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THERE are very few articles on purely scientific subjects in the magazines received by us this month. Apparently the magazine-reading public thinks a scientific pabulum unsuitable for Christmas reading; or is it that men of science are too deeply engrossed in their researches to cultivate the art of writing interestingly upon the wonders of nature? Literary men frequently play fast and loose with natural phenomena and laws, and are often pilloried for doing so; but, on the other hand, many men of science do not pay due regard to the literary polish which is essential to an attractive style.
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Science in the Magazines. Nature 51, 161–162 (1894). https://doi.org/10.1038/051161b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/051161b0