APPENDIX. 137 
The following Notices of the Press were taken from several hundred notices 
of a similar character and laid before the Committee. 
“ The leading men of science in America are among its contributors, 
anc in every way worthy of the great nation which it is intended to 
interest and instruct.” — Quarterly Journal of Science (London). 
7 It deserves a wide patronage among teachers.” — Michigan Teacher. 
‘ The AMERICAN NATURALIST for June contains several excellent papers 
of a kind ge are ie pare and valuable to others besides men o 
ence. |W: that a publication so useful and so well conducted — so 
Apa to eke country in every way — should not be supported liberally, 
s appears to be the The an itors represent their expenses to be in 
excess of their revenue. We lad to repeat that the NATURALIST 
deserves long life and the ou aaa and we especially regard 
as of service to the Bisse. for inducing habits of careful and precise 
observation.” — The 
“ We rejoice to see this beautiful magazine, and hope it will be the 
pioneer in a much-needed educational reform, and do good service in 
spreading a love and taste for the study of Natural History, now so utterly 
neglected.” — Massachusetts Teacher. 
s a means of educating the people, e8pecially the young, its efforts 
will certainly meet the approbation of all interested in the great cause of 
education, and we wish it abundant success.” — Maine Farmer. 
“& This very ably conducted periodical is edited by a corps of young and 
enthusiastic naturalists, who, without departing from scientific accuracy, 
aim to make the study of Natural History so attractive as to win to it a 
more general and popular attention. It ought to be in every family and 
in every school library.” — R. I. Schoolmaster. 
“This Monthly Magazine of Natural History has won for itself a high 
t knows how to ee pR sci- 
ence without degrading it. Many of its articles are by so 
zoologists of the country, and contain the results of plead observation. 
The illustrations are always excellent.” — Prof. J. D. Dana in American 
Journal of Science and Arts, Jan., è 
“ Science made easy is generally made absurd, and we have little pa- 
tience with the somewhat capper oes that even small boys may be prof- 
itably dosed with science. e are departments of Natural History, 
which can be treated ‘ae bey yet scientifically. e have never had 
in our country a magazine giving accurate information on subjects of Nat- 
ural History and, at the same time, bringing the information within the 
range of all, until the appearance of the AMERICAN NATURALIST. 
tors are themselves accomplished naturalists, and devote their whole ike 
to the study of nature. Hence their statements are entitled to entire con- 
