Begin the album by looking over your collection of plates, and select such as have been made on special occasions. From these make prints, and be sure and look up the exact date on which the picture was taken. Do not reject a "memory picture" because it is not as clear a plate or the grouping as artistic as one could desire. For the album itself, buy the album leaves which are almost as cheap as card mounts, and they can be added to from time to time as one makes new pictures. Arrange your pictures in chronological order--that is, the earliest date first, etc., marking under each picture its proper date. A person who has used a camera for two or three years will find he has quite a number of "memory pictures," and one who starts a memory album should make it a rule to add the pictures to his collection as soon as they are made. One can use blue prints for such albums, for a good blue print seldom fades or discolors, while aristo or albumen prints, unless very carefully finished, are apt to grow yellow or discolor. In after-years our memory albums will be considered of as much value as any of our possessions. SIR KNIGHT ALFRED C. BAKER asks "If he can become a member of the Camera Club, and what are the duties of a member?" We shall be very glad to enroll Sir Alfred a member of our Camera Club, and as he says he owns two or three cameras, and finishes his own pictures, he will doubtless be a great addition to our club. The duties of a member have never been exactly defined, but we expect our members to take an active interest in the work, and they are requested to send to the club any new or improved way of doing anything in photography. We also want each one of our members to become a _specialist_ along some special line of photographic work. We hope soon to organize a correspondence and exchange club. Sir Alfred would like to correspond on photography with some of the members of the club. He has also a Kombi camera which he would like to sell or exchange. THE MERRIEST TIME. The merriest time? Why, kite-time, Or the time for playing ball; Or maybe you like rolling hoop The very best of all. But, "Here's my own opinion," With a little laugh, cries Moll. "The best is when I take a walk, And carry my parasol. "When muffs are packed in camphor, And tippets put away, When you needn't always wear your cloak In the middle of the day. "Yes, I declare, the merriest time." With a dimpling laugh, says Moll, "Is when I go to take a walk, And carry my parasol." M. E. S. A MESSENGER-BOY'S ADVENTURE.[1] BY EDWARD W. TOWNSEND.