The subscribers will note the fact that the October number commences the Second Volume of THE BAY STATE MONTHLY. On account of unavoidable delays, the months of July, August, and September, were allowed to pass without issuing the Magazine. Hereafter, it is confidently predicted, the Magazine will be issued regularly and promptly. JOHN N. McCLINTOCK & COMPANY, 31 Milk Street (Room 46), Boston, Mass. * * * * * THE BAY STATE MONTHLY. Volume I.--1884. Bound in cloth, royal 8vo., 420 pages. Price, $2.00. WITH 6 PORTRAITS ON STEEL, 10 MAPS, AND 107 ILLUSTRATIONS. PRESS NOTICES. "A creditable addition to Massachusetts literature,"--_Boston Globe._ "The first six numbers form a volume of genuine historic value and interest."--_Transcript._ "An admirable issue."--_Maiden City Press._ "Replete with sketches which should be read in every household."--_Winchendon Courier._ "Furnishing much valuable historical and biographical matter."--_Boston Commonwealth._ "Working its way to popular favor."--_The Weekly News._ "The Bay State Monthly is just what is needed in New England."--_The Gorham Mountaineer._ "New England societies will not be able to dispense with this magazine,"--_St. Paul Pioneer-Press._ "Crammed full of historic facts; should be in every family."--_Brockton Eagle._ "A conspicuous article is 'Bunker Hill' (with map), by General Carrington, U.S.A."--_Southbridge Journal._ "Has made a firm footing and held its ground well."--_Newport News and Journal._ "Filled with instructive literary matter, and a very reliable map."--_Essex Banner._ "One of the most popular in the list of monthlies."--_The Moniter (Chatham)._ "Handsomely gotten up, and reading-matter is interesting."--_Holyoke Herald._ "The steady improvement in this magazine is gratifying."--_Medford Mercury._ "Deserves the support of every true American, and every Massachusetts citizen."--_The Watchman._ "Edited ably, growing healthily, and presents features of peculiar interest."--_Congregationalist._ "Improves with each number."--_New England Home Journal (Worcester)._ "Should be in every household in Massachusetts."--_Barre Gazette._ "One of the noted historical magazines of the day."--_Norfolk County Register._ "Of that interest to the whole country that the cultured productions of cultured Boston have usually been."--_Courier and Journal (Louisville, Ky.)._ "An important blank in our periodical literature has been filled."--_Chicago News._ "Destined to take place in the first rank."--_Watertown Enterprise._ "Invites the support of Massachusetts people from Berkshire to Barnstable."--_Lowell Morning Times._ "Already a success."--_Cape Cod Bee (Barnstable)._ "'The Rent Veil,' by Henry B. Carrington, is a strikingly fine production, possessing a Miltonian Stateliness, and breathing a spirit of veneration."--_New York Times._ "Replete with choice literary productions."--_Gardner Record._