Knowledge. 



With wliicli is incorporated Hardwickc's Science Gossip, and the Illustrated Scientific News. 



A Monihlv Record of Science. 



Conducted by Wilfred Mark Webb. I'.L.S., and !■:. S. Grew, M.A. 

 lAMARV. I'JIJ. 



EDITORIAL. 



In answer to the re<jiu'st whicb has been printed on the coxer of " K\o\\'i.i;i xw-:," many of 

 our readers ha\'e been so good as to write and [Kjint out the ijarticular branches of science in wliich 

 they are most interested. Judging from the past history of tin- Magazine, and from the fact that 

 there is no other that deals with Astronomy in (juite the same way, it was to be expected that this 

 subject would have the most votaries. Such was found to be the case and wi' would ask our 

 astronomical readers to inake known to their friends, especially those abroad, tin- fact that Dr. 

 Crommelin is expanding the column entitled " The I'ace of the Sky," as well as publishing iiis 

 material two months in ad\ance so that it may reach subscribers in most [)arts of the world in time 

 to be of service to theiri. 



The success of anv undertaking is dejiendi'iit to a large extent uijon thi' co-operation of e\er_\- 

 one concerned, and astronomers coidd help us most materially by giving intormati(jn to us as to 

 photographs of interest which they would like to see reproduced as plati'S in the pages of '" K.\u\vi.i;i)GE." 



The microscopists came in a \ery excellent second, and to them it may be said that an endeavour 

 will be made to extend the scope of the microscopical column, and. in the near future, to introduce special 

 articles which will appeal to them, .\bout equal niunbers of our readers occupy themseKes with chemistry 

 and physics and the natural history sciences, but there is a slight preponderance of botanists over gi-ologists, 

 and of the latter over those who specialise in zoology. 



With regard to the first two sciences it must be owned that we' have some diHieulty in obtaining just 

 the sort of articles which are suitable for the pages of " KnoWI.i-.DCi;." There is a tendenex for them to 

 be too highly specialised, but so much original work is being done in these subjects at the present day that 

 it is not easy for those engaged in it to get their results pid)lished promptly. There must be much among 

 their researches that would appeal to the amateur, and we in\ite chemists and physicists to make 

 suggestions on these matters to us for the mutual ad\antage of ourselves and our readers. 



We thank our numerous correspondents f(jr their kind criticisms and commendations. Several have 

 expressed a desire that " Kx()\VLED(;i: " should be made more like the old llaniicickc's Science Gossip, 

 the title of which is inc(ir|)orated with our own. Knowing, as we do. something of the working of 

 Science Gossip, we mav sav that practically everything which appeared in it was written for love, by the 

 readers themselves, and the times seem somewhat to have changed since then. It has been, however, our 

 endeavour to provide, in accordance with precedent, some articles which will appeal to all tho.se who are 

 interested in the world around them, and the attention which these contributions have aroused has 

 been reflected in the columns of our contemporaries. We should therefore be particularly glad to hear 

 from possible contributors, in this or any of the directions which we have previously indicated. 



