Salutatory, by the Editor, The Romance of Western History, by Professor Early Settlements in Missouri, by Prof. E. M. The Beginnings of Missouri Legislation, by Isi- The Lincoln, Hanks and Boone Families, by H. E. Robinson, Editor of the Maryville Republican Bibliography of Missouri State Publications of Bibliography of the State Historical Society of Local Historical Societies Notes The State Historical Society of Missouri has decided to establish a quarterly magazine of history, under the title of "Missouri Historical Review," of which the present publication is the first number. For the benefit of those to whom the Society itself is unknown, a few facts may be given. It was organized May 26, 1898, by the Missouri Press Association, incorporated in March, 1899, and in May of that year was made a trustee for the state by the Fortieth General Assembly. Its library has been built up more rapidly than that of any other historical society in the country, so that it now has an accession list of 12,290 volumes, and a pamphlet collection of about 20,000, in all some 32,000 titles, in addition to 40,000 duplicate books and pamphlets for exchanges. It regularly receives more than 750 periodicals of Missouri, and these are bound in suitable volumes for preservation. At the World's Fair at St. Louis, it made an exhibit of the periodicals of Missouri for the year |