Spiritist Union of Bordeaux.

The latest issue of the journal Union, which now reaches us, and which completes its second year, carries the following notice:

“Absorbed by the material labor imposed upon us by the necessity of providing for our own needs and those of the family, which we have the obligation to bring up, it was not possible for us to bring out regularly the latest issues of the Union Spirite. We will not conceal it, in the face of this task at once so painful and so thankless, which we imposed upon ourselves, that we asked ourselves whether we ought not to stop along the way, and leave to others, more favored by fortune than ourselves, the care of continuing the work that we undertook with so much ardor, conviction, and faith. But, yielding to the entreaties of many of our readers, who think that the Union Spirite not only has its reason for being, but has already rendered, and is called to render, in a future perhaps very near, great services to Spiritism, we have resolved to march forward still, and to confront the difficulties of every sort, which pile up beneath our steps. Only, in order to make such a task possible for us and to avoid the irregularity of which, unfortunately, until now, we have so often been the victim, we have been obliged to introduce great modifications in our manner of publication. “The Union Spirite, which next June will begin its third year, will appear from now on only once a month, in booklets of 32 pages, large in-8º. The price of the subscription will be fixed at 10 francs per year.

“We hope that our subscribers will accept these conditions, which are, moreover, those of Allan Kardec’s Spiritist Review, and of almost all the philosophical publications or reviews of Paris, and that, by sending as soon as possible their adherence, they will make as easy as possible for us the realization of the work, for which, for more than four years, we have made such great sacrifices.”

A. Bez.

We are among those who consider this journal as having its reason for being and its usefulness; by the spirit in which it is written, it can and ought to render incontestable services to the cause of Spiritism. We congratulate Mr. Bez on his perseverance, in spite of the material difficulties he encounters even in his position. In our opinion, he has taken a very sensible course, making it appear only once a month, while nonetheless giving it the same quantity of material. One cannot imagine the time and expense entailed by publications that appear several times a month, when one is obliged to manage alone, or almost alone; it is absolutely necessary to have nothing else to do and to renounce any other occupation. Appearing on the 15th of each month, for example, it will alternate with our Review. In this way, those who would wish that this latter appear more often, which is impossible, will find therein the complement of what they desire and will not be deprived for so long of the reading of subjects in which they are interested. We make an appeal for support of it, to sustain this publication.