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THE YOUNG SCIENTIST. 
trotyped, so that back numbers for the 
year 1879 might always be on hand. 
These changes caused considerable de- 
lay and annoyance, and the result was far 
from satisfactory. Although our readers, 
"wherever heard from, expressed them- 
selves more than satisfied with the new 
form of the journal, we did not feel 
pleased with it. The type was not clear 
enough to suit us, and the general ar- 
rangement seemed to us capable of still 
further improvement. We therefore had 
a new font of type made expressly for this 
journal. The style is known as Scotch face, 
and while it is a full size smaller than the 
type used last year, it is much more read- 
able, the face of the letters being actually 
larger! This seems almost a contradic- 
tion in terms, and the statement will no 
doubt puzzle many of our readers. We 
regard the production of this type as one 
of the marvels of the art, since it enables 
us to give a very much larger amount of 
matter in the same space, and is at the 
same time actually more easily read ! 
Now that we have completed this num- 
ber under our new arrangements, we feel 
confident that things will go smoothly, 
and we certainly feel also that we have 
reason to be proud of the appearance of 
our little journal. We trust that our 
readers will appreciate this effort to give 
them the best journal possible, irrespec- 
tive of labor or expense, and will excuse 
the unfortunate delays which have marred 
the commencement of the new year. 
Special Offer to Our Subscribers. 
THE new edition of the "Amateur's 
Handbook of Practical Information " 
lias been greatly enlarged, and it nov7 
contains the very cream of the larger 
t>ooks on the same subject. We have the 
strongest possible evidence of its real 
value in the fact that large numbers of 
the first edition were sold to persons who 
had seen copies of it in the hands of their 
friends. We have had a few copies sub- 
stantially bound in cloth, with gilt titles, 
the price of which is 30 cents ; and to en- 
able our old subscribers to procure the 
iDook easily, we will send a copy to every 
one that will procure us a new subscriber, 
and remit fifty cents. This offer is open 
only to subscribers whose names are now 
on our books, but any one sending two 
names and $1.00 can have the book. 
Special Notice. 
rrOWAEDS the close of last year, we 
offered to our old subscribers the 
privilege of obtaining their own subscrip- 
tions free, by sending the names of two 
new subscribers. This was virtually giv- 
ing the Young Scientist for one year for 
33i cents. We have expended so much in 
improving the journal, however, that we 
cannot afford to do this now, and the 
offer is accordingly withdrawn. Our club 
and premium lists will still be found to be 
quite as liberal as those of any journal in 
the country. 
Numbers for 1878. 
WE regret to say that the numbers for 
March, 1878, are entirely exhausted, 
so that we can no longer supply full sets 
of the first volume in sheets. We have a 
few copies of Vol. I on hand, bound in 
cloth, with gilt title, which we offer for 
$1.00 by mail, postpaid. 
BOOK NOTICES. 
The Amateur's Handbook of Practical In- 
formation for the Workshop and the Labor- 
atory. Second Edition; Greatly; Enlarged. 
Price 15 cents. New York: Industrial Publica- 
tion Company. 
It is but a short time since we noticed the first 
edition of this work, and the rapidity with which 
this edition has been exhausted is very good evi- 
dence of the value of the book, as well as of the 
need for such a manual. The present edition 
has been greatly enlarged, so that it now contains 
the cream of the practical recipes found in the 
larger books and cyclopaedias. Owing to the 
large circulation which it has attained, the pub- 
lishers are enabled to give a good deal for the 
money. ^ ^ 
The Heavens for March. 
BY BERLIN H. WEIGHT. 
Planets.— Meecuky will be brightest as an 
evening star March 26-29, when he will be about 
19° from the sun, setting about 9° north of the. 
sunset point, as follows : 
March 23— 7h. 40m. evening. 
March 26— 7h. 50m. " 
March 29— 7h. 57m. 
April 1— 7h. 58m. 
