An autograph note of nine lines signed with the initials of Longfellow, one of seven lines signed with the initials of J. R. Lowell, one of nine lines signed O. W. Holmes, one of thirteen lines signed R. W. Emerson, and a signature of Louis Agassiz, for a signed note or document of Abraham Lincoln or John Brown; or any one of them, for a signed note or document of U. S. Grant, General Sherman, General Sheridan, General Thomas, or Admiral Farragut.

Richard Norton, Ashfield, Mass.


Postmarks, for postmarks. Minerals, for red and brown hematite and black magnetic iron ores, tin and nickel ores and cinnabar, sea-shells (rare only), ocean curiosities, especially a horseshoe-crab and a sea-horse. Send postal to arrange exchange.

Walter S. Stillman,
C. B. Natural History Club,
Box 966, Council Bluffs, Iowa.


A specimen of genuine lava from Vesuvius, for an Indian arrow-head, or Indian relics of any kind.

John S. Woodruff,
310 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.


Stones from New York, Vermont, or Massachusetts, for stones from any State or Territory except New Jersey and Pennsylvania.