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PHILADELPHIA, PA., JANUARY, 1910. 



We said in a previous number that we thought it likely that 

 the review of the literature that we formerly gave would be 

 continued. In this number it has eventuated. The trouble 

 has been to get someone who loved entomology and entomolo- 

 gists enough to do this work. In the first volume of the 

 NEWS, in the first two numbers, these reviews are signed E. 

 M. A. Since that time a number of martyrs to the cause have 

 spent good hours at the work. There is no doubt of the great 

 value of a monthly review of the literature, but how often 

 do those using it think of the person who has compiled it as 

 a labor of love. At the present time we are fortunate in 

 having a case of avatism in our midst. The gentleman who 

 is conducting the Department of Literature at the present 

 time undoubtedly inherited his entomology, as his grandfather 

 was one of the founders of the American Entomological So- 

 ciety and its first meeting was held in his father's home. We 

 are very grateful for the many kind letters received in regard 

 to the increase of price for the present volume and the very 

 great interest shown in the News and its future. 



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