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Spanish-American War.

Kunz, Hermann. La guerra hispano-americana. Traducción españole del aleman por Manuel Martinez. Barcelona, Impr. vda. D. Casanovas. 109 p.

map. [923

At head of title: Ejercicios tácticos de las guerras de los tiempos modernos.
Translation of "Der spanisch-amerikanische Krieg, 1898," issued as v. II, pt. 2, of "Taktische
Beispiele aus den Kriegen der neuesten Zeit, 1880–1900.”

Montojo, Patricio. The defeated admiral on the battle of Manila Bay. REV. OF REV., XL (July) 105-106.

[924

Condensed from his article in España moderna for May.

Montojo, Patricio. El desastre de Cavite; sus causas y sus efectos. ESPAÑA MOD., CCXLIII (Mar.) 6–19; CCXLIV (Apr.) 5–14; CCXLV (May) 5–17.

[925

The rise of the United States navy: The war with Spain in 1898. UNIT. SER. MAG., LXXX (Apr.-July) 8-19, 135–144, 234-243, 350-359; LXXXI (Aug.-Oct.) 19–31, 126-137, 253-265.

[926 Thweatt, Hiram H., comp. What the newspapers say of the negro soldier in the Spanish-American war and the return of the 10th cavalry. 2d ed. [Thomasville, Ga., 1908?] cover-title, 25 p. illus., port.

[927

Wester, Arvid M. T. E. El combate de San Juan. Capítulo XVIII de la obra "La campaña de Santiago de 1898." Traducida al castellano por J. P. F. Lundblad. Corregida y arreglada por Domingo Arráiz de Conderena. Madrid, Impr. de la "Revista técnica" de infant. y cab. 38 p. map. (Publicaciones de la "Revista técnica de infantería y caballería") [928

Miscellaneous.

Blanchard, R. Sur quelques géants américains. JOUR. SOC. AMÉR. DE PARIS, n. s. VI, 63-74. [928a

Brief notes on seventeen giants of America.

Canby, George. The evolution of the American flag, from materials collected by the late George Canby, by Lloyd Balderston. Phila., Ferris. 144 p. illus., plates, ports., facsims. [929

Rev. in: Am. hist. rev., XV (Apr. 1910) 661-662.

Croly, Herbert. The promise of American life. N. Y., Macmillan. viii, [2], 468 p. [930 A study of American political and social life, including "a brief review of our political and social history, undertaken for the purpose of tracing the traditional ideas of their origin and testing them by their performances."

[931

Rev. in: Am. pol. sci. rev., IV (Nov. 1910) 614-616; Nation, XC (Mar. 3, 1910) 209–211.

Emigration. ILL. HIST. SOC. TRANS., IX, 311-316.

Taken from the Illinois monthly magazine, Vol. I, edited by James Hall, Vandalia, 1831, pages 417-423. Hunt, Gaillard. The history of the seal of the United States. Washington, D. C., Department of state. 72 p. plates (partly col.) [932

First ed.pub. 1892, with title "The seal of the United States," 32 p. Juettner, Otto. 1785-1909. Daniel Drake and his followers; historical and biographical sketches. Cincinnati, Harvey pub. co. 496 p. port., illus. [933

Contains besides several chapters on the life and work of Daniel Drake, a noted pioneer physician of the West, chapters on-Early medical annals of Cincinnati; Medical Cincinnati after 1800; The Medical college of Ohio; The Medical department of the Cincinnati college; The Cincinnati college of medicine and surgery; The Miami medical college; The Cincinnati Eclectic medical institute; The Pulte medical college; The "Resurrectionists"; Hospitals [of Cincinnati); Medical organizations; and Medical authors and journalists. Interspersed throughout the volume are short biographical records of those who continued the work of Drake.

