SCIENCE (w EEKLY.) 

 TWELFTH YEAR. 



N. D. C. HODGES, 



S7A BROADWAY, 



In reply to yours of the 



New York, i8g^. 



Mr. 



Dear Sir : — 



After various negotiations with a view to the revival of SCIENCE, the publication of which was 

 stopped on March 23d, on account of the difficulty in making collections, a plan of co-operation with the Ameri- 

 can Association for the Advancement of Science was arranged at its recent meeting, by which the Association 

 grants an annual subsidy to the Journal, as do its founders, Prof. A. Graham Beee and the Hon. Gardiner 

 G. Hubbard. 



To co-operate with the editor and publisher in carrying out the provisions of the agreement, the American 

 Association appointed an Executive Committee, consisting of Prof. W. J. McGEE, Chairman, Washington, D. C; 

 Prof. Frankun W. Hooper, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Prof. R. S. Woodward, New York ; and, ex-qfficio, Dr. Daniee 

 G. Brinton, Philadelphia, President of the Association; and Prof. Frederic W. Putnam, Cambridge, Mass., the 

 Permanent Secretary. Also ten Associate Editors were designated, corresponding to the ten departments of 

 Science recognized in the organization of the Association. 



The carrying out of the plan depends primarily on the number of old subscribers who can be held and new 

 ones secured ; and the main purpose of this letter is to ascertain how large receipts may be counted upon from 

 this source. If you are already a subscriber, the Journal would of course be sent for the balance of your term. 

 There are a few of our readers who are able and willing to subscribe more than the regular yearly price ($3.50), 

 sending ten, fifteen, twenty-five and even fifty dollars. Twenty-five dollars is a favorite amount. For these larger 

 amounts copies have been mailed in some cases to beneficiaries designated by the subscribers and in others no 

 such equivalent was desired. I do not hesitate to suggest such subscriptions, partly because I have unfortunately 

 done my share in maintaining SCIENCE, and partly because any surplus that may accrue in the future will go 

 toward paying back the subsidy from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. But I earnestly 

 hope no one, in a moment of enthusiasm, will subscribe an amount which he may find it inconvenient to remit later. 



In case a sufficient number of subscribers respond favorably to make it certain that SCIENCE will start 

 with as large a subscription list as it possessed when publication was suspended, the additional financial support 

 offered by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and its founders will place the Journal on a 

 good financial basis ; and the co-operation of the American Association, b}^ w 7 hich ten associate editors are 

 provided and the proceedings of the Association and its several sections are to be more or less completely 

 published in the Journal, will assure a larger sphere of usefulness for SCIENCE. 



Yours very truly, 



N. D. C. HODGES. 



