America 41 i The October number of the Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association contains four articles of much interest : an eye- witness account of the escape of Karnes and Teal, the Texan commissioners, from Mata- moros ; reminiscences of Mrs. Dilue Harris, a pioneer, 1833-1836 ; an article by Mr. Leopold Morris on the Mexican raid of 1875 on Corpus Christi ; and one by Mr. Alexander Dienst on New Orleans newspaper files of the period of the Texan revolution. A correspondent calls our attention to the publication at Seville (D. Vicente Llorens Asensio, calle Garcia di Vimiese 26) of a Relacion Des- criptiva de los Mapas pianos <li Mexico y Florida s existentes en el Archivo General de Indias, Vol. I. (pp. 223), by Senor Pedro Torres Lanzas, chief archivist. There are 319 items described, ranging in date from 15 19 to 1776. With many maps are included plans of buildings, etc. The Indiana Historical Society has issued (^Publications, Vol. III., No. III.) v& Executive Journal of Indiana Territory, 1800-1816, edited with careful annotations by Messrs. William W. Wollen, Daniel W. Howe, and Jacob P. Dunn. The Story of John Adams by M. E. B. and H. G. B. (Scribners) gives the record of his life as principal of the Phillips Academy, at An- dover, and as a pioneer settler in Illinois, where he labored actively as a missionary for twelve years, establishing, it is said, three hundred and twenty-two Sunday-schools. The McLean County Historical Society of Bloomington, Illinois, has since its organization in 1892 issued three volumes of Trajisactiotis. Volume I. contains the " War Record of McLean County ; " Volume II. the "School Record ; " and recently a third vokune has appeared with an account of the first Republican convention in Illinois. This took place in Bloomington, May 29, 1856, and was summoned by the " Anti- Nebraska" newspaper editors of the state. On May 29, 1900, it was commemorated by the Historical Society, with addresses by the surviving members. The volume contains the official report of the convention, the addresses just mentioned, and a biography of Governor Bissel, who owed his nomination to this convention. The dedication of the new Library Building of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, at Madison, took place October 19. The princi- . pal address was that by Mr. Charles Francis Adams, which appears as the first article in the current number of the Review. Addresses were also given by the president of the society, Hon. John Johnston, the secre- tary, Mr. R. G. Thwaites, and Professor McLaughlin of Michigan. The forty-eighth annual meeting of the Historical Society of Wiscon- sin was held on December 13, in the new library and museum building. The library is reported as now amounting to 215,606 titles. Volume XV. of the Collections is just issued. It contains many documents re- lating to the formation of the Presbyterian and Methodist churches in Wisconsin, the diary of a New Glarus colonist, and an Indian agent's
