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Some critical notes on tlie works of S. R. Gardiner. By Roland G. Usher. 

 The Mexican policy of southern leaders under Buchanan's administration. By 



James Morton Callahan. 

 The decision of the Ohio Valley. By Carl Russell Fish. 

 North Carolina on the eve of secession. By William K. Boyd. 

 The inception of the Montgomery convention. By Armand J. Gerson. 

 The attitude of Congress tovpard the Pacific Railway, 1856-1862. By Allen 



Marshall Kline. 

 The work of the Western State Historical Society, as illustrated by Nevada. 



By Jeanne E. Wier. 

 Proceedings of the seventh annual conference of historical societies. 

 The study of history in secondary schools. Report of the Committee of Five. 

 Eleventh annual report of the public archives commission. By Herman V. 



Ames, chairman. 

 Appendix A. Proceedings of the second annual conference of archivists. 

 Appendix B. Report on the archives of the State of Indiana. By Harlow 



Lindley. 

 Appendix C. Report on the archives of the State of Kentucky. By Irene T. 



Myers. 

 Appendix D. Report on the archives of the State of Nebraska. By Addison E, 



Sheldon. 

 Appendix E. Notes on the archives of the Philippines. By James A. Robertson. 

 Writings on American History, 1910. By Grace G. Griffin. 



The report for 1911, in two volumes, was sent to the printer on 

 January 9, 1913, and at the close of the year was nearly ready for 

 distribution. The contents are as follows: 



Volume I. 



Report of the proceedings of the twenty-seventh annual meeting of the American 

 Historical Association. By Waldo G. Leland, secretary. 



Report of the proceedings of the eighth annual meeting of the Pacific coast 

 branch. By H. W. Edwards, secretary of the branch. 



The archives of the Venetian Republic. By Theodore F. Jones. 



Materials for the history of Germany in the sixteenth and seventeenth cen- 

 turies. By Sidney B. Fay. 



The materials for the study of the English cabinet in the eighteenth century. 

 By Edward Raymond Turner. 



Frangois de Guise and the taking of Calais. By Paul van Dyke. 



Factions in the English privy council under Elizabeth. By Conyers Read. 



Anglo-Dutch relations, 1671-1672. By Edwin W. Pahlow. 



American-Japanese intercourse prior to the advent of Perry. By Inazo Nitobe. 



Colonial society in America. By Bernard Moses. 



French diplomacy and American politics, 1794-1795. By James Alton James. 



The insurgents of 1811. By D. R. Anderson. 



The tariff and the public lands from 1828 to 1833. By Raynor G. Wellington. 



The "Bargain of 1844" as the origin of the Wilmot proviso. By Clark E. 

 Persinger. 



Monroe and the early Mexican revolutionary agents. By Isaac Joslin Cox. 



Public opinion in Texas preceding the Revolution. By Eugene C. Barker. 



Relations of America with Spanish America, 1720-1744. By H. W. V. Tem- 

 pei'ley. 



The genesis of the Confederation of Canada. By Cephas D. Allin. 



