The Journal 



OF THE 



Postal Microscopical Society. 



MARCH, 1882. 



STo our 39lea53fers 



^N adding one more to the already numerous host of 



weekly^ monthly, and quarterly Magazines which are 



being published on every conceivable subject, it 



seems desirable to say a few words concerning the 



reasons which have led to it, and the objects which it 



is designed to serve. 



For some time past a feeling has been growing in 

 the minds of many members of the Postal Micro- 

 scopical Society, that something more was needed 

 beyond the mere circulation of Slides, to bind those 

 members more closely together, scattered as they are 

 over all parts of the British Isles, and with but few 

 opportunities of becoming personally known to one 

 another. A desire was also manifested to utiHse in 

 some way the valuable Notes and original Drawings 

 by Mr. Tuffen West, Mr. Hammond, and others, which 

 have hitherto lain buried in disused Note-books ; and to 

 put them into such general circulation, that not only the 



