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EDITORIAL, 
writer being entrusted with the responsibility of nursing and rear¬ 
ing the expected bantling—a task which, in the peculiar condition 
in which we were then placed, was likely to prove anything but a 
light one, but which we nevertheless accepted. Perhaps we as¬ 
sumed too confidently and innocently that our desire to acquit 
ourselves satisfactorily would be held as an equivalent of the 
ability to do so, and trusted too largely for the approval of our 
contemplated labors to the good nature of our future readers. 
However this may be, we unhesitatingly consented to the burden, 
and whether our wisdom has been vindicated or our unwisdom 
exposed in the outcome, we have succeeded in nearly attaining 
the close of our twelfth volume, with what measure of credit can 
best be determined by those who have by this time become old 
acquaintances of the Review. 
The improvement of veterinary practice and the elevation of 
our professional standards being held prominently in view, the en¬ 
largement of our circulation now becomes an obvious necessity, 
and in order to meet this we have determined to effect the change 
in our terms of publication of which we have given intimations 
on previous occasions, and which we trust will secure the fulfill¬ 
ment of the desired result. 
Our aim is to secure a good circulation , to avoid the accumu¬ 
lation of bad debts —and why should any man, needing and enjoy¬ 
ing the aid and good counsel of this, or any other periodical, ever 
defer a single annual payment ?—and, if it becomes inevitable, a 
little yearly surplus! (which we mention with an admiration 
mark.) Without the fulfillment of these conditions, the Review 
will lack much of its efficiency as a means of the advancement 
and improvement of veterinary science. A large circulation is 
one of the indispensable needs of the case, and our terms have 
been readjusted accordingly, the change to take place with the 
conclusion of the present volume. 
We announce, therefore, that beginning with the first num¬ 
ber of the thirteenth volume, which will be the April number for 
1889, the subscription price of the Review will be, for veter¬ 
inary practitioners $3.00, and for veterinary and medical students 
$2.00 per annum, payable invariably in advance. 
