Tur MicroscoricaL News 
AND 
NORTHERN MICROSCOPIST. 
No. 47. NOVEMBER. 1884. 
LO OUR READERS. 
T is with much regret that we have to announce the suspension 
of publication of this Journal after the issue of our next, or 
December number. When “The Northern Microscopist ” was 
first issued it was thought that such a periodical would be of use 
in recording the proceedings of the various Microscopical Societies 
in the North, and in aiding amateur microscopists generally. The 
gradually increasing paucity of such matter induced us to enlarge 
the scope of our work, and we thought that by partially discarding 
our limited title and taking up that of THE MicroscopicaL NEws 
we should be opening our pages to those Societies who desired to 
keep a permanent and public record of their proceedings, where- 
ever they might be located. The interest evinced in such a scheme 
is far less than we anticipated, and as we came into existence 
mainly for this purpose, we feel it our duty to suspend publication. 
We regret that circumstances compel us to come to this decision : 
we have nearly completed the fourth year of existence, and the 
Journal would, if more life had been put into it, perhaps a little 
more than paid its way; but we are now working under altered 
circumstances. 
In the early days of “ The Northern Microscopist,” the Editor 
held the position of Government Inspector of Alkali Works, and 
the reading up of Microscopical literature, together with proof- 
reading, served to while away many a weary hour of railway 
travelling and waiting at stations for trains. Having now resigned 
this appointment, his time is so much occupied with his profession 
as Consulting Chemical Engineer, that the necessary attention 
cannot be given any longer to THE MIcroscoPicaL NEws. 
Microscopy has so many charms, when followed intelligently, 
that it is hoped the discontinuance of this Journal (or rather its 
suspension, for it may be continued later on should the Editor feel 
more at liberty), will not cause any beginners to give up the study. 
The Editor desires to call attention to two works of special 
VOL. IV. 
