Under the editorial supervision of Rev. C. C. PAINTER, aided by the steady contributions of our intelligent Missionaries and teachers in all parts of the field, and with occasional communications from careful observers and thinkers elsewhere, the AMERICAN MISSIONARY furnishes a vivid and reliable picture of the work going forward among the Indians, the Chinamen on the Pacific Coast, and the Freedmen as citizens in the South and as Missionaries in Africa. It will be the vehicle of important views on all matters affecting the races among which it labors, and will give monthly summary of current events relating to their welfare and progress. Patriots and Christians interested in the education and Christianizing of these despised races are asked to read it, and assist in its circulation. Begin with the next number and the new year. The price is only Fifty Cents per annum. The Magazine will be sent gratuitously, if preferred, to the persons indicated on page 287. Donations and subscriptions should be sent to H. W. HUBBARD, Treasurer, 56 Reade Street, New York. * * * * * TO ADVERTISERS. Special attention is invited to the advertising department of the AMERICAN MISSIONARY. Among its regular readers are thousands of Ministers of the Gospel, Presidents, Professors and Teachers in Colleges, Theological Seminaries and Schools; it is, therefore, a specially valuable medium for advertising Books, Periodicals, Newspapers, Maps, Charts, Institutions of Learning, Church Furniture, Bells, Household Goods, &c. Advertisers are requested to note the moderate price charged for space in its columns, considering the extent and character of its circulation. Advertisements must be received by the TENTH of the month, in order to secure insertion in the following number. All communications in relation to advertising should be addressed to THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT, 56 Reade Street, New York. * * * * * ☞ Our friends who are interested in the Advertising Department of the “American Missionary” can aid us in this respect by mentioning, when ordering goods, that they saw them advertised in our Magazine. ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. * * * * * The AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION will hold its Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting in the City of Norwich, Conn., on the 12th, 13th and 14th of October, 1880. The several sessions of this meeting will be held in the Broadway Church, Rev. L. T. CHAMBERLAIN, D. D., Pastor. The opening session will begin at 3 o’clock P. M. of Tuesday, the 12th, when the Report of the Executive Committee will be read.