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 things are well written and are a chief historical source. SCHULTZ, CHRISTIAN. _Travels on an inland Voyage through the States of New-York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee, and through the Territories of Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi and New-Orleans; performed in the Years 1807 and 1808. New York: Isaac Riley_, 1810. 2 vols. I., xviii.+206; II., 224 pp. Has an interesting description of Illinois settlements. SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY, _Editor. The St. Clair Papers. The Life and public Services of Arthur St. Clair ... with his Correspondence and other Papers. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co._, 1882. 2 vols. I., viii.+609; II., 649 pp.