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THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



The Popular Science Monthly has been well 



received by the press, and the project is cordially commended, as the 



following extracts will show : 



" We think it is not too much to say 

 that this is the best first number of any 

 magazine ever published in America." New 

 York World. 



" This is just the publication needed at 

 the present day, when people are beginning 

 to -wake up to the importance of knowing 

 something of the grand and beautiful pro- 

 cesses of Nature, and of the thousand -de- 

 partments of scientific knowledge, the study 

 of which strengthens and elevates the facul- 

 ties, and opens up so many new sources of 

 intellectual enjoyment." Montreal Gazette. 



" The new journal will meet with a de- 

 served popular success, for the field is an 

 open one, and The Popular Science Monthly 

 is equal to the occasion ; it is beyond com- 

 parison the best attempt at journalism of 

 the kind ever made in this country." Home 

 Journal. 



" The initial number is admirably consti- 

 tuted. It opens fittingly with a paper by 

 Mr. Herbert Spencer which we commend 

 most earnestly to all thoughtful men. With 

 the improvements that will come by experi- 

 ence, we look to see The Popular Science 

 Monthly a periodical of superlative merit, 

 and a thorough success." New York Even- 

 ing Mail. 



"The initial number amply fulfils the 

 promise of its conductors, and, by the vigor 

 and breadth of its discussions, no less than 

 by the interest of the topics chosen, claims 

 the public support and patronage. Scien- 

 tific discovery in all departments moves for- 

 ward so rapidly, and opinions, if it must be 

 confessed, shift with such surprising readi- 

 ness, that there is need of a full and well- 

 conducted periodical to record the changes." 

 Boston Journal. 



" The Popular Science Monthly, con- 

 ducted by Prof. Yournans, and published 

 by the Appletons, is a new-comer in the 

 periodical field, and one for whose success 

 we cannot but wish earnestly. In our opin- 

 ion, the right idea has been happily hit in 

 the plan of the new monthly. There is a 

 positive need for such a journal as this, and 

 we hope that the large number to whom its 

 appearance must be welcome will see that it 

 is a success from the start." ^Buffalo Cou- 

 rier. 



" This is a highly-auspicious beginning 

 of a useful and much-needed enterprise in 

 the way of publication for which the public 

 owe a special debt of obligation to Messrs. 

 D. Appleton & Co." Boston Gazette. 



"A journal which promises to be of emi- 

 nent value to the cause of popular education 

 in this country. It is to be hoped that an 

 experiment of such unquestionable public 

 utility will meet with support in accordance 

 with its merits." New York Tribune. 



" We have not met a new acquaintance 

 in the literary world which we can welcome 

 more heartily than we do this new monthly. 

 It meets a want which has long been felt by 

 the friends of popular learning in our coun- 

 try. Lockport {N. Y.) Daily Union. 



" The articles selected from the leading 

 foreign periodicals are of great value par- 

 ticularly Mons. A. De Quatrefages's instruc- 

 tive and suggestive lecture on the Natural 

 History of Man. The success of this peri- 

 odical, so much needed and so well edited, 

 may be taken for granted." Philadelphia 

 Press. 



" This new enterprise appeals to all intel- 

 ligent seekers for truth, all lovers of knowl- 

 edge, all friends of investigation, and all 

 who are interested in the laudable effort of 

 diffusing that information which is best cal- 

 culated to expand the mind, and improve 

 the conditions and enhance the worth of 

 life." Golden Age. 



" Messrs. D. Appleton & Co. have cer. 

 tainly carried out one of the memorable 

 ' happy thoughts ' of these times, in prepar- 

 ing The Popular Science Monthly. It 

 is just what is wanted by the curious and 

 progressive mind of this country, and ought 

 to be widely circulated." New York Even- 

 ing Post. 



" That there is a place for The Popular 

 Science Monthly no one can doubt who 

 has watched the steady increase of interest 

 in scientific investigation manifested in this 

 country, not only by a select class, but by 

 the entire community. The success of a 

 periodical of this nature, if it is rightly 

 conducted, cannot for a moment be doubt- 

 ed, and, in this respect, Ave would say that, 

 if the managers of this one will only con- 

 tinue as they have begun, they may be as- 

 sured of a circulation at once large and 

 appreciative. Prof. E. L. Yournans, who is 

 the editor, has made arrangements with the 

 leading scientific periodicals of Europe, so 

 that he can publish papers of special inter- 

 est from their advance-sheets among his 

 selected articles." New York Times. 



" This new magazine, in our estimation, 

 has more merit than the whole brood which 

 have preceded it." Oswego Press. 



