EDITORIAL 



For the benefit of our newer subscribers who, unaccus- 

 tomed tO' our methods, expect this magazine to come out at 

 very definite intervals exactly three months apart, it is neces- 

 sary to explain that theoretically the magazine is issued on the 

 20th of February, May, August and November, but practically 

 it comes out whenever the editor has time to put it together. 

 The fact is, that since the magazine, unlike the best sellers, 

 depends upon subscriptions instead of advertising for its 

 revenues, the returns do not justify employing an individual 

 on salary to look after it. The significant point is that the 

 magazine has always paid its bills and has issued more than 100 

 numbers without finding it necessary to combine two issues in 

 one as is often done. Every number will appear ultimately. 

 Fortunately the nature of the matter published does not depend 

 upon any set date for its value. \A^e surmise that even the 

 back numbers may provide rather interesting reading to those 

 who have not seen them and to some of those who have. A 

 year's subscription, therefore, is in no sense a subscription for 

 the calendar year. It means the four numbers that comprise a 

 volume. Subscriptions are begun with the number current 

 when the subscription is received, unless otherwise ordered. 

 Recent subscriptions are therefore begun with the present num- 

 ber which, though issued in autumn, bears a summer date. 



Every little while we find in the public prints articles of 

 misinformation which cause us to agree with the famous 

 aphorism of Josh Billings that 'Tt is a great deal better to know^ 



