of the South or West, leading the young idea, or surrounded
by ideas of her own,--what more appropriate present to the absent one
than THE BAY STATE MONTHLY?

In the old-fashioned farm-house where your youth was passed so happily,
there may be the dim, spectacled eyes of the good father and
mother--perhaps one without the other--awaiting the approach of spring
and summer, to welcome home their child. Herald your coming by sending
to them THE BAY STATE MONTHLY, to relieve the monotony and awaken
reminiscences of their youth.

There are indications that the unjust postal law, which provides that
THE BAY STATE MONTHLY can be delivered in San Francisco, New Orleans, or
Savannah, for less than half the money required to deliver it in Boston
and its suburbs, will be repealed by the present Congress, and a more
equitable law established.

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JOHN N. MCCLINTOCK, of THE BAY STATE MONTHLY, has written and has in
press, a History of the town of Pembroke, New Hampshire. Modesty
prevents our dwelling at too great a length upon the merits of the book.
The historical student will find within its covers a wealth of dramatic
incidents, thrilling narrative, touching pathos, etc.

Apropos of town histories, the publishers of THE BAY STATE MONTHLY would
be willing to confer with authors upon the subject of publishing their
manuscripts.

We copy, by permission, from the Boston Daily Advertiser, the following

RECORD OF EVENTS IN JANUARY.

1. President Clark of the New York and New England Railroad
appointed its receiver.

Successful opening of the improved system of sewerage in Boston.

2. James Russell Lowell declines the rectorship of St. Andrew's
University, to which he was elected.

3. Inauguration of the Hon. George D. Robinson as governor.

7. Inauguration of the Boston city government, and of the new
governments in the cities of the Commonwealth.

8. Appointment by the governor of Mrs. Ellen C. Johnson, of Boston,
as superintendent of the Sherborn reformatory prison for women.

12. Close of the foreign exhibition in Boston.

15. Minister Lowell accepts the presidency of the Birmingham and