THE LITERARY 



OF THE LINN^AN ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE. 



Vol. II. NOVEMBER, 1845. No. 1. 



SECOND VOLUME OF THE RECORD AND JOURNAL. 



The Linnaean Assgciatio.v having determined to continue the pub- 

 lication of the "Record and Journal," it is our duty once more to be- 

 speak for it public attention and patronage. We do this the more wil- 

 lingly, as "the public" whom we address is not to us a "hundred head- 

 ed monster" of whose nature we are ignorant and whose passions we 

 fear we may exite even when we attempt to gratify its appetite. Our 

 public is a very limited one, consisting of less than five hundred sub- 

 scribers with nearly every one of whom we have something like per- 

 .sonal acquaintance. We are, therefore, at no loss to understand what 

 ty*pir wants are, what it is that they expect from this Magazine which 

 theyshave called into existence and which, we believe, they are determ- 

 ined tossustain. To speak plainly, we know that our readers desire to 

 cultivate \iterature and science, and expect us to furnish them with some 

 of the supfvlies of /his kind which they require. 



But we danno'i- flatter ourselves tliat we have in all respects met the 

 wishes and e.^p'Jctations of our friends. There are two causes of this, 

 the one in our readers, the other in ourselves. Even with our limited 

 public the old copy is true, '■'■Many men, many mindsP Some of our 

 readers prefer one department of literature, some an other. Our young 

 friends particularly think that we give them too much that is of a dry 

 and scientific character, and would rather have a larger, a much larger 

 amount of lighter literature. On the other hand, our older savans think 

 that we are rather light and superficial, and would prefer that we should 

 go into all the profundities and details of their favorite sciences whether 

 physical or mathematical. How are we to reconcile both these parties ? 

 Simply by reminding them of the title and design of this publication. 

 Observe, gentlemen, if you please, we edit the " Literary Record and 

 Journal of the Linnaean Association." This binds us to keep in view 

 hoth Literature and Science. The Linnaean Association was organized 

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