which they cannot otherwise answer. We cannot promise to make satisfactory replies in every instance, but the editors will give correspondents the benefit of the best information within their reach, and will call upon other specialists for assistance.

It must be observed that the Journal does not offer itself as an encyclopædia nor as an oracle of opinion upon the endless miscellany of propositions for social reorganization. All possible help will be given upon the methodology and bibliography of social science in its various departments.