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the relations of the Spanish and the coast tribes, and with the inner history of the mission. "The Seat of Government of Texas", by Ernest W. Winkler, in the same issue, deals with the temporary locations of the Texan capitals, from 1824 to 1837.

The "Old Northwest" Genealogical Quarterly for January continues the autobiography of Governor Allen Trimble, and prints a number of selections from his papers.

The Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly for January is devoted to an account by Lucy E. Keeler of "The Croghan Celebration". The occasion was the celebration by the town of Fremont of the anniversary of the victory on August 2, 1813, of Major William Croghan over General Proctor and Tecumseh.

The issue of the University Studies for November-December, published by the University of Cincinnati, is devoted to "The Growth of Ohio", by Frank P. Goodwin. This is intended to serve as a manual of state and local history for the schools of southwestern Ohio, and consists for the most part of excerpts from sources, so arranged as to illustrate the topics included in a well-planned syllabus. Especial emphasis has been placed on the history of Cincinnati and the Miami country.

In the Indiana Quarterly Magazine of History for December is much material relating to the battle of Tippecanoe. An account by Judge Isaac Naylor, recently discovered among his papers, describes the writer's experiences in the battle, and is said to contain some new material respecting the conflict. John Tipton's journal of the Tippecanoe campaign, reprinted from the Indianapolis Neivs of May 5, 1879, contains a circumstantial account of much interest; the entries extend from September 12 to November 24, 1811. There is also printed the campaign song of 1840, "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too", together with the music as remembered by a contemporary.

Under the title of Wisconsin in the Civil War, the "commission for the purpose of devising a plan to provide for the preparation of the history of the Wisconsin soldiers in the Civil War" presents its report (Madison, 1907, pp. 9). The commission indicates four lines of work which should promote the attainment of the object in view: the reprinting of rare published materials and the publication of contemporary manuscripts; the stimulation of research among younger students; the "calling out of meritorious personal recollections, or company and regimental histories, by survivors of the war"; and provision for scholarly monographs and papers based on the material secured in the ways indicated above. In connection with the first suggestion the commission prints a list of Wisconsin regimental histories, indicating those that are most rare.

Of chief moment in the January Annals of Iowa is Professor Benjamin F. Shambaugh's "Report on the Public Archives", also issued