Miner, William Harvey. Some notes on the beginnings of American science. MAG. OF HIST., X (Nov.) 282–286. [934 Parry, Oliver Randolph. Betsy Ross and the United States flag. Philadelphia woman maker of the first standard. A paper read before the Bucks county historical society, at Doylestown, Pa., January 19, 1909. [Phila.?] [2], 34 p. [935 Peck, Harry Thurston. Famous American shrines. MUNSEY's, XLI (Apr.) 3–17. [936 Schauffler, Robert Haven, ed. Arbor day, its history, observance, spirit and significance; with practical selections on tree-planting and conservation, and a nature anthology. Ñ. Y., Moffat. xxix, 360 p.` (Our American holidays) [937 Wier, Jeanne Elizabeth. The origin of the name and true story of the flag "Old Glory." NEVADA HIST. SOC. REP., I, 93-101. [938

REGIONAL (LOCAL) HISTORY.

General.

Carrington, Henry B. "The great American desert" and its development. HYDE PARK HIST. REC., VII, 24-35.

[939

Channing, Edward, and Marion Florence Lansing. The story of the Great Lakes. N. Y., Macmillan. ix, 398 p. plates, ports., maps.

[940

Rev. in: Am. hist. rev., XV (Oct.) 189-190; Dial, XLVII (July 16) 45-46; Hist. pub. Canad., XIV (1910) 25-27; Nation, LXXXIX (July 8) 36-37.

Clark, Dan Elbert. Adventures of the first white settlers in the Mississippi Valley. JOUR. AM. HIST., III, no. IV, 505–510.

[941

The story of Julien Dubuque, pioneer miner and trader of the middle West. Clarke, Helen Archibald. Longfellow's country. N. Y., Baker and Taylor co. [12], 252 p. port., plates.

[942

CONTENTS.-Along the coast of New England; Under the shadow of Blomidon; Idyls from history; The New England tragedies; The lore of Hiawatha; In Cambridge.

[943

Crockett, Walter Hill. A history of Lake Champlain; the record of three centuries,
1609-1909. Burlington, Vt., É. J. Shanley and co. 335 p. illus., plates.
Rev. in: Hist. pub. Canad., XIV (1910) 24–25.
Denny, Emily Inez. Blazing the way; or, True stories, songs and sketches of Puget
Sound and other pioneers. Seattle, Rainier print. co. 503 p. plates, ports. [944
Douglas-Lithgow, Robert Alexander. Dictionary of American-Indian place and
proper names in New England; with many interpretations, etc. Salem, Mass.,
Salem press. xxi, [1], 400 p. port.

[945

Favreau, J. Arthur. La grande semaine; fêtes du troisième centenaire de la découverte du lac Champlain, récit complet, avec poèmes inédits, gravures, discours en français et tous les détails d'un intérêt particulier pour le public de langue française. Worcester, Mass., Compagnie de publication Belisle. 194, [2] p. illus., maps. [946 Hanson, Joseph Mills. The conquest of the Missouri; being the story of the life and exploits of Captain Grant Marsh. Chicago, McClurg. xiv, 458 p. plates, ports., fold. map, facsim.

[947 "Captain Marsh was an actor in events of great historic moment, covering almost the entire period of the conquest of the upper Missouri river valley, the subjugation of the Sioux Indians and the opening to civilization of the vast territory which they had occupied."

History of the Red River Valley, past and present; including an account of the counties, cities, towns and villages of the valley from the time of their first settlement and formation, by various writers. Grand Forks, Herald print. co.; Chicago, Cooper and co. 2 v. plates, ports. [948

"The Grand Forks herald and the Cooper publishing company have collaborated in producing this history."

Holland, W. J. Historic beginnings of the Ohio valley. O. ARCHEOL. AND HIST. PUB., XVIII (Oct.) 406-415; and OHIO VALLEY HIST. ASSOC. REP., II, 41-51. [949 Kirbye, J. Edward. Puritanism in the South. Boston, N. Y. [etc.] Pilgrim press. [10], 144 p. [950

Rev. in: Am. hist. rev., XV (Oct.) 186-187.

Mathews, Lois Kimball. The expansion of New England, the spread of New England settlement and institutions to the Mississippi River, 1620-1865. Boston and N. Y., Houghton. xiv, 303 p. maps.

