132 THREE KINGDOMS. 



most troublesome educational problems of the day? 

 Among the subjects treated by members of the Council 

 are archaeology, bibliography, botany, chemistry, 

 oonchology, entomology, geology, microscopy, mineral- 

 ogy, ornithology, and zoology. 



Conditions of Correspondence Those desiring to avail 

 themselves of the assistance of the Council will observe 

 the following rules: 



1. All applications for advice or information on 

 any subject must be made directly to the President of 

 the A. A., Mr. H. H. Ballard, Pittsfield, Mass., who will 

 either return a personal answer or put the applicant 

 in communication with the member of the Council best 

 qualified to render the assistance desjred. 



2. Give full address, and name and number of your 

 Chapter. 



3. Send no specimens w r ith first letter of inquiry, 

 except such as may be inclosed in the letter itself. 



4. Use ordinary size and style of writing paper, 

 and inclose five two-cent postage stamps to defray ex- 

 penses, and secure an engraved card of introduction. 



