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are many others as important as the
'Serpent' which need
attention at once to preserve
them."
A member of the Society writes: "We
must do some-
thing before the centennial celebration
for their purchase and
protection, or be disgraced." Every
member of the Society
should use his influence to interest the
members of the Leg-
islature in the matter, in order that
the State may fitly add
to the glory of its centennial by the
purchase of the more
important of the works of its
prehistoric inhabitants.
THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL
ASSOCIATION.-This Associa-
tion, now numbering 431 members, among
whom are the
foremost statesmen, historians, and
teachers of history in
the United States, will hold its next
annual meeting in
Columbus, in September 1888. The
association has never
met in the West, and comes now upon
invitation of the State
authorities, the State Archaeological
and Historical Society,
and Ohio State University. The important
historical events
to be commemorated here next year
doubtless determined the
Society in its choice. The meetings will
be full of interest
to all students of history. Western and
Northwestern his-
tory will receive special attention, and
it is probable that at
least one session will be devoted
exclusively to those sub-
jects. A recent communication of the
Secretary of the
Association says: "The meeting of
the Association, at
Columbus, in September, will be quite
distinct from any local
celebration in that city, but special
attention will be given to
Western History, in his opening address,
by Dr. William F.
Poole, of the Newberry Library, Chicago,
who is now the
President of the Association."
Not only ought the members of our
Society to take advan-
tage of the historical treat certain to
be afforded by the papers
presented at this meeting, but a large
number of them ought
also to be enrolled among the members of
the American
Association. At the meetings of the
Association many
papers of great value are presented, of
which full printed
abstracts are sent to every member, and,
in addition, several
monographs are published each year for
distribution among