In face of the present international situation, we must expect that for a time interest in art and the history of art is likely to give place to more violent claims on the attention of the public. We feel it to be none the less of the utmost importance, at such a time, to keep alive those disinterested activities which are the distinguishing mark of civilisation. Even though the appeal that art makes is feebler than the more pressing demands of self-preservation, it is more persistent and more enduring. While, therefore, the Directors and Editors must look forward to a time of stress for the fortunes of The Burlington Magazine they have no intention whatever of allowing it to lapse. But in order to husband their resources they may feel it necessary to make certain reductions in the cost of production of the Magazine. They hope that their many friends and supporters will acquiesce in the wisdom of this course and will also do what they can by their continued support to keep alive the standard of serious and independent criticism for which we may fairly claim that The Burlington Magazine has constantly striven.