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FTER a period of four years’ existence, it is with many regrets 
that we have to suspend the publication of THE MIcRoscopicaL 
News. During the past seven or eight months the Editor’s time 
has been so much occupied with matters other than microscopical, 
that he has felt for some time it would be better to suspend 
publication until he had more time at his disposal. Although the 
Journal has not been pecuniarily successful in the past, we believe 
it had arrived at a stage at which the revenue would have balanced 
the expenditure, and this is all that could be desired in a Journal 
interesting so small a proportion of the community as microscopists 
must be. We have gained some little experience of the world by 
means of this publication, and it has many times led us into 
pleasant paths and amongst pleasant company, so that it is on this 
account more particularly that we regret severing our connection 
with our readers. When first the Northern Microscopist was 
announced, we were asked in the great metropolis who was going to 
be foolish enough to perpetrate such a deed. We must say we 
have never for one moment regretted the publication of our first 
and succeeding numbers, and we hope that the four volumes may 
be found to contain matters interesting to the experienced micros- 
copist and of use to the beginner. 
Did space allow, we would fain say a few words regarding 
Microscopical Societies and their management, their aims and 
objects also, as we really came into existence with a view of 
recording their proceedings, but any superfluous microscopical 
literature can always find an outlet in any of the ordinary channels. 
Our readers have been presented with the whole of Professor 
