THE YOUNG OOLOGIST. 



165 



THE VERDICT. 



Our Friends liave decided to " Make the 

 Young Oologist a 'd2-page Magazine " — WMt 

 They Say. 



CALIFORNIA. 



" By all means make a 32-page paper of the Y. O." 

 — G. E. H., Woodland, Cal. 



" Hope you will enlarge the Y O. as proposed. I 

 think it will pay you." — S. L. E., Riverside, Cal. 



" I have received three natural history papers and I 

 think the Y. O" is the l>est."—Y. C, Petaluma, Cal. 



" I should like it."— H. C. L., Hanford, Cal. 



" I am decidedly in favor of having the Y. O. en- 

 larged."— N. B. L., Oakland, Cal 



" I am in favor of making the Y. O. a 32-page 

 paper, and am willing to pay the 40 cents extra when 

 I renew."— C. W. K., Oakland, Cal. 



" I am willing to pay f i.oo a year for your paper if 

 it is enlarged "— E. H. F., Berkely. 



" Would be in favor of the proposed change in the 

 size of paper." — H. R. T., Alameda. 



" I am decidedl)' in favor or making the Y. O. a 32- 

 page magazine, if you can do it, and I shall surely 

 continue my subscripton." — T. L., Oakland. 



COLORADO. 



" My paper received to-night, and I have to say 

 this: whenever you are ready to enlarge the Y. O.and 

 advance the price, I am ready to pay more, and I say 

 YES."— F. M. D., Estes Park. 



CONNECTICUT. 



" Enlarge the Y' O. by all means, if possible." — H. 

 I.e., Wallingford. 



" I think the enlargement of the V. O. an excellent 

 plan."— F. V. H., Norwalk. 



" 1 think that the proposed enlargement of the Y. 

 O. will be a big improvement." — V. S. S., Norwalk. 



"' I am in favor of your enlargement and so are all 

 ray brother collectors in Wallingford " — H. F. K., 

 Wallingford. 



" Nothing would please me more than to have the 

 Y. O. enlarged to 64 pages if you could cover the 64 

 pages with the same class of reading matter as you do 

 your present 16 pages, but of course that is out of the 

 question at present ; but by all means enlarge it to 32 

 if you can, and I think there are but few but would 

 gladly pay double for it." — E. W. J., Woodbridge. 



" We say enlarge the Y. O. and if necessary publish 

 it weekly. We'll engage to subscribe." — P. & T., 

 Plymouth. 



" I am very much pleased with the idea of increas- 

 ing it's size." — J. A. M., Wallingford. 



'■ I sincerely hope you will enlarge the Y. O. to a 

 thirty-two page magazine. I will be glad to continue 

 my subscription at the advanced price." — S. F. R., 

 New Haven. 



" Am In favor of making it a 32 page monthly ; it is 

 the best paper out as it is, and I am much pleased with 

 it."— W. H. L., West Stratford. 



DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



I would willingly pay the difference in price in 

 order to have the Y. O. increased in size."— T. W. R., 

 — Washington. 



GEORGIA. 



" Iri regard to making the Y. O. 32 pages and 

 charging $1.00, I say yes, by all means. Wishing you 

 good luck in your undertaking, I am as ever, T. D. 

 P., Savannah. 



" I will support it with my subscription, whatever 

 price it is." — W. B. S., Atlanta. 



ILLINOIS. 



" I received February Number of the Y. O. last 

 night, and before the evening was gone I decided ,to 

 take it, and I would be perfectly willing to give the 

 other 40 cents the day that you decide to increase the 

 size of it. In fact / ivotildbe willing to give %\.oo for . 

 it just as it is." — P. L. O., Hennepin. 



" I would gladly pay an extra 40 cents for 16 pages 

 of Y. O."— G. B. H., Fernwood. 



" In regare to enlargeing the Y. O., 1 should think 

 it a good idea, no matter as to the price ; n is worth 

 that price now to collectors." — W. S C, Peoria. 



" I would prefer to have it enlarged, as it is, I think 

 one of the best of its kind." — J. G. W., Waukegon. 



"I am willing to pay my proportion to have the 

 paper enlarged." — A. K. L., Spring Valley. 



" The Y O. is very instructive and entertaining ; 

 make it thirty-two pages." — H. S. W., Normal. 



" By all means let us have a thirtv-two page Y. O." 

 — H, G. W., Chicago. 



INDIANA. 



" I will be one of those who take it at that price. I 

 am very much pleased with it, and hope to get you 

 several new subscribers." — J. F. C, Michigan City, 



'■ I am in favor of enlarging the Y. O." — C. M., 

 Frankfort. 



KANSAS. 



" I think it would be a good plan to enlarge the Y. 

 O."— A. T. J., Hiawatha. 



" I will have to see the Alay Number before I can 

 decide positively about taking the Y. O. next year or 

 not. I will probably, if my chink don't give out." — 

 A. O. G., Lawrence. 



MAINE. 



" Am much pleased with it and am in favor of 

 having it enlarged." — A. H. B., Orona. 



" I should be willing to pay the extra price if the 

 Y. O. was enlarged as you propose in the February 

 number of your paper. I think a series of lectures 

 on Popular Ornithology and Oology would prove a 

 great attraction. "^V. E. P., Rockland. 



" Make the Y. O. a 32-page paper if possible. I 

 will take it next May if you do." — C. H. C, 

 Portland. 



" I am in favor of having the Y. O. made a thirty- 

 two page magazine." — J. T. P., South Paris. 



"The Y. O. is a succass. As a 32-page magazine it 

 will excel itself. Will renew my own subscription 

 soon." — C. A., Rockland. 



MARYLAND. 



" I hope you will make the change in the V. O." — 

 M. W., Baltimore. 



MASSACHUSETTS. 



" I think it is the best of the kind published now at 

 the price. If you make the price higher you will have 

 to compete with other very good papers, and perhaps 

 lose some of your young subscribers. But if you can 

 still keep it the best of the kind for the money, go 

 ahead." — C. W. S, Tyngsboro. 



" If it would be possible to double the size of the 

 Y. O. and preserve both its merits and the rank it 

 holds among the oological papers of the day — that is 

 among the very first, I for one should most assuredlj' 

 say yes. Yours, F' W., Maiden. 



" I for one am willing to pay 40 cents extra and 

 have a 32 page magazine.' —J. B. R., Fall River. 



