ADDRESS 



A PREFACE to a new work is always expected, and to a 

 Magazine it becomes as necessary a fixture as the title-page. 

 In accordance, therefore, with the taste and fashion of 

 the times, the Editor of " The Analyst" ventures a few 

 observations in the shape of an introduction to the present 

 number. 



If it be asked why another periodical should be added 

 to the accumulated stock now in existence, the Editor's 

 reply is — " There is no monthly publication in the shape of 

 Magazine or Review in either of the Midland Counties — a 

 part of the empire which is inferior to none in science, in 

 arts, in literature, and in general knowledge — and the want 

 of which has for a very considerable period been a source of 

 regret to the numerous intellectual residents within its 

 enlightened circle." 



Had the Editor not been repeatedly urged by many of 

 the most erudite and leading individuals in this and the 

 neighbouring counties, to undertake the superintendency of a 

 publication similar to the one now launched, it is more than 

 probable that "The Analyst" had never seen the light. 

 The want of such a medium of communicative knowledge 

 having been too long felt and regretted, he obeyed the 

 summons without the slightest hesitation, even in the face of 

 obstacles which might have appalled more experienced men — 

 and the commencement of his labours is submitted to critical 

 investigation in the annexed pages. Whether the experiment 



