Stocktaking : July, 1920



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The Magazine has rocketed from its parochial status to become the

leading cage-bird journal in the world. Amid the general havoc of

the War, when natural history journals went down like ninepins, it

held a steady course, guarded and guided. To-day it is alive

and up to date, a valuable property. Outside contributors write

for it, the general public takes it in; private letters from all over the

world voice the esteem in which it is held. Across the Atlantic not

only has the Press of America described it in most gratifying terms, but

a journal of high standing has published reprints from its pages. It has

become a standard periodical, a work of reference consulted far beyond

the circle of the Society. Its success is attributable to the high standard

of its articles and the interest of its illustrations ; its record of

achievement is high.


An interesting announcement will be found on the last page of

this issue.


The Editor will no longer tolerate the behaviour of a certain

section of the Society.


Passing to more important matters, the Editor is now a “ free

lance ” and invites suggestions for the future. There is room, for

example, for a new natural history journal, which would go like

wildfire.



