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pants, and that America was really the first formed and first inhabited of the continents. The principal p re-Columbian discoveries are cited, a nd ample space given to the tradition that Prince Madoc planted a W elsh colony in A merica i n the T welfth Century which at one time occupied the country at the F alls of the O hio. Illustrated. 4to, xxii-176 pages. 1908. F irst, James Francis Leonard, the greatest of all sound-readers of the M orse alphabet, b y J ohn W i l s o n T ownsend; Part Second, Colonel Joseph Crockett, a brave soldier of the Revolutionary War, b y G eneral Samuel W . P rice. Illustrated. 4to, 200 pages. 1909. H . Y oung. Illustrated with more than one hundred quarto pages of halftones of specimens of implements, relics, and works, and with the likeness of the author as a frontispiece. T he work indicates a broad field of labor and research, and presents much new matter. 4to, xvi-365 pages. 1910. 26. T H E K E N T U C K Y M O U N T A I N S , b y M ary Verhoeff. A sketch of the geography and resources of the E astern Kentucky Coal F ield. A section of the P ownall-Evans map, 1755-1775, and Imlay's map of K entucky, 1793, are reproduced. It also contains tables of statistics, old and new maps, halftone illustrations showing the life and customs of the mountain people. 4to, xvi-208 pages. 1911.
27. PETITIONS O F T H E E A R L Y INHABITANTS OF K E N T U C K Y TO T H E G E N E R A L A S S E M B L Y O F V I R G I N I A , 1769 T O 1792. B y James R. 25. T H E PREHISTORIC M E N OF K E N T U C K Y , b y Colonel Bennett 24. SKETCHES O F T W O DISTINGUISHED KENTUCKIANS. P art

R obertson. A collection of petitions copied from the originals in the State Archives at R ichmond, V a . These petitions were the basis of many of the laws passed b y V irginia, affecting her population w est of the mountains. T he collection gives a graphic picture of the activities and problems of a pioneer population, in their own words. T he names of the signers of the petitions are arranged alphabetically a nd constitute a very valuable list of over four thousand of the early p opulation. T he book contains facsimiles of one of the petitions, of a surveyor's sketch map of 1782, and of characteristic signatures selected from the petitions. 4to, 246 pages. 1914. A brief physiographic history of the K entucky River basin introduces the history of improvements on the river and its mountain tributaries, and a n account of navigation a nd commerce i n their relation t o the improvements. T he rise and decline of the K entucky-New Orleans traffic is treated in d etail. General James Wilkinson's contract with tobacco shippers, newspaper notices of early shipments, a nd extracts f rom the Innes papers describing river trips are reproduced for the first t ime. T he last two chapters are devoted t o the history of the coal, i ron, salt, timber, a nd agricultural industries of the mountain section of the river basin. Filson's and Russell's maps of K entucky, a section of the geological map and numerous illustrations a dd to the value of the monograph. 8mo, xvi-257 pages. 1917.
29. T H E A N T I - S L A V E R Y M O V E M E N T I N K E N T U C K Y P R I O R T O 1850. 28. T H E KENTUCKY RIVER NAVIGATION, by Mary Verhoeff.

B y A sa E arl M artin, P h. D . A scholarly and scientific presentation, based upon original material a nd written without show of prejudice. T he first attempt to cover the anti-slavery movement i n a Slave State. 165 pages. 1918.