BOORS ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE FORTNIGHTLY INDEX. AN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL OF LIBERAL EDUCATION. A plan has long been in contemplation to establish at Ann Arbor, the seat of the University of Michigan, a journal of high character, that should reflect the maturest thought on educational, literary, scientific, artistic, political and historical questions of current interest. The presence and the influence of this great center of learning seemed to afford unusual facilities for carrying, forward such an enterprise; and it was felt that an institution of so great influence in moulding the education of the West should have some recognized medium of communication with the leading teachers and scholars of the country. Through a series of steps not necessary here to describe, the fortnightly INDEX, now about to enter upon its third year, finds itself in a position to undertake the mission just indicated; and the attention of the educational public is invited to the announcement we now have to make. By an arrangement recently completed with Professors Alexander Winchell, Charles K. Adams and William H. Payne, of the University of Michigan, these gentlemen have been added to the editorial staff of the INDEX; and the paper will be conducted hereafter in accordance with the following general plan: I. ALEXANDER WINCHELL, LL.D., Professor of Geology and Paleontology, will take in charge the department of Science and Arts, and by way of editorials, notes and leading articles will present regularly a careful digest of whatever is most valuable in these important domains of knowledge. There is a growing recognition of the value of science in all schemes of public education; and Dr. Winchell will discuss the various phases of scientific intelligence and instruction. II. CHARLES K. 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IV.—The LITERARY DEPARTMENT, remaining in the same hands as heretofore, will continue to maintain a high standard of excellence. A trustworthy record of the latest publications will be presented, and a series of leading essays and short poems of merit will be made prominent features. V.-The DEPARTMENT OF CRITICISM will be conducted in a spirit of judicial independence. Exhaustive review articles, and extended notices of important works and events of the realm of Art, written by specialists in their several lines, will express the critical judgments of men qualified to form an unbiased opinion. VI.—LETTERS FROM FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS will contain intelligence of progress in different parts of the world. We shall allow our home correspondents ample space for the discussion of all questions that fall within the compass of an educational and literary journal. VII. The INDEX will be issued fortnightly, the subscription price remaining as before$2.00 per year, prepaid. 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