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 NEW ENGLAND IN THE CIVIL WAR, and
which will command the attention of all classes of readers, will be
initiated in the October number of the Bay State Monthly, by THREE
IMPORTANT CHAPTERS, namely:--