erro r h a s a p p eared in several pap ers th at 19 A v e n u e R o ad h as been ch risten ed “ B la v a ts k y L o d g e ” , a m istak e w h ich has, h ow ever, been su b seq u en tly rectified . T h e Galignani Messenger o f A u g u st 20th, and the Society Times o f A u g u st 23rd, g iv e in terestin g a cco u n ts of even in g s a t the B la v a ts k y L o d g e , th e form er also con tain in g inform ation abou t the S o ciety and the H e a d q u a rte rs. In the Midland Evening News for A u g u st 22nd, H . C o ry n , F .T .S . h as a letter d ealin g w ith M r. M c lllw r a ith ’s a b o v e m entioned p am p h let. M r. C o ryn c le a rly show s th at there is som ething m ore to ex a m in e in T h e o so p h y than our critic im agines. M r. M c lllw r a ith ’s reply is con tain ed in th e Midland Evening News for 27th of A u g u st. “ G em s from th e E a s t ” is n oticed in England o f 23rd o f A u g u st. T h e doin gs of our C h ica g o brethren com e under p u b lic n otice in th e Globe o f 25th A u g u st, and th e ir resolution cond em nin g H y p n o tism , as a source o f serious m oral and p h y sic a l e v il, is p u b lish ed v e rb a tim . T h e ann ou n cem ent o f D r. B o w les D a ly ’s “ conversion ” to B u d d h ism is con tain ed in the P all M all Gazette for A u g u st 27th, the Birmingham D aily Post o f the 28th, and oth er papers. W e h a v e also received m an y p a p ers and cu ttin g s from th e U n ited S ta te s, the C on tin en t, In d ia and C ey lo n , d u rin g the past m o n th ; the m ost im portant a rticle in th e P ress is th e “ R ecen t P ro g re ss o f T h eo so p h y ” , b y M a d am e B la v a ts k y , in the North American Review. H . P . B . ’s p h otograph, and q u otation s from this a rticle and from the “ M ote and B ea m ” in la st Lucifer, o c c u p y tw o p ag es of the Review o f Reviews for A u g u st. Birmingham Lodge.— T h e resident m em bers of the T .S . in B irm in gh am h a v e b een b u sily en gaged du rin g the past m onth in the form ation of their L o d g e , w h ich is now in w orkin g order, and d u ly qualified b y C h a rte r from the P resid e n t o f the E u rop ean S ection . T h e L o d g e h as d ecid ed to m eet on T h u r s d a y even in gs, at its ow n room , 4 H olb orn C h am b ers, B ro a d S treet C o r n e r ; but m em bers w ill h a ve free a ccess to the roof* for readin g and w ritin g on a ll d a y s o f the w eek, b etw een th e hours o f 9 a.m . and 10.30 p.m . T h e P r e s id e n t- F o u n d e r o f th e L o d g e is M r. K en n eth A u stin , C .E ., and M r. S . H . O ld has u n dertaken the d u ties o f S e c re ta ry . T h r e e m eetings w ere held d urin g the last w eek in A u g u st, at w h ich the lead in g tenets o f T h e o so p h y w ere illu strated and discu ssed w ith m uch anim ation. T o all a p p eara n ces the L o d g e h as a good outlook, and our h eartiest good w ishes w ill go w ith it. S
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O u r en ergetic w orkers in S pain h ave alread y d istribu ted the w h ole of th e first edition o f 2,000 cop ies o f “ W h a t is T h eo so p h y ” , and 300 o f the second edition o f the sam e p a m p h le t; 1,000 o f an oth er ex cellen t c o m p ila tion, en titled “ T h eo so p h y ” ; 1,250 leaflets ; 70 T .P .S . pam ph lets. C op ies o f the Theosophist, Lucifer, Path, and Revue Theosophique h a ve also been g iv en a w a y , m akin g a total o f 4,652 cu ttin g s from th e tree o f T h eo so p h y. T h is « “ p ra ctic a l w ork ” . A M E R IC A . The Golden Gate Lodge Theosophical Society at S a n F ra n cisc o h a ve rem oved to m ore com m odious q u arters and are holding a ve ry interestin g course o f p u b lic lectu res. “ T h e ob ject o f these lectu res ” , th e y say, “ is to present th e fun dam en tal prin ciples o f T h e o so p h y in a plain, straightforw ard m anner, to d isabu se th e m inds o f a ll w ho en tertain m iscon cep tion s o f th is ph ilosop h y, and to assist all w h o are sea rch in g for m ore light upon the problem s o f hum an existen ce, p ast, present, and future. A sp ecial feature o f the lectu res w ill be the an sw erin g o f question s from the au d ience, upon th e su b ject m atter o f th e lectu re at its clo se ; such questions, togeth er w ith free d iscussion , co rd ia lly in vited , if k ep t w ithin T h eo so p h ic or N o n S e c ta ria n lim its.” T h e en ergetic a c tiv ity ot th e P a c ific C o a st T h eo so p h is ts is w o rth y o f a ll praise and o f keen em ulation.