EDITORIAL. 



L ENVOI. 



The change recently announced and, by the appearance of 

 this number, placed in process of realization means much to 

 the writer. It means, among other things, the fulfillment of a 

 cherished desire and the realization of hopes which led to the 

 founding of the Journal of Comparative Neurology at a time 

 when the prospect of either scientific or material support 

 seemed very small. The small but growing band of investi- 

 gators in this country were much better than their promise in 

 supplying material and in supporting the enterprise from the 

 start. In spite of the fact that the specific purpose of the 

 venture was realized only in part, a fact partly to be accounted 

 for by the long-continued incapacity of the writer, it is believed 

 that the thirteen years of the existence of the Journal have not 

 been entirely unfruitful. 



It seems not inappropriate that the writer should avail 

 himself of this occasion, apparently so full of promise for greater 

 usefulness in the future, to express his personal gratitude for the 

 unselfish toil which has been expended by the numerous col- 

 laborators on the staff during a period of nearly ten years, dur- 

 ing which care on his part has been impossible and his own re- 

 sponsibility of the most perfunctory kind. To my brother, 

 Professor C. Judson Herrick, especially, who has carried the 

 administrative and editorial responsibility, much of the time with 

 little or no assistance, and on whom the financial burden has 

 too largely fallen, the Journal owes its continued existence and 

 the new lease of life to which we now look hopefully forward. 

 Thanks are due also to the many others, both in this country 

 and abroad, who have actively shared in the responsibilities 



