ADIEU. 



From J. E. Taylor, F.L.S., etc. 



RAWING to ill-health I have found myself unable to continue the 

 editorship of Sciexce-Gossip. 



In bidding adieu to its numerous readers and contributors, with 

 numbers o£ whom I have been in pleasant correspondence for nearly 

 a quarter of a century, it is with pleasure I find myself succeeded in 

 the editorial chair by so able a naturalist as Mr. John T. Carrington. 



I shall always regard our widely circulated Magazine with some- 

 thing of personal affection, for my long connection with it has secured 

 me hosts of personal friends and acquaintances. 



Mr. Carrington is too well-known to need any personal introduction, 

 and it is pleasant to think I may often come into contact with old 

 friends through my own contributions to its pages. 



No other Scientific Magazine occupies the position of Science- 

 Gossip. It not only records the newest discoveries in every department 

 of Natural Science, but opens the door to all young naturalists wishing to 

 record their own observations and discoveries. Hence there has always 

 been a freshness and vigour in its pages which no other Scientific 

 Journal can lay claim to. Not a few of our leading naturalists made 

 their first essays in its pages. The volumes of Science-Gossip, from 

 its commencement, in 1865, are the completest historical record of 

 the progress of Natural Science in our language. Every branch of 

 the subject has been discussed in its pages, and every new discovery 

 has been therein recorded. 



Over the long period of its vigorous existence it has formed a 

 library in itself. Science will grow from more to more, and the scope 

 of our Magazine will broaden with the coming years. 



Under the able editorship of my successor our Magazine will take 

 a fresh lease of life. That its life may be long is my sincere hope. 



Adieux are always painful to utter, and it cannot be wondered at, 

 therefore, if I feel regret at having to say to all my old readers and 

 contributors, 



Farewell ! 



