14 JANUARY 1893, Page 21

The Monthly Packet, now published by A. D. Lines and

Co., maintains its fairly high literary level. The most prominent paper in the January number is Miss Helen Zimmern's "Santa Maria Maddalena dei Pazzi," an interesting study in Italian pietism. This number of the Monthly Packet also contains studies in English and Italian literature, and readable papers on "Ladies' Clubs" and Celestial Photography."