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A Penny Weekly Magazine of Natural History. 



Xo. 70. 



FEBRUARY 26th, 1881. 



Vol. 2. 



WEEKLY. 



\t fK where not prepared when we 

 Y V" wrote the article headed 

 "Weekly or Monthly," and suggested 

 the abandonment of the weekly issue, 

 for sue] i an unanimous burst of dis- 

 approval from our readers. We had 

 heard one side only before, the side of 

 those who had something to complain 

 about : but those who were satisfied 

 bad not seen occasion to speak. Since 

 the article appeared we have heard the 

 other side, and the kind and feeling 

 letters that have been sent us by many 

 valued correspondents, almost unani- 

 mously express a wish that the paper 

 shall be continued as a weekly publica- 

 tion. Mr. G. F. Mathew, F.Z.S., 

 writes : — 



" I think the usefulness of the Young Natur- 

 alist would be greatly diminished if its weekly 

 issue were brought to a close. There is no 

 publication of a like nature, and I am sorry to 

 think you have not sufficient subscribers to 

 enable yon to dispense with the advertisements 

 on the last sheet ; though 1 do not see that 

 there is anything very objectionable in them. 

 The last page of the dear old Entomologists'' 

 Weekly Intelligencer was chiefly occupied by 

 advertisements, and 1 do not remember that 

 anyone complained of them : indeed they were 

 often useful to refer back to after they were 



months old. The benefit of a weekly paper is 

 the fact that it does appear weekly, for fre- 

 quently news a month old is of very little use. 

 Again, entomologists have ova of Lepidoptera 

 to exchange or give away : this could be done 

 if the paper was weekly ; but it would hardly 

 be possible if it appeared only monthly ; and 

 so for these reasons 1 say decidedly keep to the 

 weekly issue." 



Mr. 0. H. It. Walker, of Liverpool, 



writes : — 



•'If I might speak for myself 1 would 

 express the desire that it should remain as 

 hitherto ; for I deem the week incomplete if I 

 have not my Y. N. to discuss : a feat I always 

 accomplished to my extreme satisfaction. 1 

 have had Vol. 1 bound, and it makes a really 

 handsome little volume, notwithstanding the 

 repetition of the advertisements. The folds in 

 the plates do not show in the least, because of 

 the damp and pressure to which a book is sub- 

 jected. As the edges of the volume are 

 •trimmed' the ragged look of the plates 

 entirely disappear. To all who have com- 

 plained I would say, : Get the volume bound, 

 and well, too.' 



Many similar extracts might be 

 given, did space permit, but they 

 cover the same ground, and in deference 

 to such opinions, which harmonize 

 very much with our own feelings on 

 the matter, we can only say that the 

 weekly issue will be continued. 



Several of our readers have, how- 

 over, expressed a strong desire to have 



