PUBLISHER'S DEPARTMENT.
Important Announcement.
The October number of the Bay State Monthly will contain, among other articles of interest, a valuable historical and descriptive paper on the enterprising and rapidly increasing city of
HOLYOKE, MASS.,
the chief paper manufacturing place in the world, and the centre, also, of other important private and corporate industries. This paper has been prepared by a writer "to the manor born," and will be copiously and beautifully illustrated.
Another article of special interest and value will be the
HISTORY AND ROMANCE OF FORT SHIRLEY,
built in the town of Heath, Mass., in 1744, as a defence against the Indians. The article has been prepared by Prof. A.L. Perry, of Williams College.
The series of papers illustrative of