Year: 1875

 It is full up to the average numbers and would be poor indeed if not worth more than the publishers ask for it-S4 per an- mum or thirty-five cents per number. Last month we noticed it a trifle out of the usual method-in fact did not publish any Of the prepared notice accompanying it, and for this reason it is but fair that this month we should let the publishers have their own "say " in THE CITIZEN, viz:

 ROOMS OF TIE OVERLAND MONTHLY,

 SAN FRANCISCO, March Is, 1875.

 WAssoN X BROWN, Proprietors CITIZEN: Gentlemen-1Our very free tilt at The Overland has been read by us with great deal of interest, and while we admire the originality of the notice, and deprecate the general "Slap" at the country editor, the genial reviewer of THE CITIZEN must admit that the country editor always has more brain work to do than the leading editor of any of our most enterprising metropolitan dailieS, consequently the aid we give them in the literary department of their several newspapers Is highly ap- preciated, as we are ready to prove by the record we keep and which we are most willing to place before the editor of THE CITIZEN whenever he is in San Francisco and will do us the honor to call. Why, would you believe It, we once upon d time StUG Cub UldpdZlDeS 10 our eNCnan0cS, when back came a long editorial alluSiOn to the great convenience of such a course, hoped we would do it always, saved so much valuable time-sOme fifteen min- uteS, he had aScertalned by actual demon stration, iJ had taken him to cut the leaveS-and all this was given in addition to the general notice. We certainly at all times appreciate original notices-would sooner have them-Such for instance as you penned in the issue of THE CITIZEN now before us-barring the feelings eXhib- ited towards and the advice given to your itor of THE CITIZEN will stick to his prom ise of noticing The Overland Git must be original, remember,) once in two months, we will make an exception in his favor.

 Without "hard feelins'" we remain yours truly.

 J. H. CARMANY X Co.,,

 Publishers Overland.

 We print the above for several reasons, among which may be named: To show our readers what good natured people J. H. Germany & Co. are; but more particu- larly to show what compassion that firm has for country editors-editors who are so heavily taxed with "brain work" and whose "valuable tiIne'' is so valuable that a saving of fifteen minutes once per month, justifies them in spending an hour to write an article thanking said firm for the saving, and also using two or three hours of a typos time to set up the arti- cle, and, further, to fill a large space of their paper with It, in addition to that oc- cupied by the prepared notice. The coun- try editor is so Over-worked with " brain work " to fill his paper with fresh matter, that he must hail with much joy dozen or so magazines (which he rarely reads) once month, with prepared editorial no- ticeS containing matter that his poor, over taxed brain would hardly dare attempt to comprehend. The Overland doesn't very heartily relish THE CITIZENS advice to country editors, and yet owing to these same editors having to do more brain work with a bare possibility of less brains) than the leading editor of any of our most enterprising metropolitan dai- lies," our first duty is to them and next to the easy-go-devils" of The Overland. Now THE CITIZEN will not feel under obli- gations to notice The Overland for May, and as publishers have to pay the postage on their own publications, we shall ex- pect, nay claim, The Overland as an eX- change hereafter as heretofore.

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