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 968 Notes and News In connection with this celebration a neat pocket edition of the con- stitution of 1857, with an historical introduction by B. F. Shambaugh, has been issued by the society. In the loiva Journal of History and Politics for April is printed a " Bibliography of the Iowa Territorial Documents ", by T. J. Fitz- patrick. The bibliography is intended to include all publications issued by the state during the Territorial period, 1838 to 1846, and consists mainly of legislative documents. Hugh S. Buffum continues his paper " Federal and State Aid to Education in Iowa ", and D. E. Clark writes of " The Beginnings of Liquor Legislation in Iowa ". Among the articles in the Annals of loz^'a for April may be mentioned " Memories of a Swedish Immigrant ". by C. J. A. Ericson, and " At Lincoln's First Inauguration ", by Charles Aldrich. There is also a brief discussion of " The Constitution of 1857 and the People ", to- gether with some account of the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the state constitution. The leading article in the Missouri Historical Society Collections for October, which now appears as a quarterly, is " William Clark : Soldier, Explorer, Statesman ", by R. G. Thwaites. The article is accompanied by a portrait of Clark, and also one of Dr. Thwaites. " A Batch of Old Letters, 1840-1854 " contains some letters of interest. We note par- ticularly the letter of B. F. Stringfellow to Governor Reynolds, Sep- tember 20, 1842, and that of James S. Rollins to ;Iajor John Dougherty, December 11, 1854. The latter illustrates the political ferment of the time. The Arkansas Historical Association has in preparataion, under the editorship of Professor J. H. Reynolds of the University of Arkansas, a volume of material pertaining to military afifairs in Arkansas during the Civil War, mainly the records of the Military Board of Arkansas. The legislature has appropriated $1,600 for the work. We note the appearance of the first volume of the Collections of the State Historical Society of North Dakota (Bismarck, pp. 500). Among the addresses and papers in the volume are : " The Uses of an Historical Society ", by Professor A. C. McLaughlin ; " The Icelandic Settlement of Pembina Coimty ", by Sveinbjorn Johnson; "Foreign Immigration into North Dakota", by Jesse A. Tanner; " Leaves from Northwestern History ", by Linda W. Slaughter. The last paper consists mainly of the records of missionary enterprises, particularly those of Father Genin, 1864 to 1899. The volume contains also a list of the newspapers in the possession of the society. There is an index to the volume, but a more complete table of contents would be of real value. The principal articles of historical interest in the April number of The Washington Historical Quarterly are : " Cook's Place in North- western History ", by J. N. Bowman ; and " The Protestant Episcopal as a Missionary and Pioneer Church ", by Mrs. Thomas W. Prosch.