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EDITORIAL NOTES. 



In commencing upon the third volume of 

 the Review, we again present our thanks to 

 our exchanges for their many favors and kind 

 words during the past year, and to all of our 

 subscribers and patrons for their aid, but es- 

 pecially to the citizens of this city, who have 

 been its chief support at all times and with- 

 out which the Review would have succumbed 

 long since. 



We are aware that some of this cordial sup- 

 port is due to the pride which the Kansas 

 City people take, and have always taken, in 

 any commendable enterprise originating here, 

 but we are also satisfied that most of it is due 

 to genuine appreciation of a work which ev- 

 ery intelligent citizen must admit has been 

 called forth by the literary and scientific 

 tastes of the people of the city itself. The 

 fact that the principal contributors to the Re- 

 view have been our own fellow-citizens and 

 that their articles have been copied from it 

 by most of the prominent scientific periodi- 

 cals of this country and England show this to 

 be so; and the large and increasing attend- 

 ance at the monthly meetings of the Academy 

 of Science also shows it beyond question. In 

 fact, despite the most remarkable engross- 

 ment of the entire male population in busi- 

 ness, we do not believe there is a city of its 

 size in the West where there are so many 

 gentlemen in the various professions and de- 

 partments of trade who manage to find time 

 for some scientific and literary recreation, 

 nor indeed so many who have distinguished 

 themselves in the various fields of scientific 

 investigation and research as well as in liter- 

 ary exercises. 



To such a people it is only necessary to 

 suggest that the Review is not, as yet, quite 

 self-sustaining, to secure sufficient additional 

 support to place it fully on its feet and enable 

 its editor to do ample justice in the way of 

 good work and fine illustrations to the excel- 

 lent material offered him. 



In future the Review will be issued at the 

 commencement of each month, instead of on 

 the 15th as heretofore. This will explain 

 why the present number is for May and not 

 for April, as it otherwise would have been. 



Owing to the fact that the official business 

 of the editor of the Review occupies all of 

 his time during the day, rendering it imprac- 

 ticable for him to call upon all his friends in 

 person, specimen copies will be sent out to 

 many who are not now taking it, in the hope 

 that upon examination they may be induced 

 to subscribe. If those so receiving the Re- 

 view do not desire to become subscribers, 

 they will please return the specimen numbers ; 

 otherwise, it will be understood that they like 

 it well enough to receive it regularly. 



We are much gratified at the success our 

 plan of giving premiums to subscribers has 

 met with, and herewith reprint it, that all 

 who desire to avail themselves of the offer 

 may still do so, viz : 



To any person who sends us $3.50, we will 

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Persons desiring to subscribe for the Re- 

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It is also quite a source of pleasure that so 

 many of our old subscribers are having their 

 back numbers bound for preservation, and 

 that so many of our new ones are ordering 

 the first and second volumes. As before 

 stated, all subscribers who have lost or missed 



