With the beginning numl>er of the new vohirae of this 
magazine a chant;-e will l>e made in the number of issues. 
The summer lecture engao-eraents of the editor now take so 
nuich of his .nmc that dunu^ this season the ma.g-azine is 
unavoidably delayed to the great annoyance of readers and 
publishers alike. With a view to escaping- this in future, 
we purpose issuing ten numbers a year, skipping the months 
of July and August. At the ^ame time the magazine will 
l3e increased in size by .the addition of four pages to each 
issue, -o that readers will receive exactl}- as much each year 
r.^ lie fore. We do not intend to lessen the amount of matter 
publislied. but simply ti> put it in ni'~>re convenient issues. 
The September number will therefore i>e the first of the new 
\Qlurne, and this will Ijc issued in late August so that the 
period in which no numl>er is issued will not be long. The 
new volume will be improved in various ways, but from the 
letters recently received w-e appear to be publishing about 
the kind of matter wanted and shall continue on the same 
general lines. With this issue, bills will he sent to all whose 
.subscriptions have expired and we trust that the excellence 
of the numbers issued thus far this year will incline every 
reader to a prompt renewal. 
Tbis magazine desires illustrated articles for use as 
leafiers in the numbers of the new \olume and we hereby 
(>ffer a year's subscription for each illustrated article. We 
are well aware that this is not a magnificent price to pay, 
but i: i-; better than die other magazine> pay and we hope 
is orily preliminary to a l^etter price. It depends largel,v 
upon bow the public receives the project. The illustrations 
