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172 In the next number of Lippincott's Magazine an article of special interest to all lovers of base-ball will be contributed by John M. Ward, the captain of the New York Club. It will discuss the question "Is the Base-Ball Player a Chattel?" from the stand-point of law, equity, and reason, and will attack the present system of selling players from one club to another which is in vogue both in the League and in the Association. Mr. Ward is a graduate of the Columbia Law School, and is already known as a vigorous and graceful writer by the "Notes of a Base-Ballist" which he contributed to the August, 1886, number of this magazine.

—Dr. Henry Tucker, Brattleborough, Vermont, says, "I have used it in several cases of sleeplessness with very pleasing results."

In last month's announcement of Miss Magruder's novel published in the present number of Lippincott's, it was inadvertently styled a novel of Southern life. The scene is really laid in the Southwest.

—Dr. Wm. E. Jewett, Adrian, Michigan, says, "I have found it particularly useful in the nervous disorders of women."

The name of the author of the successful essay on "Social Life at Cornell," in our June number, was incorrectly printed R. Spencer instead of A. Spencer. By the way, is there any harm in calling the attention of all our contributors to the fact that signatures should be written with the greatest distinctness? Printers can decipher the worst manuscript where there is anything to guide them in the context, but names can only be a matter of guess-work and ratiocination.

—Drs. Buck and Matthews, Springfield, Illinois, say, "In cases of nervous prostration, it strengthens by quieting nervous agitation."