[951

Rev. in: Am. hist. rev., XV (Apr. 1910) 618-619; Dial, XLVIII (Apr. 16, 1910) 272-275; Jour. pol. econ., XVIII (Apr. 1910) 321–322; Nation, XC (Apr. 21, 1910) 405–406.

Dates and

New York (State) Education dept. Lake Champlain tercentenary places of formal exercises; July 5, Crown Point; July 6, Fort Ticonderoga; July 7, Plattsburg; July 8, Burlington; July 9, Isle La Motte. Albany, New York state education dept. 32 p. illus., fold. map.

Lake Champlain: a select reading list: p. 9.

[952

Contains articles on Champlain and the lake, by Charles Elliott Fitch; and on the geology of the Cham. plain valley, by John M. Clarke; and a Chronology.

Pioneer days in the Southwest from 1850 to 1879; thrilling descriptions of buffalo hunting, Indian fighting and massacres, cowboy life and home building, contributions by Charles Goodnight, Emanuel Dubbs, John A. Hart and others. Guthrie, Okla., State capital co. 320 p. plates, ports. [953 Reed, Charles Bert. The masters of the wilderness: a study of the Hudson's Bay company from its origin to modern times; a paper read before the Chicago historical society, March 16, 1909. [Chicago] The Society. [2], 137-173 p. fold. map, plate. [Chicago hist. soc. proc., IV, pt. 3]

[954 Roe, Frances Marie Antoinette. Army letters from an officer's wife, 1871-1888. N. Y. and London, Appleton. x, 387 p. illus., plates, port. [955

These letters were written from various military posts in the far West, and while personal in character, give a picture of army life in the West, during that period.

Royce, Caroline Halstead. The first century of Lake Champlain. N. Y., Miller press. [26] p. front. [956

Imprint in manuscript.

Sketches of the inter-mountain states; together with biographies of many prominent and progressive citizens who have helped in the development and history-making of this marvelous region. 1847. 1909. Utah, Idaho, Nevada. Salt Lake City, The Salt Lake tribune. 376 p. illus., ports. [957 The South in the building of the nation; a history of the southern states designed to record the South's part in the making of the American nation; to portray the character and genius, to chronicle the achievements and progress and to illustrate the life and traditions of the southern people. v. I-XII. Richmond, Va., Southern historical publication society, 1909-1910. 12 v. plates, ports., map, facsim. [958 v. I-IV, VII-XII: 1909. v. V-VI: 1910.

CONTENTS.-V. I: Virginia; Maryland; Kentucky; West Virginia; North Carolina. v. II: South Carolina; Georgia; Alabama; Mississippi; Tennessee. v. III: Florida; Louisiana; Missouri; Arkansas; Texas. v. IV: Political history of the South. v. V-VI: Southern economic history. v. VII: History of the literary and intellectual life of the South. v. VIII: History of Southern fiction. v. IX: History of Southern oratory. v. X: History of the social life of the South. v. XI: Biography [A to Johnson, Joseph] v. XII: Biography [Johnson, Reverdy to Z]

Tuttle, Maria Jeannette Brookings, "Mrs. G. F. Tuttle," comp. and ed. Three centuries in Champlain valley; a collection of historical facts and incidents. Tercentenary ed. Plattsburgh, N. Y., Saranac chapter, D. A. R. 485 p. illus., plates, ports. [959

Arranged in form of a calendar. Roll of honor of Saranac chapter, Daughters of the American revolution, p. 439-448; Index of persons and organizations, p. 449-473; Index of places and events, p. 475–485. U. S. Congress. House. Committee on foreign affairs. Tercentenary celebration of discovery of Lake Champlain... Report. (To accompany H. J. res. 257.) [Washington, Gov. print. off.] 9p. (60th Cong., 2d sess. House. Rept. 2169) [960 Walbran, John T. British Columbia coast names, 1592-1906, to which are added a few names in adjacent United States territory, their origin and history. Ottawa, Gov. print. bureau. 546 p. illus., maps. [961

Published for the Geographic board of Canada.
Rev. in: Hist. pub. Canad., XIV (1910) 115-118.

