Five  young  ladies,  recent  graduates  of  the  New  •,
Yoi-k  institution  for  the  blind,  wishing  to  supply  a'
great  want  in  their  community,  have  undertaken
to  establish  a  circulating  library  of  embossed  books  'i
for  the  benefit  of  those  who  are  similarly  afflicted
with  themselves.  They  applied  last  summer  for
a  charter  of  incorporation,  and  when  this  was/
granted,  the  newspapers  of  that  city,  with  but  one
exception,  announced  the  enterprise  in  the  fewest,
possible  words,  without  alluding  to  its  merits  or  1
commending  its  importance.  But  one  of  our
leading  journals,  the  "  Boston  Daily  Advertiser,"-
accustomed  to  take  notice  of  almost  every  move-
ment regarding  the  education  of  the  blind  and  the


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•  amelioration  of  their  condition,  took  up  the  subject
of  its  own  accord  and  without  any  request  or  sug-

i  gestion  from  outside,  and  recommended  the  enter-
prise most  earnestly  to  the  favorable  consideration
of  the  public.
This  is  one  of  the  very  many  tokens  of  the  most
generous  and  constant  assistance  which  the  jour-
nals of  New  England  lend  to  the  blind,  and  for
which  the  recipients  of  this  great  and  lasting  bencr
faction  and  their  helpers  avail  themselves  of  this
opportunity  to  return  heartfelt  thanks  and  grateful
acknowledgments.
The  Internattoxal  Congress  in  Amsterdam.
*•*•  Ever  onward  must  thy  soul ;  —
'Tis  the  progress  gains  the  goal."

Schiller.
The  Vth  international  congress  of  the  educators
of  the  blind,  which  was  held  in  Amsterdam  last
August,  was  an  event  of  surpassing  interest,  show-
ing how  much  progress  has  been  recently  made
in  most  of  the  European  institutions,  and  what
an  impetus  has  already  been  given  for  further
advancement.
