THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S 
WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
No. 21.] SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1856. [Price Id. 
THE ENTOMOLOGIST'S ANNUAL. 
The Second Thousand of the ‘ Entomo- 
logist’s Annual for 1856’ is now on sale. 
That is “ a great fact.” 
Two years have not elapsed since 
those who might be supposed competent 
to judge gravely recommended that only 
two hundred and fifty copies of the 
‘ Annual’ should be printed ; the demand 
was sure never to reach five hundred ! 
The established position of the ‘An- 
nual’ has induced us to look in various 
directions for assistance, so that its 
actual value may not only be main- 
tained, but its efficacy increased : we 
are not content with standing still. 
The ‘Annual for 1857’ will be found 
to contain articles by more than one 
additional writer of eminence. 
But further, the ‘Annual’ in its pre- 
sent form does not satisfy a great many 
people. Some object to its flimsy yel- 
low boards and cheap appearance: they 
say they would prefer a better-looking 
book, a book they should not be ashamed 
to see on their library table or book- 
shelves, and that to have such a book 
they would willingly pay a higher price. 
The ‘Annual’ at half-a-crown is prepos- 
terous, it is too cheap ; why not let them 
have a good book and charge them five 
shillings for it ? 
Then, on the other hand, we hear 
grave objections — the book is too dear ; 
there is no need for the paper to be so 
good, or the plate to be coloured ; why 
not make it a shilling ? and you will sell 
twenty copies for every one you sell now. 
An annual tax of half-a-crown is more 
than many like to pay ; and if you want 
to spread knowledge you must make it 
cheap. “ Incidit in Scyllam, qui vult 
vitare Charybdin,” how in the world can 
we oblige these two opposite classes ? 
Thus, of the ‘ Entomologist’s Annual 
for 1857’ there will simultaneously issue 
three editions. There will be the Origi- 
nal Edition in yellow cover, with coloured 
plate, price Half-a-Crown, which we hope 
will be quite as good as the ‘ Entomolo- 
gist’s Annual for 1856.’ There will be 
the Library Edition in cloth, gilt, with 
superiorly coloured plate, thicker paper, 
price Five Shillings. And there will be 
‘ The Peopled Shilling Edition,’ in thick 
paper cover, with uncoloured plate, and 
thin paper, by which means the same in- 
tellectual treat will be furnished for One 
Shilling which the wealthier entomolo- 
gist regales on for five times that sum. 
The ‘Entomologist’s Annual’ is for all 
classes; and it tries to accommodate 
itself to the varying wants of all. May 
it succeed in this attempt. 
The three Editions of the ‘ Entomolo- 
gist’s Annual for 1857’ will be published 
in December of this year ; probably 
about a week before Christmas. 
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