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HISTORY. 



Andrews, Charles M., Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Prepa- 

 ration of a general history of the colonies in America. (For previous 

 reports see Year Books Nos. 14 and 15.) 



During the winter of 1916-17, in such leisure as could be obtained 

 from university and other obligations, progress was made in organiz- 

 ing the material obtained during the preceding year and a half, and 

 opportunity was found to write one paper, based upon this material, 

 entitled The Boston Merchants and the Non-Importation Movement, 

 read before the Colonial Society of Massachusetts and published in its 

 Publications for the year 1917. In INIay 1917, Raleigh and Edenton, 

 North Carolina, were visited for the purpose of examining further the 

 manuscripts there. 



Osgood, Herbert L., Columbia Universitj^ New York. Completion of an 

 institutional history of the American colonies during the period of the 

 French wars. (For previous reports see Year Books Nos. 11-15.) 



Both Dr. Russell and mj'self have been occupied continuously with 

 the "History of the American Colonies in the Eighteenth Century." 

 With the completion of three more chapters the greater part of the 

 work will be done. The subject-matter for one chapter is almost 

 wholly in England and has not yet been collected. The material for 

 the others has not been to any extent organized and its preparation 

 will require much labor. After these chapters are finished the revision 

 and final shaping up of the work as a whole will follow. About two 

 years longer v/ill therefore be required before all the volumes are 

 ready for the press. 



LITERATURE. 



Bergen, Henry, Brooklyn, New York. Research Associate in Early English 

 Literature. (For previous reports see Year Books Nos. 11-15.) 



Dr. Bergen reports that he has carried the Troy Book Glossary 

 down to the latest part issued of the Oxford Dictionary, has completed 

 the explanatory^ notes to the Troj^ Book, and made his final corrections 

 for the press of the text of the Fall of Princes. 



Tatlock, John S. P., Stanford University, California. Completion of prep- 

 aration for puhlication of a Concordance to Chaucer. 



Work on the Chaucer Concordance or Dictionary was actively 

 resumed in February, under the supervision of Professor John S. P. 

 Tatlock, of Leland Stanford Junior University, with the assistance of 

 Dr. Arthur G. Kennedy, of the same university, and of Mr. Albert A. 

 Bennett, A. M., Research Collaborator of the Institution. The work 

 has consisted mainly of sorting the slips, numbering about 300,000; 

 removing material certainh^ or possibly not to be printed, arranging 

 the slips under their key-words, and alphabetizing them. 