Work, John. Journal of John Work, April 30th to May 31st, 1830. Edited by T. C. Elliott. ORE. HIST. SOC. QUAR., X (Sept.) 296-313. [962 The author was in the employ of the Hudson's Bay company, along the Columbia river and its tributaries.

Alaska.

Arctander, John W. The apostle of Alaska; the story of William Duncan, of Metlakahtla. N. Y., Chicago [etc.] Revell. 395 p. plates, ports., map.

Rev. in: Hist. pub. Canad., XIV (1910) 187–188.

[963

Brain, Belle M. William Duncan, founder of Metlakahtla. MISSION. REV., XXXII (Oct.) 763-773,

[964

Clark, Walter E. Ten years of progress in Alaska [1898-1908]. WORLD'S WORK, XVIII (Aug.) 11941-11944.

[965

Erdmann, Hugo. Alaska: ein Beitrag zur Geschichte nordischer Kolonisation; Bericht, dem Herrn Minister der geistlichen, Unterrichts- und Medizinal-Angelegenheiten erstattet. Berlin, D. Reimer (Ernst Vohsen). xv, 223 p. illus., plates, ports., maps.

[966

Greely, A. W. The economic evolution of Alaska. NAT. GEOG. MAG., XX (July) 585-593. [967

Rickard, Thomas Arthur. Through the Yukon and Alaska. San Francisco, Mining and scientific press. xiii, [1], 392 p. illus., maps. Chiefly descriptive.

[968

Rev. in: Hist. pub. Canad., XIV (1910) 140–141.

Riggs, Thomas, jr. Marking the Alaskan boundary. NAT. GEOG. MAG., XX (July)

593-607.

[969

Arizona.

Jackson, Orick. The white conquest of Arizona; history of the pioneers. Los Angeles, Cal., West coast magazine, Grafton co. (inc.) [1908] 52 p. plates, ports. [970

Arkansas.

Mathews, John L. Tontitown [Ark.] a story of the conservation of men.
BODY'S, XX (Jan.) 3–13.

California.

EVERY[971

Adams, Ephraim D. English interest in the annexation of California. AM. HIST. REV., XIV (July) 744–763.

Beringer, Pierre N. Humboldt county, California. 74-82.

[972 OVERLAND, 2d ser., LIII (Jan.)

[973 [Carnahan, Mrs. Melissa Stewart McKee] Personal experience of the San Francisco earthquake of April, 1906. [Pittsburgh, Pa., Pittsburgh print co.] 62 p. illus. [974 Cowan, Robert E. The beginning of San Francisco. OUT WEST, XXXI (July) 628-635. 1975

Eldredge, Zoeth S. The march of Portolá and the discovery of the Bay of San Francisco, by Zoeth S. Eldredge. The log of the San Carlos and original documents tr. and annotated, by E. J. Molera. San Francisco, California promotion committee, 71, [1] p. plates, map, facsim. [976

The "San Carlos" expedition was under command of Lieut. Ayala.

Henshall, John A. A bandit of the golden age. OVERLAND, 2d ser., LIII (Apr.) 313-319.

[977

The exploits of Joaquin Murieta about 1850 in California. Henshall, John A. Black Bart. OVERLAND, 2d ser., LIII (June) 475-481. (Tales of the early California bandits)

[978

Charles E. Boles, known as "Black Bart."

Henshall, John A. Vasquez and Soto. OVERLAND, 2d ser., LIII (May) 403–410. (Tales of the early California bandits) Tiburcio Vasquez and Juan Soto.

[979

Ingersoll, Luther A. Ingersoll's century history, Santa Monica Bay cities. . . prefaced with a brief history of the state of California, a condensed history of Los Angeles county, 1542-1908; supplemented with an encyclopedia of local biography. Los Angeles, L. A. Ingersoll, 1908. 8 p. 1., [3]-512 p. illus., ports. (Ingersoll's century series of California local history annals. [v. II]) [980 Lummis, Charles F. The making of Los Angeles. OUT WEST, XXX (Apr.) 227257. [981

Lummis, Charles F. Mr. Eayrs of Boston, an unknown chapter of California history. OUT WEST, XXX (Feb.) 159–166.

