THE ZOOLOGIST 



No. 667.— January, 1897. 



EDITOKIAL ADDKESS. 



A new Editor in any phase of journalism — scientific or 

 otherwise — sometimes denotes a fresh departure, often implies 

 a change in method, frequently creates prejudice that some 

 particular subject may be more or less neglected, or another 

 unduly favoured, and doubtless produces some reflex of indi- 

 viduality, as must and should be the case. It may therefore 

 be well to assure our readers that this magazine is still 

 ' The Zoologist/ a monthly journal devoted to Natural History, 

 as founded in 1843 ; and its aim is still, as stated by Edward 

 Newman in his first Preface, to " combine scientific truths 

 with readable English;" while in its pages "everyone who 

 subscribes a single fact is welcome — nay, more than that — 

 has a direct claim to be admitted as a contributor." To this 

 may be added the words of the recent editor, who has so 

 ably conducted 'The Zoologist' since 1877, that "it must 

 always be remembered that Zoology is one of the most pro- 

 gressive of the sciences." Thus acting on the lines of my 

 predecessors, I trust this magazine — which now enters a 

 new series— will follow the path on which it started, in the 

 advancement of Zoology by recording facts and suggesting 

 conclusions, in maintaining the interest in British Zoology, 

 and in adding to the philosophical standpoint of our insular 

 science by narrating the annals of the larger fauna of which 

 our own forms only a part. 



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