558 Edward Livingsto7i Youmans. 



vated. The Popular Science Monthly has left others to 

 make what they might out of this policy. 



The writer in the Post complains that we have not pub- 

 lished the views of such men as the Duke of Argyll, to 

 which we reply: i. That we should have been glad to pub- 

 lish the Duke of Argyll's articles, but had no room for 

 them. 2. That we started a supplement to make more 

 room, and did publish the views of the Duke of Argyll. 3. 

 That the papers of his Grace have been very widely re- 

 printed in other channels, so that the public has ex- 

 perienced no inconvenience from the want of them. The 

 Monthly, we must remember, was established not for the 

 display of polemical pugilism, but for the serious purpose 

 of placing before American readers the most important re- 

 sults of scientific thought as presented by its ablest ex- 

 positors. So far, indeed, has it been from seeking sensa- 

 tional papers, that its main purpose was to publish a class 

 of valuable scientific articles, which, because they are too 

 heavy or will not pay, or conflict with public prejudices, 

 were systematically excluded from our current magazines. 

 While striving to make our pages as varied and attractive 

 as possible, we have not sacrificed the character of the 

 magazine to promote its pecuniary success. We have 

 maintained a steady course, our last issue is strictly in the 

 line of the first, and all the wide approbation that has 

 been accorded us from the beginning is as applicable now 

 as it ever was. 



The New York Observer, in commenting upon this sub- 

 ject, agrees with the writer in the Post that the Monthly is 

 as bad as the Review, if not worse, and it very plainly 

 says : " We with thousands hope sincerely that the com- 

 mendable course taken by the eminent publishers, in kick- 

 ing the Review out of their premises, will be followed in 

 regard to the Monthly. Or, what would be better still, let 

 us hope the Monthly will omit its atheistic teachings, and 



