ADDRESS, 
more difficult is it for readers of general information (that is to say, ninety- 
nine out of one hundred) to become familiar with all the works which are 
daily published in every branch of art and science! We are convinced that 
we are right in our conjecture, when we state, that the number of periodicals 
alone, now circulating, is equal to the entire product of the press at the com- 
mencement of the last century. It were impossible, therefore, to skim over 
even an inconsiderable part of them. To turn over these pages, would require 
more hands than Briareus; to peruse them, would demand more eyes than 
Argus; to digest their contents, would be avstill'greater miracle. This desi- 
deratum, however, it is the intention of the Proprietors to supply, as far as 
lies in their power, by means of selected analysis. 
They intend also to continue their Reports of the Proceedings of Public 
Bodies, Learned Societies, and Scientific Institutions, both at home and 
abroad: the principal papers of which will be recorded, either in substance or 
detail ; and all New Patents and Mechanical Inventions will be faithfully com- 
municated. It will be the study of the Proprietors, to make the Magazine a 
correct summary of all that is effected by those useful societies—and by so 
doing, they hope to increase the sum, and facilitate the acquirement of 
knowledge ; to establish an accurate standard by which to estimate the benefits 
which society continually derives from Science and Letters ; to commemorate 
the names and exertions of their most distinguished cultivators; to indicate 
the best authorities to which every adept or tyro may refer in the course of 
his studies; and to exhibit to the public as faithful, convenient, and complete 
a Mirror, as possible, of Minn, its labours and its profits, in every walk of 
Science, Art, and Philosophy, throughout the World. 
The Chronicles and Registers of the Montuty Macazineg, which have 
always earned for it a high character, will also be continued, and, if possible, 
with more detail. They comprize the following heads; a Digest of British 
Legislation, comprizing a recital of all Acts as they receive the Royal Assent, 
and an abstract of those of general interest. Monthly Reports—Musical, 
Medical, Commercial (comprizing the Prices of Shares and Stocks), Agricul- 
tural, Meteorological, and Chronological. A Monthly Summary of Metro- 
politan Occurrences, comprizing Bankruptcies, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 
in and near London; also a Monthly Summary of Provincial Occurrences, 
forming a complete County History. 
In order to effect these desirable improvements, it will be requisite to augment 
’ the quantity of the work, and consequently to increase its expense. The Pro- 
prietors, therefore, are under the necessity of raising the price of the Magazine 
to two shillings and sixpence ; they feel assured that the Public will not object 
to this trifling advance, inasmuch as the additional matter will be more than 
commensurate to the increase of price, which will yet be considerably less. 
than some of its contemporaries, and upon a par with the remainder. 
