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save that which most concerns him in a worldly point of view—the know¬ 
ledge of the affairs of the country in which he lives), that there is a room 
separate and apart from the other rooms of the institution, into which newspapers 
are admitted. Such members of the Lyceum as desire it, have the option, by 
paying a small additional annual sum, of being members of this room. The 
fund subscribed to this room only, is appropriated for the purchase of newspapers, 
and the management of the newspaper concerns is solely vested in the members 
of the news-room. 
The plan adopted in this respect by the Doncaster Lyceum is similar to that 
followed by many Institutions, upon a much larger scale, in different parts of the 
country, where experience has proved that it is salutary, and not dangerous. 
I remain. Sir, 
Your obedient servant, 
Doncaster^ Aug. 19, 1837. Edward Sheardown. 
[]The only publication of the altered rules that we are aware of, consists in a 
copy of them having been placed in the reading-room of the Lyceum, and the 
consequence is, that many members were not even aware that any change had 
been proposed in the regulations. We are not, therefore, to blame for remissness 
in this particular. The next thing insisted upon by our correspondent, is the 
importance of newspapers. This is nothing to the point. It matters not to the 
subject in hand whether or no we admit the value of these engines of instruc¬ 
tion. What we before said, and what we now repeat, is, that, in our humble 
opinion, a “ Literary, Scientific, and Natural History Society” has nothing what¬ 
ever to do with newspapers. The introduction of these will doubtless attract 
members of a certain description, but assuredly not those whose assistance and 
co-operation the institution should court. In this particular we can scarcely 
consider the laws about to be put in force as improvements on the present 
plan.— Ed.] 
Observations on “ The Naturalist,” 
To the Editor. 
My dear Sir, —I shall content myself at present with scribbling a few obser¬ 
vations on your journal passim. You will excuse my remarking, 1 hope, what 
perhaps it is impossible to prevent, that notwithstanding the general admirable 
attention paid to the orthography of The Naturalist^ here and there some strange 
misnomers occur, suggesting the idea that just at an occasional point the pen 
had dropt from the hand of the drowsy corrector. Professor Azelius at p. 170 
should be Afzelius. You are already, I see, corrected by Mr. Leyland in 
using styrzkum for sty glum (I scarcely wonder at your shrinking from the 
