—The Ladies' Repository, an ably conducted Methodist Monthly, notices in very appropriate style some of the perplexities of editors as follows: We find it impossible to respond by private communication to the many letters addressed to us. It results not from indifference or carelessness, but the consumption of time it would require, places it beyond our power. One says, "Please write and let me know if my article is accepted." Impossible thus to accommodate contributors. Another—"Did you receive my article sent three months ago?" Very likely, and if so it has taken the proper course. Another—"Please return the article on—which I sent you three years ago." Bless you, it was burned up long ago. If you wish to preserve your articles when not published, retain a copy. Another—"Please insert this article in your next number." Can not do it; the last page of the next number is already in type. Another—"I have sent you eleven articles, and only two have been published." Yes, and if you had put all the labor bestowed upon the eleven upon the two, it would not have hurt them. It is easy to cover page after page with mere common-place thought, but labor only will make a good writer. Another—"Why do you never publish my articles?" Most of them are too long, and all of them are too prosy. Articles for a magazine must have point, pith, "snap" in them, or ten to one they will not be read. Then, too, long articles must be the rare exception. Another—but we must stop.