to 
THE NORTHERN MICROSCOPIST. 
therefore the advice, opinions, and suggestions of our correspondents 
will not be allowed to fall on deaf ears. 
We hope the establishment of THE NoRTHERN MICROSCOPIST 
will be a bond of union between workers in the North, and that it 
will bring to the fore many men whose researches have scarcely 
been heard of on account of their distance from the great Micro- 
scopical centres, 
It is but too true that in the North many hard working micros- 
copists living but a few miles apart have scarcely known of each 
other’s existence though working perhaps on the same subject, and 
therefore have never had the opportunity of extending the hand 
of friendship or of mutually assisting in their researches. 
One thing has rather surprised us—that in several towns of con- 
siderable magnitude, there is no Microscopical Society in existence. 
We cannot but feel that the want of a journal such as this has 
militated against the permanence of many societies, till at length 
Microscopy has found itself absorbed as a dependency of some 
Natural History Society which has come to its aid, or if such a so- 
_ ciety has not been in existence Microscopy has died out altogether. 
We have at much trouble, and not without some difficulty, 
endeavoured to form a fair list of the Microscopical Societies in 
the North, as well as of those, Literary and Philosophical, and of 
Natural History, where Microscopy forms a section. We are aware 
that this list must be incomplete, and cordially invite Secretaries of 
all societies interested in a journal of this kind to send us data for 
our Diary as well as a report of their proceedings. 
We shall be glad to correspond with microscopists who may read 
papers before the various Northern Societies, with a view to their 
publication, either zz extenso or as abstracts; our desire being to 
extend the study of Microscopy. 
