written in popular scientific style, interesting and valuable in the home 

 as well as in the study — this is The Observer. It is published at Port- 

 land, Conn., by E. F. Bigelow 



The Haffy ThoufrJit. Vol. III., No. 6. May 23, 1896. "For the 

 Family Circle, the Housewife and the Clubwoman. " Among other matter 

 of special and general interest, one page is devoted to " Walks and Talks 

 in Scientific Fields." 



The Editor has been asked to more fully state his plans concerning the 

 Chapter Bulletin. They may be stated briefly as follows : Beginning 

 with January, 1896, the Bulletin will be issued the last of every other 

 month regularly. 



It will contain twelve pages of reading matter during the rest of the 

 present year — 1896. 



It will be mailed free to all paid up members and to all Honorary 

 members, and the subscription to persons not members will be fifty cents 

 a year. 



Advertisements will be received of members at the rates offered in the 

 circular dated February 27, 1896. Rates to persons not members will be 

 given on application. 



The matter which will appear in the Bulletins is well illustrated by 

 the present number. Short, concise articles of special interest will be 

 welcomed occasionally The effort being to give the greatest amount of 

 information in the least possible space, makes long articles of only general 

 interest out of place. 



Final Reports of all committees will be printed in full in this Bulletin 

 as soon as they are ready. Such a Final Report would necessarily take 

 the place of at least one regular Bulletin. It could never take the 

 place of more than two Bulletins. 



As soon as circumstances will warrant, the Bulletin will be enlarged 

 in number of pages, containing sixteen or twenty in each issue. Its 

 enlargement will depend upon two things : ist, a decided increase in our 

 membership. 2d, a respectable subscription list. Both are in the hands 

 of members of our Chapter. The Editor will do what he can to increase 

 both, but the members can do far more than he. It must be remembered 

 that our limit of fifty to the active membership roll is nearly reached, 



