Describes the work and plans of the Bureau of Historical Research, established by the Carnegie Institution; includes mention of its (completed) Guide to the Archives of the Government of the U. S., at Washington; of preliminary report by Prof. Chas. M. Andrews of Bryn Mawr, on the character, extent and location (in British archives) of material for the study of American history; of a bibliography of current (1903) writings on American history, etc. As the director is the editor of the _American Historical Review_, some of the material collected by the Bureau appears in that periodical. [=Putnam, Herbert.=] Publication of historical material by the Government. (_In his_ report of the librarian of Congress for the ... year ending June 30, 1904; pp. 66–70; 171–181.) “The library seems in a peculiarly favorable position to publish such of the MSS. in its possession as seem to deserve publication. It will begin with those that most obviously require it. The first of these is the Journals of the Continental Congress, of which admittedly no one of the three existing editions is either complete or accurate.” _Extract_, p. 69. Other important historical collections mentioned. =Richardson, Ernest Cushing=, and =Morse, Anson Ely=. Writings on American history, 1902. An attempt at an exhaustive bibliography of books and articles on United States history, published during the year 1902, and some memoranda on other portions of America. Princeton, N. J.: The Library Book Store, 1904. P. xxi + 294. A similar collection for 1903 has been undertaken by the Bureau of Historical Research, Carnegie Institution, Washington, D. C. =Tarbell, Ida M.= The Story of the Declaration of Independence. (In _McClure’s Magazine_, 17, [July, 1901]: 223–235.) “Illustrated with portraits and autographs of the signers.” EUGENE FAIRFIELD MCPIKE. CHICAGO. EDITORIAL Although the year now nearly ended has been one of extreme labor on the part of the Editor, he feels a reasonable degree of pride in that his efforts to produce a magazine worthy of being known as the successor of Mrs. Lamb’s MAGAZINE OF AMERICAN HISTORY, have been recognized as successful, by many of his subscribers. That the venture could be financially profitable the first year, was not expected—yet the deficiency is not large, and may even yet be extinguished by the receipt of a comparatively small number of subscriptions before the New Year is upon us.