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A Forgotten Danger to the New England Colonies, by Frank Strong. 



An Examination of Peters's " Blue Laws," by "\V. F. Prince. 



The Connecticut Gore Land Company, by Albert C. Bates. 



The Society of Separatists of Zoar, Ohio, by George B. Landis. 



Southern Economic History: Tariff and Public Lands, by J. C. Ballagh. 



Diplomatic Relations of the Confederate States with England (1861-1865) , by J. M. 

 Callahan. 



American Diplomacy, by Edwin A. Grosvenor. 



Lessons from the Recent History of European Dependencies, by Henry E. Bourne. 



The Constitutional Questions Incident to the Acquisition and Government by the 

 United States of Island Territories, by Simeon E. Baldwin. 



Germans in America, by Ernest Bruncken. 



The Real Origin of the Swiss Republic, by William D. McCrackan. 



Erasmus, the Prince of the Humanists, by George Norcross. 



The Camliridge School of History, by Mary R. W. Stubbert. 



JMunicipal Government in the Twelfth Century, by John M. Vincent. 



The Study of History in Schools. Report of the Committee of Seven to the 

 American Historical Association. 



Hi.:!torical Manuscripts Commission. Third Report. 



X. DAUGHTERS OF THE AMEKICAX REVOLUTION. 



The act of incorporation of the National Society of the Daughters of the American 

 Revolution, approved by the President February 26, 1896, requires "That said society 

 shall report annually to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution concerning its 

 proceedings, and said Secretary shall communicate to Congress such portions thereof 

 as he may deem of national interest and importance." 



In accordance with the foregoing act, the Secretary of the Institution submitted to 

 Congress the report of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 1890 to 1897, and 

 in the Senate it was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered 

 to ])e printed. The report has been issued as Senate Doc. No. 16-4, Fifty-fifth Con- 

 gress, third session, and forms a pamphlet of 129 pages, with 34 plates. The con- 

 tents inchide the act of incorporation, list of officers, constitution and by-laws, work 

 of th3 Continental Congress and national board of management, work of the chap- 

 ters, and several appendixes. 



Respectfully submitted. 



A. Howard Clark, Editor. 



Mr. S. P. LANfiLEY, 



Secrdarij of the Sniilhson.iaii. I^ialilalion.. 

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