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 934 Reviezus of Books prasent tariff system, the excessive ardor of the author is pardonable, and even the most stalwart supporters of the present system of protec- tion ought to be awakened to new reflection by an examination of the work. Many of the illustrations are fresh, and the matter is always freshly put; successive chapters deal with the relation of the tariff to shipping, to manufactures, to laborers, and to farmers. Chapter viii., pages 248-296, is the only one which deals strictly with American his- tory, and for this the author relies largelv upon Taussig. D. R. D. Publications of flic Arkansas Historical Association, edited by John Hugh Reynolds, Secretary. Volume I. (Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1906, pp. 509.) In 1905 the legislature of Arkansas authorized the appoint- ment of a History Commission to prepare a report on " all extant sources of information concerning the history of Arkansas ", and to make recommendations as to a permanent provision for the historical interests of the state. The present volume contains the report contem- plated in the act, together with a group of historical papers. After a brief sketch of the present condition of historical work in the state, and a summary of " what other states have done for their history ", the report proceeds to set forth an account of the materials in foreign, federal and state offices outside of Arkansas, and of the materials within the state. Of this account, the latter part is the more important and the more adequate, and constitutes an excellent preliminary survey of the public records of the state. Following the description of material in the state and county offices is a report on the municipal archives, unfortunately incomplete owing to the failure of officials to respond to the repeated inquiries of the commission. The report of material in private hands is especially elaborate. Here is collected all available information concerning the papers of eminent citizens of the state, the collections of libraries, collectors and writers, and the files of news- papers. Finally should be noted chapters on aboriginal and Indian remains, battlefields, and historic homes, which conclude the report of the commission and Book I. of the volume. It is a most hopeful sign that in preparing to advance the historical interests of the state, Arkansas has followed the method pursued in Alabama and Mississippi of first making a systematic survey of the historical situation in the state, both as regards activities and material. Book II. is composed of various papers, including an account of early Arkansas newspapers, a list of general and field officers of Ar- kansas Confederate and state troops, and the letters of territorial Governor Izard, 1825-1827, mainly to the Secretary of War, respecting Indian affairs, printed from a recently discovered letter-book. The Rcz'icw of Historical Publications rclatiiig to Canada for the year 1906 (Toronto, Morang and Company, 1907. pp. xi, 225) follows the same lines and is of the same exhaustiveness as its predecessors. It is published in the series of Uniz'crsity of Toronto Stndics, the editors