[982

Martin, A. H. When Europe's kings wooed California. AMERICANA, IV (Sept.) 605-610. [983 Regarding the ambitions of England and France to get possession of California, prior to 1846. Mendenhall, W. C. The Colorado desert. NAT. GEOG. MAG., XX (Aug.) 681-701. [984 Gives a brief history of this region which is situated in the southeastern part of California, not in Colorado.

Early days in Los Angeles, Cal.

Moody, Charles Amadon. Chips from the workshop of history. OUT WEST, XXX (Apr.) 289-310. [985 [Pettis, George Henry] The California column. Its campaigns and services in New Mexico, Arizona and Texas, during the Civil war, with sketches of Brigadier General James H. Carleton, it's commander, and other officers and soldiers. Santa Fe, New Mexican print. co., 1908. 45 p. illus., ports. (New Mexico hist. soc. [pub.] no. 11) [986

Caption title: The California column. Personal reminiscences of its march from California to the Rio Grande and its services in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, during the civil war by Brevet Captain Geo. H. Pettis, 1st lieutenant 1st California volunteer infantry, who served from-1861, to February 15, 1865.

Plehn, Carl Copping. The San Francisco clearing house certificates of 1907-1908. Berkeley, University of California. 14 p. facsim. (Acad. of Pacific coast hist. pub., v. I, no. 1) [987

Portola, Gaspar de. Diary of Gaspar de Portolá during the California expedition of 1769-1770, ed. by Donald Eugene Smith and Frederick J. Teggart. Berkeley, University of California. [2], 33-89 p. facsim. (Acad. of Pacific coast hist. pub., . I, no. 3)

V.

[988 Rixford, Halsey L. The Portola discovery, based on the original studies of Prof. George Davidson. OVERLAND, LIV (Oct.) 333-338. [989

Gaspar de Portola, first governor of California, commanded the expedition sent in 1769 to found havens of refuge for the followers of the Spanish church. The party had their first view of the Bay of San Francisco on Nov. 1, 1769.

Rodman, Willoughby. Echoes from the old courts. 288.

OUT WEST, XXX (Apr.) 278

[990

Extracts from the records of Los Angeles county, Cal., 1834-1849. Rodman, Willoughby. History of the bench and bar of southern California. Introduction by W. J. Hunsaker. Los Angeles, W. J. Porter. 267 p. illus., ports. [991 Royce, Josiah. Provincialism, based upon a study of early conditions in California. PUTNAM'S, VII (Nov.) 232–240.

[992 Sanders, Helen Fitzgerald. The forgotten story of Dominguez. OVERLAND, LIV (Oct.) 552-559. [993

Dominguez was the point near Los Angeles where the Spaniards opposed a body of American troops in 1846.

Saving a landmark [La Purisima mission, Cal.] OUT WEST, XXXI (Aug.) 721-728. [994 Steele, Rufus. The city that is; the story of the rebuilding of San Francisco in three years. San Francisco, A. M. Robertson. 101 p. illus., plates. [995 Sugranes, Eugene. The old San Gabriel mission; historical notes taken from old manuscripts and records. San Gabriel, Cal. 104 p. illus., ports., facsim. [996 Sweeny, Thomas W. Military occupation of California, 1849-53. From the journal of Thomas W. Sweeny, Second infantry. JOUR. MIL. SER. INST., XLIV (Jan.-Mar.) 97-117, 267-289.

[997 Teggart, Frederick John, ed. The official account of the Portola expedition of 17691770. Berkeley, University of California. [2], 17-29 p. facsim. (Academy of Pacific coast hist. pub., v. I, no. 2) [998

The original was issued by the government of New Spain and was entitled: Estracto de noticias del puerto de Monterrey, de la mission, y presidio que se han establecido en el con la denominacion de San Carlos, y del sucesso de las dos expediciones de mar y tierra que à este fin se despacharon en el año proximo anterior de 1769.

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