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minimum of 48 pages and why illustrations are not promised. At a later date it is intended that the number of pages shall be materially increased.

The objects of The Magazine are set out in the prospectus. Its special field is the Maritime Provinces and the colonies which have an historic connection with them. While history will be dealt with in a popular style, it will also be treated exhaustively, and it is believed that much will be brought out of which little has heretofore been known. The term "history," used in its broad and general sense, will include such topics as are suggested in Prof. W. F. Ganong's "Plan for a General History,"^[1] such as the physical features and natural history of the country, its material resources, its ethnology, early exploration and later settlement, family history, bibliography, chronological data, current literature and much else in regard to the provinces and their people. Under these heads, it will be seen, are included all that relates to this part of Canada in the past, with much that pertains to the present and has a direct bearing on the future.

It will thus be seen that the scope of the magazine is a broad one, and that when the relation of these colonies to the rest of America is considered, the field is larger than would at first thought be supposed. While the title is that of The "New Brunswick" Magazine, this does not imply that only New Brunswick interests are to be considered. To a large extent, doubtless, this province will be to the front, but so far as opportunity offers the interests of the other Maritime Provinces will have a due share of attention. Contributors from all sections may rely on receiving a cordial welcome.

The purpose of the magazine is to deal with facts rather than fancies. It has been the laudable motive of some of the magazines of the past to develop and