A tory and the Wilderness Campaign each occupied a session. number of conferences and a business session took up the remaining time. Various receptions, smokers and luncheons afforded the opportunity for making and renewing acquaintances which is such an important part of these meetings. The third semi-annual meeting of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association was held at Richmond, Virginia, on December 30, 1908. The following papers were read at that time: Trade Conditions in Illinois, 1785-1798, by C. E. Carter; The North Carolina Session of 1784 in its Federal Aspects, St. George L. Sioussat; William Clark, the Indian Agent, by Harlow Lindley; and the Story of Sergeant Charles Floyd, by F. H. Garver. The mid-summer meeting of the Association will be held at St. Louis late in June. The American Political Science Association held its fifth annual meeting at Washington, D. C. and Richmond, Va., December 2831, 1908. The papers read before the Association were devoted to such general subjects as the Increase of Federal Influence and Power in the United States, Recent Tendencies in State Constitutional Development, Agencies in the Betterment of Municipal Administration, American Colonial Problems, International Law, and Instruction in American Government in the Secondary Schools. Many luncheons, receptions, and excursions, combined to make the meeting a pleasant one socially. Professor A. Lawrence Lowell, of Harvard University, was chosen President of the Association for 1909. The next annual meeting will be held in New York City during Christmas week. CONTRIBUTORS LOUIS PELZER, Research Assistant in The State Historical KENNETH W. COLGROVE, Student at The State University of JACOB VAN DER ZEE, Research Assistant in The State His- |