s familiar as household words in the
pastor's study, and the homes of Congregationalists throughout the
land. The thoughtful care and deft fingers of Pilgrim's wife have
clipped out these letters and pasted them into suitable blank books
until they became almost a library. The topics covered by these letters
are as varied as the place in which they were written. They begin as
far back as 1857, and describe events in the Border war of Kansas, the
great Rebellion, the steps of Reconstruction as well as the more
peaceful but no less interesting proceedings of National Councils,
great Missionary Anniversaries and the quiet, yet lifelike scenes
gathered from pastors' lives, and the homes of the people settling in
the far West, or of the negroes in their new life as Freedmen.

This volume contains the gems gathered out of this great casket. The
reader must not expect to find in it consecutive history or full
details on every topic, but he will be surprised, we think, at finding
so much and such accurate information on so many interesting items in
regard to the events that have transpired in the Nation, and especially
in the Congregational Churches, during the last thirty years. It is, as
the second title indicates, bits of history.

Dr. Roy was very much beloved in the South, by preachers, teachers, and
the people. No Superintendent or other worker of the A.M.A., from the
North, ever had so many negro children named for him. Indeed we are
told that one family were so ardent in their attachment that they had
their boy christened with the names and titles in full--_Reverend
Joseph E. Roy, D.D._

By the generous gifts of a few gentlemen who appreciate Dr. Roy's
life-long work we are enabled to send 100 copies of the volume to some
of these friends, who would greatly value the book, but are not able to
pay for it.

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The executive committee of the American Missionary Association has
unanimously appointed Prof. Edward S. Hall a Field Superintendent, to
examine and report upon the work of our schools and churches in our
Southern field. Prof. Hall is a graduate of Amherst College, has had
several years' experience as a principal of High Schools, and of late
years has been a successful Superintendent of Schools in one of the
cities of Connecticut. He brings to this work a large and immediate
acquaintance with educational methods, and a personal practical
experience.

We commend him to o