Our correspondents, with very few exceptions, approve of the proposed change, but we have not the same assurance from our readers generally.

We have, therefore, after mature con- sideration, determined on continuing the work another year, at least, on the same terms of publication as heretofore.

In the Index to this Volume we have omitted what we were led to think by some of our friends would render it more complete, viz, the separate alphabets of the Queries and Answers, and of the Retrospective Criticism.

We find that this gave readers a great deal of additional trouble, by obliging them, when consulting the Magazine on any particular subject, first to refer to the common alphabet, and next to the separate alphabets, under the two heads mentioned.

We have, in the present Index, endea- voured to arrange every item of information so distinctly as seldom, if ever, to have two references to the same pages under different heads ; a fault (as we think) common to most indexes.