroft. An historic record and pictorial description of the town of Meriden, Connecticut and men who have made it. From earliest settlement to close of its first century of incorporation. A century of Meriden "The silver city." Issued as the official souvenir history by authority of the general committee at the centennial celebration. June 10 to 16, 1906. Comp. by C. Bancroft Gillespie. Early history by George Munson Curtis. Meriden, Conn., Journal pub. co. 434, 608, 184 p. illus., fold. pl., ports., fold. maps.

[980

Hale, Edward Everett. Edward Everett Hale's memoirs of Connecticut. CONN. MAG., X (July-Sept.) 413-421. [981 Harrison, Lynde. The charter and constitution of Connecticut. AM. HIST. MAG., [982 I (Jan.) 83-93. Hawes, Austin F. The forests of Connecticut. The past and future of Connecticut woodlands told. CONN. MAG., X (Apr.-June) 261-270.

[983 Holman, Mabel Cassine. The romance of a Saybrook mansion. Historic homestead where the seven accomplished daughters of Captain Elisha Hart set the fashion for society a century ago is now known as the haunted house-Its brilliant social functions described. CONN. MAG., X (Jan.-Mar.) 46–51. [984 Mead, Nelson Prentiss. Connecticut as a corporate colony. Lancaster, Pa., New era print. x, 119 p. [985 Meriden, Conn. Centennial of Meriden, June 10-16, 1906; report of the proceedings, with a full description of the many events of its successful celebration. Old home week. Meriden, Conn., the "Silver city." Pub. under the auspices of the general centennial committee. Meriden, Journal pub. co. 400 p. illus.

[986

Compiled by Francis Atwater. Morgan, Forrest. Witchcraft in Connecticut. AM. HIST. MAG., I (May) 216-238.

[987 Murphy, William Gordon, jr. Connecticut's contribution to the cause of American liberty. CONN. Mag., X (July-Sept.) 495– 509. [988 Peck, Epaphroditus. Burlington, Connecticut; historical address delivered at the centennial celebration on June 16, 1906. Bristol, Conn., Bristol press pub. co. 36, (2) p. illus.

[989

Talcott, Norman. The tavern and the old post road. CONN. MAG., X (Oct.) 647654. [990

Story of the historic Putnam cottage at Greenwich.

Todd, Charles Burr. The history of Redding, Connecticut, from its first settlement to the present time, with notes on the Adams, Banks, Barlow and Strong families. [2d ed.] N. Y., Grafton press. v, (2), 303 p. plates, ports. [991 Todd, Charles Burr. In olde Connecticut; being a record of quaint, curious and romantic happenings there in colonie times and later. N. Y., Grafton press. x, 244 p. (The Grafton historical series; ed. by H. R. Stiles.) [992

Rev. in: Nation, LXXXIII (Oct. 18) 331

332.

Tyler, Sarah Lester. Norwich: early homes and history. A paper delivered at the meeting of Faith Trumbull chapter, D. A. R., held December 7, 1905. Norwich, Conn., Faith Trumbull chapter, D. A. R. 19, (1) p. [993

District of Columbia.

Barber, Edward W. Men and events in Washington during and after the Civil war. MICH. HIST. SOC. COLL., XXX, 212243. [994 Briggs, Emily Edson. The Olivia letters [1866-1882]; being some history of Washington city for forty years as told by the letters of a newspaper correspondent. N. Y. and Washington, Neale. 445 P. port.

[995

Smith, Mrs. Margaret Bayard. Washington in Jackson's time. With glimpses of Henry Clay. From the diaries and family letters of Mrs. Samuel Harrison Smith (Margaret Bayard). Edited by Gaillard Hunt from the collection of her SCRIBNER'S, grandson, J. Henley Smith. XXXIX (Nov.) 608-626. [1000 Smith, Mrs. Margaret Bayard. Washington in Jefferson's time. From diaries and family letters of Mrs. Samuel Harrison Smith (Margaret Bayard). Edited by Gaillard Hunt from the collection of her grandson, J. Henley Smith. SCRIBNER'S, XXXIX (Sept.) 292-310.

[1001

Bess, Frederick Bodo. Eine populäre Geschichte der Stadt Peoria. Peoria, Ill., viii, 583, xxxvi p. illus., ports., maps. [1006 Birckbeck, Morris. An appeal to the people of Illinois on the question of a Convention. [1823.] ILL. STATE HIST. LIB., X, 147-163. [1007

Brown, Stuart. Old Kaskaskia days and ways. ILL. STATE HIST. LIB. PUB., X, 128– [1008 144. [Eggen, Jacob.] Geschichte des Townships Saline [Illinois]. DEUTSCH-AM. GESCHICHTSBLÄTTER, VI (Apr.) 49–56. [1009 Erste deutsche Ansiedler von Carroll County, Ill. DEUTSCH-AM. GESCHICHTSBLÄTTER, VI (July) 22-26. [1010 Gramann, Heinrich. Geschichtliches aus Clinton County, Illinois. Nach mündlichen Berichten alter Ansiedler niedergeschrieben. DEUTSCH-AM. GESCHICHTSBLÄTTER, VI (Oct.) I-II. [1011 Illinois (Ter.). Laws, statutes, etc. Laws of the territory of Illinois 1809-1811, ed. by Clarence Walworth Alvord. Being a revised and enlarged edition of Pub. no. 2 of the Illinois state hist. library. Information relating to the territorial laws of Illinois, passed from 1809 to 1812. Prepared by Edmund J. James. Springfield, Ill. state jour. co. xiv, 34 p. (Ill. state hist. lib. Bull. 1, no. II.) [1012 Kofoid, Carrie Prudence. Puritan influences in the formative years of Illinois history. Springfield, Ill. state jour. co. 79 p. [1013 Also in Ill. state hist. lib. pub., X, 261-338.

Banta, D. D. The early schools of Indiana. From the papers of D. D. Banta. INDIANA QUAR. MAG. HIST., II (Mar.-Dec.) 41-48, 81-88, 131-138, 191-194. [1020 Fletcher, J. C. Early Indianapolis. The Fletcher papers. INDIANA QUAR. MAG. HIST., II (Mar.-Dec.) 29-36, 73-80, 187190. [1021 McBride, Robert W. [Indiana] local history contributions. INDIANA QUAR. MAG. HIST., II (Mar.) 53-55. [1022

A notice of newspaper articles containing valuable history material published in the local papers at various times: The true site of Fort Knox, by Hubbard M. Smith; The George Lay Raid, by John T. Campbell; The unnamed antislavery heroes of Old Newport, by O. N. Huff; The New Harmony papers [documentary material from the collection in the New Harmony library]; The genesis of Methodism in Richmond, by O. S. Harrison.

Myers, F. A. Post Vincennes—A summary of the evidence relating to its establishlishment. 1906? [1023

"A pamphlet recently issued by F. A. Myers of Evansville," Ind. Cf. Indiana mag. hist., II (Mar. 1906) 53.

Iowa.

Abernethy, Alonzo. Iowa under territorial governments and the removal of the Indians. ANN. Iowa, 3d ser. VII (July) 431-445. [1024

The acquisition of Iowa lands from the Indians. ANN. Iowa, 3d ser. VII (Jan.) 283-290. [1025

An article which appears in the Iowa Census for 1905.