11. PREFACE. 



of the Articles to one special branch of science, and as we are 

 frequently urged to insert Articles touching other departments 

 of Natural History, and have, indeed, already admitted some 

 into the Journal, we think it not improbable that the third 

 volume may appear with an addition to the old title, but this 

 cannot be decided until the Annual Meeting, which will be 

 held in a few days. 



In future issues, as in the past. Microscopy will always 

 occupy the most prominent place ; but, at the same time, good 

 Papers on Botany, Entomology, Geology, Photography, etc., 

 will not be excluded. 



We do not forget that our original object, in setting on 

 foot this Journal, was to preserve the many valuable Notes of 

 the Members of the Postal Microscopical Society found scattered 

 throughout the Note Books, and also to give an opportunity 

 for their perusal to a much larger circle than our own 

 Members, and we feel that the association of the Journal 

 with the Postal Microscopical Society is a guarantee of the 

 high place it is intended to take amongst the Microscopical 

 and Natural History literature of the day ; and, as such, we 

 confidently place it before the public. 



We should, indeed, be lacking in gratitude were we not 

 most heartily to thank all our friends, Contributors, and 

 Subscribers, for the help so kindly and courteously given by 

 them, and of which we have received so large a share during 

 the past two years, 



