"I think, therefore, that they ought to receive the promised land bounty. But, without some further and more explicit declaration of the purpose of Congress, I would not recommend a repetition of such contracts on any future occasion on laws worded like those under consideration; by which I mean, not merely the three laws which I have cited, but the whole military system of the United States, militia included." * * * * * Mrs. R. L. Pendleton has published the new edition of the _Life and Works of Phillis Wheatley_ by G. Herbert Renfro. This volume contains a sketch of G. Herbert Renfro and a much more detailed sketch of the life of Phillis Wheatley by this writer. It contains the correspondence of the poetess and a larger number of her poems than we find in some of the other editions of her works. The book is well printed and nicely bound and may be purchased for the small sum of $1.50 from R. L. Pendleton, 1216 You St., Washington, D. C. * * * * * Longmans and Company have published A. J. McDonald's _Trade, Politics and Christianity in Africa and the East_. It is a valuable contribution to the British colonial policy. H. O. Newland's _Sierra Leone; its People, Products and Secret Societies_ has come from the press of Bale, Sons and Donnelson. The author is a student of sociology and knows much about West Africa. To this is appended 44 pages of information on Sierra Leone by H. Hamel Smith. _In the Hands of Senoussi_ has been published by Mrs. Gwatkin Williams. This book is a collection of facts compiled from the diary of Captain R. Gwatkin Williams, giving an account of nineteen weeks of captivity of the survivors of H. M. S. _Tara_ in the Libyan Desert. The tales of General Botha's desert march in Southwest Africa have been published as _Sun, Sand and Sin_ by Hodder and Stoughton. Articles of interest on Africa recently published are _Islam on the Congo_ by W. J. W. Roome in the Moslem World, _L'Islam en Mauritanie et au Senegale_ in the Revue du Monde Musulman and _Observations on the Northern Section of the Tanganyika-Nile Rift Valley_ by Captain C. H. Stigand in the Geographical Journal. _The Early History of Cuba_, 1492-1586, by I. A. Wright, has been published by MacMillan Company. The book shows evidence of extensive research and scholarly treatment. The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History is making extensive preparation to bring together during the last week in August all persons who are now seriously interested in the study of Negro history. It is hoped that a large number of members may be able to attend and that interest in the work may extend throughout the country. Some of the leading historians of the United States will be invited to address this body. THE JOURNAL OF NEGRO HISTORY VOL. II--JULY, 1917--NO. 3 THE FORMATION OF THE AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY