EDITORIAL. 



The long-expected title-pages and indices to the past 

 four volumes of this magazine are ready for the printer 

 but cannot be sent out with this issue because two 

 numbers are to be mailed in one wrapper and it would 

 make the package too bulky. The indices will be issued 

 at once and sent to all the libraries on our lists as well 

 as to all others who have asked for them. If there are 

 others among our readers who need these indices we 

 shall be glad to send them free upon request. 



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A few months ago, we had occasion to warn our 

 subscribers against sending money to us in the mails 

 since there was a leak, somewhere, that absorbed a 

 great deal of the cash which should come to us. Those 

 who lost money in this way may be interested in hear- 

 ing that investigation by the secret service showed that 

 the mail-carrier on our city route was the guilty party. 

 He has ceased to be connected with the postal service 

 but will continue to work for the government, having 

 already been provided with a nice striped suit and a 

 guarantee of three rather plain meals a day for some 

 time to come. It is to be regretted that our country 

 lias not, as yet, devised a very safe and convenient 

 means of transmitting money by mail. The best way 

 to send is by an express money order or bank-draft. 

 Those who have an account with any bank can usually 

 obtain drafts on a bank in New York or Chicago with- 

 out paying a fee. Checks drawn upon banks in New 

 York, Boston or Chicago are also usually accepted at 

 face value and can be cashed only by the person to 

 whom it is payable or to his order. Registered letters 



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