Science, iu the most extensive sense of 

 the term; a Statement of the proceed- 

 ings of learned Societies , and generally 

 of occurrences iu the world of letters : 

 and a succession of Articles adapted to 

 the improvement of the taste , and suh- 

 servient to the occupation of literary 

 leisure. The Philosophy of Nature as 

 exhibited in the Three Kingdoms, will 

 form the paramount feature of discus- 

 sion in its columns. It will draw its in- 

 formation and illustrations from the 

 researches of the most eminent philoso 

 phers of modern times. The valuable 

 and authentic facts which will form the 

 subject of its details, will he derived from 

 various sources ; from the original work 

 and memoirs of discoverers ; from the 

 labours of their most distinguished 

 followers ; and from the personal com- 

 munications of living members of both 

 these great classes. The Jotirnal will thus 

 be constituted a perpetual series of Phi- 

 losophical Transactions; which will be 

 ready to communicate in a week, infor- 

 mation that might otherwise remain lock- 

 ed up in the repositories of Societies 

 for a year. Even the quarterly and 

 monthly Journals , so valuable for the 

 scientilic details which they regularly 

 produce, and so admirably conducted 

 as they certainly are , seem to be too 

 slow mediums of comminiication for 

 many important and useful discoveries. 

 The facilities , in fact , which a weekly 

 Journal , devoted to the Progress of 

 Science and Art, gives by its frequency 

 of publication and rapidity of circula- 

 tion , appear to afford an important 

 stimulus for keeping alive the spirits of 

 inquiry, as well as education, that distin- 

 guishes the present age. r>y means of this 

 Journal information ofall Discoveries, In- 

 ventions , and Schemes of Improvement , 

 will spread, in two or three days at most , 

 to the remotest corners of the Island. 



Analytical Reviews of nil important 

 and interesting Works of Science , Art, 

 and Literature, will form a principal 

 feature of this Jourual. These reviews 

 will not consist of mere extracts from 

 such works, accompanied by a few' pre- 



liminary or concluding observations, but 

 will contain complete Analyses of their 

 contents, so as to enable the reader to 

 judge for himself of their nature and 

 utility, and to understand theirsubstance 

 if he have not time to study them at 

 length. 



As for the department of Literary 

 Criticism, we are still admirers of those 

 good old writers who formed our lan- 

 guage , and preceded or adorned the 

 Augustan age of this country ; and we 

 are most averse to the introduction of 

 that foreign style ( whether in litera- 

 ture or in science , ) which destroys the 

 purity and weakens the manly vigour of 

 our mother tongue. Nevertheless , we 

 should willingly excuse such bad taste 

 in any work which really possessed va- 

 luable information, satisfying ourselves 

 with the recommendation of a pure and 

 appropriate style in communicating the 

 great truths of Philosophy to mankind. 

 But there can be no excuse for those 

 conceited wits who twist words from 

 their real meaning , and coin false com- 

 binations or phrases, as well as new 

 terms, until Dryden, and Addison, 

 and Swift would be unable to read the 

 works that call themselves English, and 

 would , were they now to appear among 

 us , demand of many a person , not in 

 all respects unw orthy to be classed among 

 their successors, an account of his ste- 

 wardship over the chaste and pre- 

 cious language which they had be- 

 queathed. 



The past history and future proceed- 

 ings of Societies and Seminaries of 

 sound Learning will form another new 

 and useful feature of this publication. 

 No Journal exists where such interest- 

 ing intelligence is regulaily recorded. 

 The metropolis alone happily abounds 

 in Institutions for the promotion of every 

 branch of Science and Art, whose pro- 

 ceedings are sufficient to occupy a large 

 portion of our Journal. 



The History and Progress of Univer- 

 sities, and the Systems of Instruction 

 adopted within their walls, will form a 

 subject of deep interest to all who are 



