Corning, Iowa.
Please give the names of the various religious denominations in the United States and their respective membership.
J. B. G.
Answer.—The denominational statistics of the census if compiled are not available. The Rand-McNally Index of the World gives the following data for Jan. 1, 1881, which may be considered a fair estimate:
| Roman Catholic | 6,174,202 |
| Baptist | 2,133,044 |
| Methodist | 1,680,779 |
| M. E. South | 828,013 |
| Lutheran | 684,570 |
| Presbyterian | 573,377 |
| Christian | 567,448 |
| Congregational | 383,685 |
| Protestant Episcopal | 323,876 |
| United Brethren | 155,437 |
| Reformed Church in U. S. | 154,742 |
| United Evangelical | 144,000 |
| Presbyterian South | 119,970 |
| Protestant Methodist | 118,170 |
| Cumberland Presbyterian | 111,855 |
| Mormon | 110,377 |
| Evangelical Association | 99,607 |
| The Brethren | 90,000 |
| United Presbyterian | 80,236 |
| Reformed Church in America | 78,917 |
| Freewill Baptists | 76,706 |
| Friends | 67,643 |
| Second Adventist | 63,500 |
| Anti-Mission Baptist | 40,000 |
| Universalist | 37,945 |
| Church of God | 20,224 |
| Wesleyan Methodist | 17,847 |
| Moravian | 16,112 |
| Seventh Day Adventist | 14,733 |
| Jews | 13,683 |
| Free Methodist | 12,120 |
| Adventist | 11,100 |
| Reformed Episcopal | 10,459 |
| Seventh Day Baptist | 8,606 |
| Reformed Presbyterian | 6,020 |
| New Jerusalem | 4,734 |
| Primitive Methodist | 3,370 |
| New Mennonite | 2,990 |
| American Communities | 2,838 |
| Shaker | 2,400 |
| Independent Methodist | 2,100 |
| Six Principle Baptist | 2,075 |
THE ITALIAN POET TASSO.
Charleston, Ill.
Will you please give something of the life and writings of Torquato Tasso?
H. B. Glassco.