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A Penny Weekly Magazine of Natural History* 



No. 54. NOVEMBEE 6th, 1880. Vol. 2. 



MAGAZINE CLUBS. 



IT is with feelings of considerable 

 pleasure that we greet our readers 

 in the first number of our second 

 volume. We trust that all our old 

 subscribers will continue to give us 

 their support, and that their ranks may 

 be considerably swollen as time goes 

 on. We could not begin our New 

 Volume without a word of greeting, 

 but will not take up space with further 

 remarks. 



In No. 49, in the article on Libraries, 

 we pointed out how three or four 

 Naturalists, by each subscribing for a 

 different Magazine, and exchanging, 

 would be able to read so many more 

 periodicals at the same cost, if all 

 residing in the same town, or only for 

 the postage extra if they resided apart. 

 Our attention has been called to the 

 difficulty such readers have in getting 

 acquainted with each other, and also 

 that distance is no object if the Maga- 

 zines have to be sent by post, and 

 lastly that a ■ larger club than we 

 named would produce correspondingly 

 larger results, while if the readers were 

 nore in number than the periodicals 

 ;aken, the cost could be reduced in 



proportion. It has therefore been sug- 

 gested that we should get up a 

 Magazine Club among our own readers, 

 on a larger scale than would be prac- 

 ticable privately. We think the sug- 

 gestion a good one, and so well cal- 

 culated to further the aims of Tlie 

 Young Naturalist that we shall be 

 pleased if we can put the idea into 

 practice. 



There are several monthly and other 

 publications, such as "The Naturalist," 

 " The Scottish Naturalist," " The 

 Midland Naturalist," &c, whose chief 

 circulation is intended to be within a 

 limited area, and which cater especially 

 for readers within these limits. These 

 Magazines nevertheless, often contain 

 excellent articles of general interest, 

 that from this limited circulation are 

 almost lost. Such articles as we refer 

 to would be gladly perused by everyone, 

 but few care (even if they can afford it) 

 to take in all the papers published on 

 our subject. They would willingly read 

 them, but scarcely care to buy. Besides 

 those published in this country, there 

 are others in our own language pub- 

 lished in Canada and the United States, 

 while others in German, French, &c, 



