PE ee Ae a 
NOTHER year has drawn to a close, and the December of 
1882 brings with it the completing number of our second 
volume. We are glad to find that the circulation of the Journal 
has considerably increased during the past twelve months, but at 
the same time we are well aware that many a working microscopist 
has not been reached by it, and until this can be said no longer, 
our desire will exceed its fulfilment. 
We have spared no endeavours to make the Northern Micros- 
copist as interesting as possible to the largest number of our 
readers, and our efforts, we venture to think, have met with a very 
fair amount of success. We have certainly aided in the dissemi- 
nation of much useful microscopical knowledge by the publication 
of many papers which might otherwise have remained in obscurity. 
Many congratulatory letters have reached us, both from this coun- 
try and from America—where the sale of our Journal is steadily 
progressing—and we hope to be able in the future to give as much 
satisfaction as in the past. 
No expense has been spared in the direction of the illustration 
of the Journal, and we now hope to meet our readers’ wishes still 
further in this respect, by giving our correspondents such instruc- 
tions as shall enable us to give illustrations wherever they may be 
desirable. In the present volume will be found papers from the 
pens of the Rev. W. H. Dallinger, F.R.S., and Dr. H. C. Sorby, 
F.R.S., while Mr. Stanley’s “Notes on Mosses,” Mr. Blackburn’s 
“Theory of Aperture,” and numerous other communications also 
require no testimony from us as to their value, 

