PREFATORY NOTE TO VOLUME X.
THE tenth volume of the publications of
the Ohio State
Archaeological and Historical Society,
which is here-
with issued in book form, includes the
quarterlies of the
Society previously published as numbers
1 and 2 for July and Oc-
tober, 19O1, and numbers 3 and 4
for January and April, 1902.
The material put forth in this volume is
sufficiently indi-
cated in the table of contents. The
authoritative character of the
articles is satisfactorily evidenced by
the names of the writers. It
is the aim of the Publication Committee
to publish no article ex-
cept upon some subject worthy of
permanent preservation and
heretofore not exhausted by other
writers. Also, that the con-
tributor shall be some one of
acknowledged scholarly attainments
and possessed of reliable information.
The demand for the pub-
lications of the Society increases
greatly each year. They are
now sent to many of the leafing
libraries of the country, as well
as to most of the prominent historical
societies. These volumes,
however, it should be distinctly
understood, though published
under the auspices of the State, are not
for gratuitous and mis-
cellaneous distribution as are many of
the reports of the state
departments. We think it is pertinent to
remark here that these
publications give ample testimony of the
valuable work the So-
ciety is accomplishing, and of the
personal interest and efficient
care and direction given its affairs by
the Trustees and Officers.
E. 0. RANDALL, Secretary.
Columbus, Ohio, April, 1902.
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