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public with a fresher posting up of European Science. We trust 
that the plan now proposed will be generally acceptable both to 
authors and readers. 
The increased expense of an enlarged and more frequent 
issue of the Journal in the projected New Series, and the re- 
duction of price, will, it is confidently expected, be met by an 
enlarged subscription. The present sales being quite insuffi- 
cient to authorize the change, efforts will be soon set on foot 
both in the large towns and in the country to extend the sub- 
scription; and we trust that our friends and present patrons will 
second the enterprise by a kindly influence. 
To those to whom money will be acceptable, we offer 40 per 
cent. or two dollars out of every five, actually paid, for the first 
year’s subscription, with a reasonable prospect of continuance. 
To those who would decline to receive money, we offer for every 
three subscribers whose first year’s advance is paid to us, one 
copy gratis for one year. ‘To those who will act, and will re- 
ceive nothing, we can only tender our thanks, and pledge our 
best exertions in the common cause. 
Many, we trust, will be willing to commence with the New 
Series who have been deterred by the great extent of the present 
one—not wishing either to purchase so large a number of back 
volumes, or to possess only a broken series. We intend to con- 
tinue to furnish entire sets of the Old Series, as we have done, 
from the beginning. With this view, we have, for a series of 
years, at an expense of several thousand dollars, reprinted many 
Nos. as they have run out. The sets occasionally sold do not 
remunerate us. é 
The new Postage Law which will come into force before this 
Prospectus meets the eyes of our readers, will materially aid the 
circulation of the Journal in distant places. ‘The postage on a 
number of the New Series will not be more than 10 cents, while 
now it is 35 to 40 cents. 
All communications respecting the New Series should be ad- 
dressed ‘‘ To the Editors of the American Journal of Science, 
New Haven, Ct.’”? The fiscal concerns of the Journal will be - 
conducted in the name of the Senior Editor. 
New Haven, Conn., June, 1845. 
