EDITORIAL NOTES. 



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The Scientific Publishing Company of New- 

 York, publishers of the Engineering and Min- 

 ing Journal, have commenced the issue of a 

 new publication under the title of Coal, which 

 is to be devoted exclusively to the coal trade. 

 Monthly, $^ per annum. 



The Kansas City Review for January 

 contains a great deal that is instructive and 

 interesting. * ® * These are not all the 

 subjects of which this number treats, but 

 they are sufficient to show the scope and 

 nature of the Review, which is an ably man- 

 aged monthly. — Boston Journal of Commerce. 



Senator A, R. Green, of Kansas, widely 

 known as the Journal correspondent ''Joe 

 Fluflfer," has prepared a lecture on "Aacient 

 and Modern New Mexico," which has re- 

 ceived great commendation wherever deliv- 

 ered. 



The Labette County Democrat says : " The 

 Oswego Cotton Company are giving out 

 quantities of seed nearly everyday, and there 

 is no doubt but that a very large a reage of 

 cotton will be planted next year. It is esti- 

 mated that two thousand acres will be plant- 



ed in Montgomery County in 1882, and more 

 or less will be planted in other neighboring 

 counties. This crop is becoming a sure and 

 profitable one in Southern Kansas. 



The London Telegraphic Journal signal- 

 izes its entrance upon its tenth volume by 

 changing to a weekly publication and an en- 

 largement of its pages. It is an excellent 

 publication, keeping fully abreast of the 

 times in all electrical matters. Price, ^5 per 

 annum. 



We learn from the American Specialist that 

 the well-known firm of Lindsiy & Blackiston, 

 publishers of medical books for the past forty 

 years, has been dissolved, and the business 

 will henceforth be carried on by P. Blakiston, 

 Son & Co., at 1012 Walnut Street, Philadel- 

 phia. 



Mr. Henry Bergh occupies valuable space 

 in the current number of the Noith Am r lean 

 Review^ in an absurd attempt to show that 

 vaccination is not only useless as a preventive 

 of small-pox, but even a source of serious in- 

 jury to the human race. 



NATURAL HISTORY STORE. 



To increase the interest of Teachers and Students in the study of Natural History, I 

 offer for sale the following five collections of specimens at the remarkably low price of One 

 Dollar (^i.oo) each: 25 Minerals, 20 Rocks, 20 Fossils, 25 Insects, 25 Miscellaneous 

 Zoological Specimens, or 120 species for i5S5.oo. 



-IN QUALITY AND PRICE I CHALLENGE COMPETITION 



Vast experience and a large supply of Duplicates enables me to offer, on most reasonable 

 terms, suites of j/^«wi?»j especially adapted to the various text-books of Geology and Zoology 

 now in use. All will be correctly labeled and carefully packed. Satisfactory references 

 given if desired. S. H. TROWBRIDGE, Glasgow, Mo. 



