cremated, and provision is made by him or his family for the expenses incident thereto, the officers of the society shall see that his will in this respect be carried out at the nearest convenient crematory. The Kentucky Cremation Society, at Louisville, which was organized in the fall of 1886, has been steadily growing, and now counts about 70 members. The subscribed capital is sufficient to buy a lot and commence building, and the society therefore hopes to have a crematory ready during next year. A license was issued on Jan. 2, 1886, to William Christian, of the Chicago _Tribune_, Elmer Atkinson, a lawyer, and David Hamilton, a real estate dealer, to build a crematory for the incineration of human bodies, near Chicago, Illinois. The capital of the company which they have organized, and which is called the “Chicago and Cook County Cremation Company,” is $40,000. On April 6, 1886, Dr. O. W. Carlson read a paper advocating cremation, before the Academy of Medicine, at Milwaukee, Wis. At the close of the address the subject was discussed at some length by those present, and some very interesting facts were brought out. A proposition was made that the Academy of Medicine found a cremation society at Milwaukee, and, though no action in the matter was taken at the time, it is probable that steps will be taken by the members with that object in view. Lately a cremation society was organized at Milwaukee, that has already secured a desirable site upon a local cemetery, and intends to erect a crematorium as soon as the necessary funds are obtained. It is proposed to build a crematory at Toronto, Canada. The pastors of the leading churches, upon being interviewed, almost unanimously expressed their opposition to cremation. The newspapers state that a crematory will be erected at Atlanta, Ga. This volume would not be complete without the mention of the _Modern Crematist_, a monthly journal devoted to the interests of incineration, and published by Dr. M. L. Davis of Lancaster, Pa. The _Neue Flamme_, a worthy German contemporary, is published at Berlin.