2 Notice to our Readers. 



the hands of our distinguished contributor, Mr. Huggins, has 

 given us the most wonderful intelligence concerning the com- 

 position of nebulas and stars. The newest philosophy of geo- 

 logy, the latest application of the mechanical theory of heat, 

 the most interesting researches of the physiologist and the 

 comparative anatomist, the cardinal facts exhibited in recent 

 chemical, electrical, and meteorological investigations, have 

 been placed before our readers without delay. We have like- 

 wise published numerous important papers on subjects pertain- 

 ing to archasology and ancient and modern art. 



Having thus briefly reviewed the past, let us consider what, 

 so far as we can see at present, the future demands. During 

 the three years that have elapsed, a large correspondence and 

 many careful inquiries have acquainted us with the fact, that our 

 subscribers desired a selection and treatment of subjects, con- 

 tinually pressing us onward in the direction of expense ; we 

 have, indeed, been continually urged to do what could not be 

 expected of any other publication by reason of its cost. The 

 proprietors and the editor gratefully acknowledge that the 

 Intellectual Observer has attained a position, both in this 

 country and beyond its borders, that will justify any outlay 

 necessary for the further development of its plans ; but when, 

 as they believe in conformity with the wishes of their support- 

 ers, they have made arrangements of a very costly kind for the 

 purpose of increasing the interest and permanent value of this 

 magazine, they feel assured that their subscribers will willingly 

 contribute a small addition of six shillings a-year. The future 

 price of the Intellectual Observer will be Eighteenpence for 

 each part, and it will be so managed, as to maintain its cha- 

 racter of being the cheapest publication of the kind that has 

 ever been produced. 



The plan upon which the Intellectual Observer has been 

 and will be conducted, renders it peculiarly advisable that 

 subscribers should possess complete sets. The publishers 

 will as far as possible endeavour to meet probable demands 

 for back numbers; but some are already nearly exhausted, 

 and others are rapidly following in the same track. They 

 cannot offer to reprint former volumes or single numbers, 

 as the sale of a few hundred copies to complete odd sets 

 would be very far from covering the cost of reproducing the 

 elaborate plates. They would therefore respectfully urge all 

 subscribers to send an early application for any back num- 

 bers or volumes, and in future not to reckon upon being able 

 to make up their sets at any time, as no more copies will 

 be printed than the publishers have reason to believe will be 

 sold within a moderate period from the date of publication. 



The Intellectual Observer will continue to provide 



