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and have nothing to alter, not one word to 

 retract.* Could you see the letters we have 

 received on the subject, (the spirit of which, you 

 quite evade!), you would hardly feel surprised at 

 our reprobating what would appear never to 

 have come under your modest eye. May you 

 live in happy ignorance of what, were it known, 

 would only distress and grieve your chaste 

 womanly spirit. In saying from our very heart 

 that " we love you," let us emphatically add, 

 " and your doo also." As we have said, there 

 are assuredly " exceptions " to all rules — yours 

 is one — but we legislate not for individuals but the 

 world at large. If you are " magnanimous," 

 are we not also "generous?" Besides, you 

 have done voluntary " penance " — a penance for 

 which we are as grateful as we imagine all our 

 readers will he. You have sung sweetly of 

 " Early Dawn ;" and our little " Saint Sylvia " — 

 entre nous a lovely creature, truly ! — thanks you 

 devoutly, through us, for your nice appreciation 

 of her heart's delight. The article on " Early 

 Dawn" shall appear next week.J 



* The women who " love " dogs, for the most 

 part love " monkeys " equally well. It is a 

 notorious fact, that at the Zoological Gardens, the 

 monkey houses are constantly thronged with wo- 

 men ! We have asked the keeper, repeatedly, 

 if he could at all account for this depraved taste ? 

 His answer has ever been, — a shrug of the shoul- 

 ders, and a shake of the head. The latter, how- 

 ever, contained as much " meaning" in it, as did 

 the shake of Lord Burleigh's head in " The 

 Critic."— Ed. K. J. 



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KIDD'S OWN JOURNAL. 

 Saturday, September 11, 1852. 



We must again direct the attention of 

 New Subscribers, to our FiRSt Volume. 

 They will find therein much useful informa- 

 tion on subjects which they are now daily 

 anxious to become acquainted with. During 

 the present week, at least a dozen inquiries 

 have been made, which have already been 

 fully replied to, in detail, in early numbers 

 of the Journal. It would be unfair to our 

 readers, generally, to go over the same 

 matters again. It should be borne in mind 



that this Journal is not ephemeral. It 

 increases in value for reference, daily ; and 

 is indispensable for all who take a delight in 

 the works of Nature — "Domestic Pets" 

 in particular. 



Let us here repeat the request, that our 

 Correspondents will write their articles on 

 one side of the paper only. It will be the 

 means of saving us much heavy labor of 

 transcribing, and give the printer increased 

 facilities for his operations on the " copy." 



We also intimate to Entomologists, that 

 they should write very distinctly. The new 

 names of insects uselessly introduced 

 (known for the most part by the writers only), 

 it would puzzle a conjuror either to deci- 

 pher or comprehend. We cannot, and must 

 not be held answerable for printing them 

 correctly, unless legibly written. 



* # * Will our Subscribers be so kind as to 

 alter the date of our " Leader " of last week, to 

 September 4th, — instead of August 28th? 



We have already taken occasion 

 to say that our Autumns are glorious ones. 

 They are so. We may miss some few of the 

 luxuries of summer, it is true, in September ; 

 but we receive more than compensation. 



We now observe quite an alteration in 

 the foliage. The trees have changed their 

 livery. That lovely refreshing green which 

 greeted us in early spring, is gone. But we 

 have in exchange an infinite variety of hues. 

 We have admired them lately, whilst revel- 

 ling in rich river scenery. Undulating 

 streams, willows, larches, the lofty beech, and 

 all the accessories that can add to the charms 

 of nature, have filled us with delight and 

 admiration. The noble sun, without whose 

 glorious presence we droop, has been our 

 constant companion by the way ; and in our 

 rambles we have tasted largely of human 

 happiness. At such times, how the heart 

 pants for the happiness and welfare of all 

 mankind ! How we do wish we could make 

 our feelings theirs ! But this cannot be. 

 Man is wisely allotted " one a " companion to 

 share in his sorrows and his joys. What a 

 blessing this is, let each one say that pos- 

 sesses it. 



For the next six weeks, the country will 

 have charms indescribable for all who love 

 Nature. Yv T e could dwell on them even now 

 with ecstatic delight ; but we should get no 

 listeners at this season. Now everybody has 

 departed ; and rational people are gone 

 abroad to " enjoy " all that is enjoyable. 

 The " past" we can look back upon, chewing 

 the cud of many happy hours ; the " present " 

 is before us, and offers us uncontrolled plea- 

 sures by sea and land ; and for the u future " 

 we are well content to wait. The future and 

 the present are jealous rivals ; so let all 

 those who would enjoy both at one and the 



