The July 1977 issue, Volume 30, Number 3, of The Alabama Review, published by University of Alabama Press in cooperation with Alabama Historical Association, contains the articles "'Politics is Mighty Uncertain': Charles Hays Goes to Congress" by William Warren Rogers and "An Antebellum Alabama Maverick: Henry Washington Hilliard, 1845-1851" by Johanna Nicol Shields as well as the Notes and Documents: "Alabama Obsolete Currency" by Walter B. Jones and "'Remember the Maine!' Congressman Henry D. Clayton Comments on Impending Conflict with Spain, April 1898" by David E. Alsobrook. There is also a section of book reviews.