iv ADDRESS TO OUR READERS. One word more. We would have our circle of readers yet further enlarged. Nothing would encourage us so much as to find that we had begun the year 1857 with a considerably increased circulation. We leave the matter in the hands of our readers. They are our strength and our help: how much they have helped us in the past, our past success will show. Thankful for the past, joyful as to the present, and hopeful for the yet unseen future, we rely on the continued aid of our contributors and our readers, and commit ourselves with fresh ardour to the labours of another year. |