—— The Significance of the Frontier in American History. Pages 199-227 of Rep't. of Am. Hist. Ass'n., 1893.
Contains a valuable characterization of the French as colonizers.
Varney, George Jones. A brief History of Maine. Portland, Me.: McLellan, Mosher & Co., 1888. 336 pp.
Tells of the intense cold of 1816-17 and of the great Western exodus. A “Young People's History.” Popular. Without references.
Walker, Edwin Sawyer. History of the Springfield (Illinois) Baptist Association. Springfield, Ill.: H. W. Rokker, 1881. 140 pp.
Tells of the organization of the United Baptist Church, of Springfield, on July 17, 1830, with eight members.
Wallace, Joseph. The History of Illinois and Louisiana under the French Rule, embracing a general View of the French Dominion in North America, with some Account of the English Occupation of Illinois. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1893. vi. + 433 pp.
Contains a great deal of material. Usually, though not always, correct.
Warden, David Baillie. A statistical, political and historical Account of the U. S. of N. A.; from the period of their first Colonization to the present Day. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable & Co., 1819. 3 vols. 16mo. I., lxiv. + 552; II., 571; III., 588 pp.
Pages 43-65 of Volume III. deal with Illinois exclusively. At the close of the chapter the author gives a bibliography for Illinois—five titles and two maps. A useful book.