OUR EARLY TROUBLES WITH THE FRENCH,

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON: THE STORY OF ITS

PIONEER DAYS, II.

THREE MEN OF HELENA,

Mr. Sessions' Summer in Europe and Africa.

JAMES S. WINTERMUTE, M. D.,

VERSIONS OF THE BIBLE, XXII.,

Hiram Knowles-Henry M. Parchen-Anton M. Holter.

THE PEACE OF THE HEMISPHERE,

Col. Henry Dudley Teetor

President Harrison's Reason for Increasing the Navy-The "Old Ironsides."

FRANCE AND ENGLAND,

Hon. F. C. Sessions

OLIVER B. MULLIN,

T. J. Chapman, M. A.

Historical Account of the More Important Versions and Editions.

OLD VIRGINIA, IX.,

SUCCESSFUL YOUNG MEN IN THE WEST,

O. E. Miller.

REMINISCENCES OF THE THIRTY-SIXTH AND THIRTY-

SEVENTH CONGRESSES, XXIV.,

On the Threshold of its Second Decade.

W. H. Maguire
Gen. Charles W. Darling

Col. W. F. Prosser
C. P. Connolly

AN AFTER-DINNER SPEECH BY PRESIDENT HARRISON,

His Views of Denver as a City of Homes.

THE BENCH AND BAR OF CHICAGO, X.,

George W. Kretzinger.

PROMINENT CITIZENS OF NEW YORK

George Bechtel.

THE MOTHERS of '76,

CHICAGO PRIOR TO 1840, XI.,

Hon. Elliott Anthony

Colonel Henry Dudley Teetor

Hon. John Hutchins

Howard Louis Conard

H. D. T.

Geo. Williams Travers

Rev. Howard Duffield, D. D.

WILLIAM H. STOW,

CAPTAIN SAMUEL BRADY AN HISTORICAL FIGURE OF THE

H. L. Conard

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EARLY WEST,
EDITORIAL NOTES,

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West Virginia Historical Association--Maryland Historical Association-Benson J.
Lossing--Chicago Historical Society-Jonathan Trumbull's War Office-The Hermitage-
The Missouri Historical Society—The Oneida Historical Society.

MARY BALL: THE MOTHER OF WASHINGTON, Col. Henry Dudley Teetor,

Ancestry-Early Years-Some old letters.

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON: THE STORY OF ITS

PIONEER DAYS, III.

Col. W. F. Prosser

Gen. Charles W. Darling

VERSIONS OF THE BIBLE, XXIII.,

An Historical Account of the More Important Versions and Editions.

Hon. F. C. Sessions

ISLE OF WIGHT, AND HOME,

Conclusion of Mr. Sessions' Summer in Europe and Africa.

AMONG THE BOOKS,

The Story of the Empire State-The Spanish Conspiracy.

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EDITORIAL NOTES,

The Sale of Valley Forge-The Battle of Bull's Run-The Bucks County Historical

Society-An Anecdote of Van Buren-General Darling on Seymour-The Scharf Col-

lection--Plants of the Ice Period-The New Departure of Kansas University.

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