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a favourite with many, who would shrink from taking up an ordi- 

 nary scientific work. Yet in spite of all we have said or written on 

 this subject, there still exist people so stupid as to maintain that 

 scientific books should be adapted only to the capacities of those 

 who are already scientific, and should not be partially adapted to 

 the capacity of the unlearned, with the view of tempting them to 

 move forward in a scientific direction. Every reader found in the 

 Intelligencer something he could understand and appreciate. 



It was by some considered an extremely wild-goose speculation to 

 attempt to bring out a penny weekly journal in any degree scientific, 

 and in good truth, a few years ago, this would not bave been prac- 

 ticable ; but, thanks to Mr. Milner Gibson and his colleagues, their 

 endeavours to remove the taxes on knowledge, and their success in 

 obtaining the repeal of the newspaper stamp and advertisement 

 duty, have rendered that possible, which previously was not so. 

 The day we trust is not far distant when the paper duty, that great 

 foe to education and civilization, will also be removed, it is already 

 doomed, and the first possible opportunity that occurs of repealing 

 the excise duty on paper no chancellor of the exchequer will venture 

 to incur the odium of retaining it. 



The Entomologist's Weekly Intelligencer will be resumed next 

 April, and we trust all who wish well to it will give it their energetic 

 support ; it is not yet self-supporting, and it is only by a large 

 increase in the number of subscribers, that we can insure the per- 

 manent continuance of so useful a journal. Those who wish their 

 copies forwarded by post are requested to transmit 4s. 4d., in 

 postage stamps, to E. Newman, 9, Devonshire Street, Bishops- 

 gate Street, on or before March 20th, 18-37. Two copies will be 

 sent weekly for a remittance of 6s. 6d. ; three copies for 85. 8d. ; 

 four for 10s. 10d. } or five for 135. 



ON THE VARIATION OF SPECIES, with espe- 

 cial REFERENCE TO THE INSECTA ; FOLLOWED BY AN EN- 

 QUIRY into the Nature of Genera. By T. Vernon 

 Wollaston, M.A., F.L.S. Qvo. cloth. Price 5s. 



London: John Van Voorst. 



This is a remarkable book in several respects. In the first place, 

 though Mr. Wollaston's name is indissolubly connected with a 

 quasi-elephantine quarto of formidable weight and dimensions, the 

 present work of his is an ordinary-looking small octavo, and can 

 be carried in the coat-pocket ; so that no one need be afraid of or- 

 dering it, for fear that when it 

 it on to any of his bookshelves. 



