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IT would be a great boon to the English public if the papers which are read before the members of the Association, or rather those who have the means as well as the inclination to attend such important annual gatherings, could be published within the first few weeks immediately after the meeting, and at such a price as many in this land would by no means grudge. According to the present arrangement, some months have to pass before even such as can afford the heavy price placed upon these reports can obtain them, the result of which is, that the poor and meagre reports of the various newspapers are all that the majority of persons have to inform them about the advancement of science. Could not some such report as that authorised by the committee of the Church Congress be produced? The first Congress was reported fully, the papers entire, and the discussions almost so, in a well-printed volume of nearly 500 pages, for the moderate sum of half-a-crown, prepaid; or four shillings if purchased afterwards. There are many, I am convinced, who would gladly prepay three or even four half-crowns for the report of the papers only which are read before the British Association.
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H., G. The Report of the Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. Nature 2, 124 (1870). https://doi.org/10.1038/002124a0
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