THOMSON, JOHN LEWIS. _Historical Sketches of the late War between the United States and Great Britain. Philadelphia: Thos. Desilver_, 1816. 359 pp. _5th ed._, 1818. Contains one of the earliest accounts of the massacre at Fort Dearborn, August 15, 1812. The account is short, but tolerably correct. The work was reprinted in 1887 [Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co.], with a short account of the war with Mexico added. 656 pp. THOMPSON, ZADOCK. _History of the State of Vermont, from its earliest Settlement to the Close of the Year 1832. Burlington: Edward Smith_, 1833. 12mo. 252 pp. _Reprinted with natural Hist. of Vt. and Gazetteer of Vt. Burlington: Zadock Thompson_, 1853. 8vo. 224+224+200+63 pp. Describes the cold season of 1816-17. THWAITES, REUBEN GOLD. _Early Lead-mining in Illinois and Wisconsin._ Pages 191-196 of _Am. Hist. Ass’n. Rep’t._, 1893. _Washington: Government Printing Office_, 1894. Contains several interesting statements concerning the early history of the Galena region. TUCKER, GEORGE. _Progress of the United States in Population and Wealth in fifty Years, as exhibited by the decennial Census. Boston: Little & Brown, 1843._ 12mo. 211 pp. The fifty years were 1790-1840. Very useful for material concerning the relative growth of different sections of the country. TURNER, FREDERICK JACKSON. _Middle West, The._ _International Monthly_, IV., 794-820 (1901). The article has a few suggestions that are of value for our period. —— _The Significance of the Frontier in American History._ Pages 199-227 of _Rep’t. of Am. Hist. Ass’n., 1893_. Contains a valuable characterization of the French as colonizers. VARNEY, GEORGE JONES. _A brief History of Maine. Portland, Me.: McLellan, Mosher & Co., 1888._ 336 pp. Tells of the intense cold of 1816-17 and of the great Western exodus. A “Young People’s History.” Popular. Without references. WALKER, EDWIN SAWYER. _History of the Springfield (Illinois) Baptist Association. Springfield, Ill.: H. W. Rokker, 1881._ 140 pp. Tells of the organization of the United Baptist Church, of Springfield, on July 17, 1830, with eight members. WALLACE, JOSEPH. _The History of Illinois and Louisiana under the French Rule, embracing a general View of the French Dominion in North America, with some Account of the English Occupation of Illinois. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1893._ vi. + 433 pp. Contains a great deal of material. Usually, though not always, correct. WARDEN, DAVID BAILLIE. _A statistical, political and historical Account of the U. S. of N. A.; from the period of their first Colonization to the present Day. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable & Co., 1819._ 3 vols. 16mo. I., lxiv. + 552; II., 571; III., 588 pp. Pages 43-65 of Volume III. deal with Illinois exclusively. At the close of the chapter the author gives a bibliography for Illinois—five titles and two maps. A useful book.