To the subscribers of the Review.

Until today the Spiritist Review was essentially the work and creation of Mr. Allan Kardec, as indeed were all the doctrinal works he published.

When death surprised him, the multiplicity of his occupations and the new phase that Spiritism was entering made him desire the company of some convinced collaborators, so that, under his direction, they might carry out works to which he could no longer suffice alone.

We shall endeavor not to depart from the path he traced for us; but it seemed to us our duty to devote to the master's works, under the title of Posthumous Works, some pages that he kept for himself, had he remained corporeally among us. The abundance of documents accumulated in his study will allow us, for many years, to publish in each issue, besides the instructions he may be pleased to give us as a Spirit, one of those interesting articles that he knew so well how to make comprehensible to all. We are persuaded that we thus satisfy the wishes of all those whom the Spiritist philosophy gathered in our ranks, and who knew how to appreciate in the author of The Spirits' Book the man of good, the indefatigable and devoted worker, the convinced Spiritist, applying himself in private life to put into practice the principles he taught in his works. [A DESLIENS.]