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240 unveiling on the approaching "memorial day" at Winchester. He also spoke enthusiastically and hopefully of the purpose of a number of their admirers to rear a monument at Winchester to the Ashby brothers (Turner and Richard), who surely deserve such commemoration.

of Columbia, South Carolina, published last year ("edited by the Recording Secretary of the Association, and published through the courtesy of the proprietors of the News and Courier, Charleston, South Carolina") a beautiful pamphlet containing an account of the origin and history of their work, begun in 1869 and finished in 1879, together with a report of the proceedings at the unveiling of their beautiful monument to the Confederate dead, and the full text of the eloquent oration delivered on the occasion by General John S. Preston.

The accomplished Secretary (Mrs. Isabel D. Martin) sent us a copy of the pamphlet, but, unfortunately, the Secretary was absent at the time, it was somehow overlooked, and it thus escaped proper acknowledgment in our Papers.

We have space now only to say that we hail with great pleasure this completed work of the noble women who, by self-sacrificing zeal, have reared this worthy monument to the Confederate dead of their grand old State—and that we shall carefully preserve this record as worthy of an important place in our material for the future historian.

and other officers or prominent men in our Army, Navy or Civil service are earnestly solicited by General Marcus J. Wright, War Records office, Washington, who wishes them to complete the collection of the War Department.

We have frequently begged our friends to send us such souvenirs for our collection, and would be glad to secure duplicates of those sent General Wright. They can be sent directly to him, or, if more convenient, we would be glad to receive and forward them.

De Soto's March Through Georgia—by Colonel Charles C. Jones. Jr.—a paper read before the Georgia Historical Society, Savannah—has been sent us by the accomplished author, and is what might have been expected from the practiced pen of this able and pains-taking historian.

The Morning News steam printing house of Savannah has gotten up the pamphlet, with a steel portrait of De Soto as frontispiece, in a manner every way creditable to the enterprise and skill of all concerned.

Scribner's Monthly for April fully sustains the reputation of this superbly illustrated and widely popular magazine. This number completes volume XIX of the monthly, and a glance at the index for the volume shows that in variety of topics, beauty of illustrations, literary finish and practical value, Scribner deserves the wide reputation it has won—a reputation which has swelled its readers to hundreds of thousands in America, and which has given it already over ten thousand subscribers in England.

St. Nicholas—the queen of Magazines for children—seems to increase in interest from month to month, and if we are to judge by the sparkling eyes and warm expressions of delight with which our little folks greeted the April number, that is fully up to the high standard the Scribners have fixed for their children's monthly.