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1878. "NOT FOR ITSELF, BUT FOR ALL." 1878. 



NEW SERIES. 



IPI^OSIPEOTTJS 



FOB 



Familiar Science 



and Fanciers' Journal. 



(Established 1873.) 



An Illustrated Magazine covering departments as follows : 



EDITORIAL, wherein our views upon questions and issues concerning, or of inter- 

 est to, our readers will be given candidly and freely, uninfluenced by clique or 

 ring. 

 CORRESPONDENCE,— ( lie department of our subscribers— wherein their experien- 

 ces may be exchanged, diflerent theories advanced and discussed, and the re- 

 sults of their research and experiments be recorded. The life of a fancy is in its 

 members being acquainted and familiarized with each other, so this department 

 must recommend itself to all . 

 THE NATURALIST wiLl be devoted more especially to Ornithology, Botany and 

 Oology, studies now receiving almost universal attention. While a certain re- 

 ■ gdrd must be had for scientific names and technical phrases to insure accuracy, 

 still our aim in this department will be to treat these subjects in a familiar man- 

 ner that shall be acceptable to the general readers as well as the advanced stu- 

 dent. 

 HOME AND ITS PETS will treat of the Window Garden, the Aquarium, the Avia- 

 ry, and the many Pets children fancy. It will aim to cover all that combine to 

 make "home" a center of interest, something more than a sheltering roof. A 

 feature In this department will also be the Domestic column, a collection of old, 

 varied, and tested recipes. 

 POULTRY AND PIGEONS. In this department, we intend "Seasonable Hints" to 

 be the concentration of a volume of timely information. Besides this we shall 

 furnish the latest news from all quarters, with a careful treatment of all the6ries 

 and experiments that are engaging popular attention. 

 THE EXCHANGE AND MART, our Advertising Supplement, will be all it has 

 been in the past. We shall endeavor to keep it free from dislionest parties. The 

 Exchange and Want columns, that have proved so ,'^cceptable during the hard 

 times, and have done much to familiarize fanciers with each other, will be con- 

 tinued. 

 CUB LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS will include the names of William Wood, M. D., 

 Prof. A. N. Raub Wm. E. Flower "Huon," Thos. G. Gentry, Harry A. Slocum, 

 E. A. Samuels, V. M. Firor, Prof. G. O. Brown, Dr. A. M. Dickie, "Barb," Jas. M. 

 McCanu " P. B.," Rev. W. G. Todd, H. Woodward. Edw. Harris, Andrew Sueden, 

 A. E.Abbott, Prof, Horsford, "W.," C.L. Maynard, "Peter Peppercorn," P.Welch, 

 "Pacific"' "Wasliening," Charles Wy Us, Fred T. Jencks, John Van Opstal, Geo. 

 M. Twitchell, Wm. T. Rogers, Henry Erdman, artist. 

 Receiving regularly, oesides the leading Americen periodicals, the best of the Ger- 

 man, French and English devoted to our specialties, we are enabled to have our se- 

 lections applicable a.nd of the higest order. 



With the Filth Volun\e, the Journal will be enlarged and improved. Its field is 

 the broad one of fancies, hobbies. Devoted to no one in particular, it will give pre- 

 cedence to that which for the time being most engages thepopularmind. Thanking 

 pur patrons for the generous support of the past, we ask its continuance. We direct 

 the attention of all fanciers, whatever may be their hobby, to the Journal as a paper 

 giving the latest and best information, one out-spoken and Independent, a paper 

 untrammeled by individual interest, conducted "Not for itself, but for all." 



JOSEPH M. WADE, Springfield, Mass. 



Terms of Subscription, pre-paid by mail, Sl.50 per annum. Single copies, 15 cents. 

 General Advertising Rates, 25 cents pec line. Exchanges and Wants, four lines, or 

 forty words, 2o cents each insertion. 



