in 1895 by Harper, F. P.,
New York. 3 vols. $10.00.

_Pioneer of the Valley of the Mississippi, The. Rock Spring, Ill.: Rev. J.
M. Peck, editor._

Issue of April 24, 1829, in St. Louis Mercantile Library.

PITTMAN, Capt. PHILIP. _The present State of the European Settlements on
the Mississippi, with a geographical Description of that River;
illustrated by Plans and Draughts. London: J. Nourse_, 1770. viii. +99 pp.
8 maps.

Describes the settlements in Illinois and gives a map of the region. Of
great value.

Criticism in _Narrative and Critical History of America_, VI., 702.

_Regulators of the Valley._

Charles M. Eames, in his _Historic Morgan and Classic Jacksonville_
(1885), says that a vigilance committee with the above title was formed in
1821, or thereabouts, to rid the country of horse-thieves and robbers. "A
regular constitution was drawn up and subscribed to, and this paper is
still in existence." C. M. Eames, son of the now deceased author, in a
letter of Oct. 7, 1903, said that he had made an unsuccessful search for
the manuscript.

REYNOLDS, JOHN, _My own Times, embracing also, the History of my Life.
Belleville, Ill._, 1855. Reprinted, _Chicago: Fergus Printing Co._, 1879.
iv.+395 pp. $7.50.

Verbose, but has much wheat among the chaff. Covers the period from 1800
to 1853. The first edition is now very rare.

ROSS, HARVEY LEE. _The early Pioneers and pioneer Events of the State of
Illinois. Chicago_, 1899.

A medley of facts, written by a pioneer of 1820. The author was acquainted
with both Cartwright and Lincoln, and speaks of them and of pioneer events
with authority. Tells of a trip from New Jersey by wagons.

SCHOOLCRAFT, HENRY ROWE. _Summary Narrative of an exploratory Expedition
to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820; resumed and completed,
by the Discovery of its Origin in Itasca Lake, in 1832. By authority of
the United States. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo, & Co._, 1855. 596 pp.

The book is chiefly of interest to us because of its description of
Chicago.

----_Travels in the central Portions of the Mississippi Valley: comprising
Observations on its mineral Geography, internal Resources, and aboriginal
Population. Performed under the Sanction of Government, in the Year 1821.
New York: Collins & Hannay_, 1825. 459 pp.

The writer descended the Wabash, the Ohio, and then ascended the
Mississippi and the Illinois to Chicago. His descriptions of places,
peoples and thi