NOTES AND FRAGMENTS.

The Bexar Archives are now deposited in the vault of the University. Their classification has begun, and when it is finished they will be more available for investigation; but the work is a tedious one, and will consume a long time. The translation, which is a still larger task, is also to be pushed as rapidly as possible, but until the University can give more help for the purpose, it will go on but slowly.

The Lamar Papers.—The collection of documents made by President Lamar has been lately received by the State Librarian. Several years ago these papers were placed by Mrs. Lamar in the hands of Dr. J. W. Palmer, of Baltimore, to be edited for publication, but for some reason the plan was not carried out, and Mrs. Calder, the daughter of President Lamar, has secured the return of the papers, and has had them deposited for the time in the State capitol building. The collection fills a box measuring some six or eight cubic feet. No list nor general description of the papers has been transmitted, so far as their present custodian is aware, but some documents not known to exist elsewhere have been found among them. President Lamar was a scholarly man, and knew what was best worth gathering and preserving. It may be assumed, therefore, that the collection is of real value. More definite information concerning it will be given in a future number of The Quarterly.