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as I reckon any one could wish to. Shall continue the use of the Compound Oxygen. Will order again soon. Have already been paid ten thousand times for the expenditure."


Any one desiring to know more of this remarkable remedy can send to Drs. Starkey and Palen, 1529 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for their new Brochure, called "Compound Oxygen; its Mode of Action and Results," which will be sent free by return mail.


L. R. McCabe's article, "Literary and Social Recollections of W. D. Howells," which was promised for the present number, has been unavoidably postponed, by press of matter, to the October number.


Horsford's Acid Phosphate Invaluable.—Dr. B. A. Cable, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, says, "I find it invaluable in all cases for which it is recommended, and I cheerfully attest my appreciation of its excellence."


Mr. Wm. S. Walsh has written, and Mr. Hermann Faber has illustrated, a book on "Faust, the Legend and the Poem," which J. B. Lippincott Company have in press. It will be issued in handsome octavo form for the holiday season.


Horsford's Acid Phosphate Makes a Cooling Drink.—Into a tumbler of ice-water put a teaspoonful of Acid Phosphate; add sugar to the taste.


Through a curious misunderstanding with Mr. John M. Ward, the article "Is the Base-Ball Player a Chattel?" appeared in some of the Sunday papers almost simultaneously with its publication in Lippincott's Magazine.


Horsford's Acid Phosphate for Dyspepsia.—Dr. J. C. Webster, Chicago, says, "I consider it valuable in many forms of dyspepsia."


Professor L. M. Haupt will contribute an article to the October number of Lippincott's on "The Reorganization of the Government Bureau of Public Civil Works." Professor Haupt, who is a graduate of West Point, agrees with the recent strictures on the Academy made by Fred. Perry Powers, and believes that the corps' of engineers in the government service can be reorganized on a far more efficient basis.


Horsford's Acid Phosphate in Headache and Mental Exhaustion.—Dr. N. S. Read, Chandlersville, Illinois, says, "I think it a remedy of the highest value in mental and nervous exhaustion, attended with sick headache, dyspepsia, diminished vitality, etc."


J. Henri Browne, journalist and essayist, will contribute to Lippincott's for October a literary autobiography under the title "The Lesson of Practicality."


Horsford's Acid Phosphate a Good Tonic.—Dr. R. Williams Le Roy, New York, says, " It is a good general tonic, and worthy of trial."