A scholarly history of Virginia’s ephemeral County of Illinois, although in error as to the dates of its beginning and ending, respectively. BRACKENRIDGE, HENRY MARIE, Esq. _History of the late War between the United States and Great Britain. Containing a minute Account of the various military and naval Operations. Baltimore: Cushing, 1817. 4th ed. Baltimore: Cushing & Jewett_, 1818. xxiv.+348 pp. _6th ed. Philadelphia: James Kay_, 1839. 298 pp. Valuable. Several times translated. Impartial. Gives a short account of the massacre at Fort Dearborn, August 15, 1812. BROWN, CHARLES R. _The Old Northwest Territory: its Missions, Forts, and trading Posts. Kalamazoo, Mich.: Brown, Moore & Quale_, 1875. 32 pp. The work consists of an historical and chronological map (14-½ x 15 inches), and notes upon the 94 sites located upon it. Eleven of the sites are in Illinois. Valuable and suggestive, although deficient in citation of authorities. BROWN, HENRY. _The History of Illinois from its first Discovery and Settlement to the present Time. New York: J. Winchester_, 1844. vi.+492 pp. The author confesses to having written in haste and to having borrowed stories from other states simply to amuse his readers. Worthless except to furnish a few topics which one may wish to verify. Criticism: _Draper MSS_., Z No. 2. BROWN, SAMUEL R. _The Western Gazetteer; or, Emigrant’s Directory, (1817) containing a geographical Description of the western States and Territories, viz., the States of Ky., Ind., La., O., Tenn., and Miss., and the Territories of Ill., Mo., Ala., Mich., and N. Western, with an Appendix containing Sketches of some of the western Counties of N. Y., Pa. and Va.; a description of the Gt. Northern Lakes; Indian Annuities, and Directions to Emigrants. Auburn, N. Y.: H. C. Southwick_, 1817. 360 pp. Pages 17-35 give an inaccurate description of Illinois’ population and resources. BROWN, WILLIAM HUBBARD. _An historical Sketch of the early Movement in Illinois for the Legalization of Slavery, read at the annual Meeting of the Chicago Historical Society, Dec. 5, 1864._ _Chicago: Fergus Printing Co._, 1876. 31 pp. _Fergus hist. Series_, No. 4. 8vo. 25 cents. Especially valuable for the great struggle over slavery in Illinois in 1822-24. First printed in 1865, under the auspices of the Chicago Historical Society. BUCKLEY, JAMES MONROE. _A History of Methodists in the United States._ (Volume V. of _American Church History_.) _New York: The Christian Literature Co._, 1896. xix.+714 pp. Tells of the founding of Lebanon Seminary, later McKendree College, at Lebanon, Ill., in 1828. _Chicago City Directory, for the Year 1855-56, and Northern Illinois Gazetteer. Chicago: Robert Fergus_, 1855. 150+xxxii.+208+128 pp. Of slight value for our purpose, although the historical introductions to the directories of the various cities and towns have a few usable statements.