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original work. In reply, however, I assured him that 

 I must waste myself willy-nilly, and that the Review was 

 only a save all. 



The more I think of it the more it seems to me it 

 ought to answer if properly conducted, and it ought to 

 be of great use. 



The first number appeared in January 1861. 

 Writing on the 6th, Huxley says : 



It is pleasant to get such expressions of opinion as I 

 have had from Lyell and Darwin about the Review. They 

 make me quite hopeful about its prosperity, as I am sure 

 we shall be able to do better than our first number. 



It was not long, however, before Lyell's prophecy 

 began to come true. In June Huxley writes : 



It is no use letting other people look after the journal. 

 I find unless I revise every page of it, it goes wrong. 



But in July 1863 he definitely ceased to con- 

 tribute : 



I did not foresee all this crush of work (he writes') 

 when the Review was first started, or I should not have 

 pledged myself to any share in supplying it (Moreover, 

 with the appointment of paid editors that year, it seemed 

 to him) that the working editors with the credit and the 

 pay must take the responsibility of all the commissariat 

 of the Review upon their shoulders. 



Two years later, in 1865, the Review came to an 

 end. As Mr. Murray, the publisher, remarked, 

 quarterlies did not pay ; and this quarterly became 

 still more financially unsound after the over-worked 



