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THE YOUNG SCIENTIST. 
THE 
Young Scientist. 
A Practical Journal for Amateurs. 
*iWith which is incorporated "The Technolo- 
gist," "The Industeial Monthly," 
and " Home Abts.") 
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EDITORS. 
FRED. T. HODGSON. 
JOHN PHIN. 
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Our New Departure. 
ITH this number the Young Sci- 
entist enters upon its SIXTH 
volume. At the time the first 
number was issued there was 
no journal of the kind in existence, and 
to-day there is not one that covers the 
same field that we do— a statement which 
can be truly made of no other journal of 
which we have any knowledge. The Young 
:SciENTiST was, therefore, an experiment, 
and one for which no great success was 
predicted. Flashy and sensational litera- 
ture had taken such a strong hold upon 
the minds of the young, that most of our 
friends felt that a paper for youth, with- 
out "stories," never could succeed. In 
this, however, they were mistaken, and the 
present number of the Young Scientist 
proves it. But, as we have said, the un- 
dertaking was an experiment, and its 
success somewhat doubtful. We were 
therefore obliged to feel our way, and the 
Young Scientist has been very, far from 
coming up to our ideal of what such a 
paper should be. To-day, however, we 
feel encouraged to take a long step in ad- 
vance. We have, therefore, nearly trebled 
the size of the paper ; we have provided 
an amount of important, interesting and 
necessary illustrations, such as is to be 
found in no paper which does not use 
cuts furnished by advertisers, and we have 
made such permanent arrangements as 
will not only keep the journal up to the 
high standard which we have marked 
for it, but it will secure perfect regularity 
and promptness. 
The principal feature in these arrange- 
ments is the addition to our staff of Mr. 
Fred. T. Hodgson, with whose work all 
the readers of the Young Scientist are 
already familiar. His name now appears 
as editor, in association with my own, and 
as he will devote his efforts primarily to 
the Young Scientist, our readers may 
feel reasonably assured that they have 
been positively guaranteed against disap- 
pointment. 
While we hope to made the Young Sci- 
entist better and better with each issue, 
we think we may safely promise that the 
present number is a fair specimen of what 
the succeeding numbers for the year will 
be, with, perhaps, the single exception 
of the tint inset, a feature which will not 
appear in every number. But the reader 
will observe that we have enlarged and 
strengthened all the old departments, 
and added several new ones. Our old 
contributors too have come forward with 
their best efforts, and Professor Berlin 
H. Wright, who is deservedly such a 
favorite with our astronomical readers, 
begins a series which will continue 
through the year. But the wider range 
of subjects which we now include, de- 
mands new laborers, of whom we have 
secured several. We therefore feel cer- 
tain that every intelligent boy and girl 
will find matters of permanent interest 
and value in our pages. 
Such extensive improvements, of course, 
involve greatly increased expenses. The 
truth is, that our expenses are more than 
treble, and therefore, we find it impera- 
tively necessary to increase the amount 
of the yearly subscription. But as we 
expect a very large accession to the list 
of our readers, we do not feel obliged to 
increase the price in the same ratio as the 
expenditure, and therefore we have fixed 
the subscription at the even dollar, a 
sum which is easily sent by mail. 
