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 MARIA MITCHELL. 331 taken of course deep interest in the advancement of her sex. She once read before the Society for the Advance- ment of Women an interesting paper upon the Collegiate Education of Girls, a subject which few people could be more competent than she to discuss. She is a member of the New England Women's Club of Boston, which in the winter of 1881-2 held a reception in her honor, and, moreover, voted that the same tribute should be rendered to her yearly. The meeting, it was decided, should be held in the holidays between Christmas and New Year's, and the day should be called " Maria Mitchell's Day."