102 NOTICES OF BOOKS. 



The Beginner's Guide to the Microscope, with a section on 

 mounting slides. By Charles E. Heath, F.R.M.S. 1\ x 

 5 in. 119 pages, 45 figures in text. London: Percival 

 Marshall & Co., 1912. Price Is. net. 



In this elementary guide to the study of Microscopy the author- 

 has treated the subject from a practical point of view, leaving 

 theoretical matters to the larger books on the subject. With this 

 little book at hand the beginner cannot fail to gain a useful 

 knowledge of the instrument, its care and its application. The 

 methods of illumination, including the dark-ground method, are 

 fully dealt with. As the author says, the book is intended " to 

 enable an ordinary man in an ordinary way to interest himself 

 and his friends by giving sufficient instruction to make him capable 

 of seeing and showing some of the hidden wonders " revealed by 

 the microscope. 



