PREFATORY NOTE.
THE volume herewith issued from the
press is Volume IX
of the Annual Publications of the Society.
It consists
of
the material issued in quarterly form,
as quarterlies. No.
I, July, 1900, No. 2, October, 1900, No.
3. January, 1901, No. 4,
April, 1901. The table of contents speaks for
itself. Perhaps
no previous volume is of greater
interest or value in the topics
treated. Each article has been prepared
solely for this publi-
cation, and the estimation in which
these publications are now
held is evidenced by the greatly
increased demand for them,
not only by scholars, but by the
Historical Societies and Public
Libraries throughout the country. The
addition to the past
year's quarterly publications of an
editorial department, has given
the quarterly a more distinctively
magazine character. This new
feature seems to be justified by the
favorable manner in which it
has been received by the publications of
other societies and the
leading magazines of the country.
E. O. RANDALL,
Columbus, O., May 1, 1901. Secretary.
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