I wrote to the editors of Scientific American about a mislabeled
issue.  Below is our correspondence:

Hi: Thanks for writing in. It was indeed a misprint on our part. Sorry for
the confusion.  The volume # for the August issue is 285. Thanks, again.
The Editors.

On Thursday, July 19, 2001, Chris Troutman <troutman001@mail1.gannon.edu>
wrote:
 >We just received the August 2001 issue of Scientific American.  It is
 >labeled as volume 265.  The previous issue was labeled volume 285 so 265
 >looks like a misprint.  Should it be volume 285?  We need to be correct for
 >our automated check-in system.

 Chris Troutman <troutman001@MAIL1.GANNON.EDU>