CLARENCE B. BAGLEY, Seattle. J. N. BOWMAN, Seattle. T. C. ELLIOTT, Walla Walla. FRANK A. GOLDER, Pullman. CEYLON S. KINGSTON, Cheney. W. D. LYMAN, Walla Walla. EDWARD MCMAHON, Seattle. THOMAS W. PROSCH, Seattle. OLIVER H. RICHARDSON, Seattle. O. B. SPERLIN, Tacoma. E. O. S. SCHOLEFIELD, Victoria, B. C. ALLEN WEIR, Olympia. Managing Editor EDMOND S. MEANY Business Manager CHARLES W. SMITH VOL. V NO. 2 APRIL, 1914 _ISSUED QUARTERLY_ Contents T. C. ELLIOTT Journal of John Work, June-October, 1825 83 ANNA SLOAN WALKER History of the Liquor Laws of the State of Washington 116 RALPH R. KNAPP Divorce in Washington 121 DOCUMENTS--A New Vancouver Journal 129 BOOK REVIEWS 138 NEWS DEPARTMENT 152 NORTHWESTERN HISTORY SYLLABUS 156 HISTORY TEACHERS' SECTION 158 THE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY UNIVERSITY STATION SEATTLE, WASHINGTON Entered at the post office at Seattle as second-class mail matter. The Washington University State Historical Society * * * * * Officers and Board of Trustees: CLARENCE B. BAGLEY, President JUDGE JOHN P. HOYT, Vice-President JUDGE ROGER S. GREENE, Treasurer PROFESSOR EDMOND S. MEANY, Secretary JUDGE CORNELIUS H. HANFORD JUDGE THOMAS BURKE SAMUEL HILL PRINTING DEPARTMENT UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON _Vol. V., No. 2 April, 1914_ The Washington Historical Quarterly JOURNAL OF JOHN WORK, JUNE-OCTOBER, 1825 (Introduction and annotations by T. C. Elliott.)