prepared a full account, which has recently appeared in a prominent magazine and is also pre- served in a permanent vol- ume. There is, however, an earlier account, written by his wife in the form of letters to an intimate friend in Lancaster, and it is this which I take pleasure in presenting on the

still existing institutions. Then, �we have also the numerous plates of Franklin and Marshall College and of the State Normal School at Millers- ville, as well as those of the literary societies connected with several other educational institutions. An accurate history of the public libraries and of the

Earliest Reformed Church in Lancaster County. The early history of Lancaster county gathers around its ancient churches. In colonial days, far more than at pre- sent, the church was the centre of so- cial life; and those who would study that life in its more recent develop- ments should not fail to

RUSTIC ART IN LANCASTER COUNTY. It affords me pleasure to exhibit to the Lancaster County Historical So- ciety certain broadsides and specimens of early pen-work, which represent a type of art that has almost, if not en- tirely, passed away. The history of the fine arts, we know, has been minutely

Jean Bart, According to the early records of Lancaster county, Bart township, one of the richest and most important of the whole series, was organized in the spring of 1744. The information at hand is very meagre; but it may be regarded as a curious fact that even the origin of its name cannot now