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Elementary Microscopy: A Handbook for Beginners. By 

 F. Shillington Scales, F.R.M.S. 4| x 7 in. 179 pages, 

 with 77 figures in the text. London, 1905. Bailliere, 

 Tindall, & Cox. Price 2s. net. 



For a beginner desirous of purchasing a microscope, or of 

 deriving full benefit from an instrument which he may already 

 possess, we can heartily recommend this useful little work. 

 Throughout the book the author has maintained a high standard 

 of clearness in expression and an avoidance of unexplained 

 technical terms — a point of the utmost importance to the un- 

 initiated reader, but one which is, unfortunately, too often over- 

 looked by the expert writer of microscopical textbooks. Nothing 

 concerning the instrument or its accessories which could in any 

 way interest a beginner is omitted, and a short but most useful 

 chapter on the mounting of objects is included. There is also an 

 appendix containing a valuable list of works dealing with micro- 

 scopic technique in all its phases, a table of apertures, and other 

 useful information. For the tyro desirous of obtaining a stand, 

 chap, hi., dealing with the choice of a microscope, will be found 

 invaluable, pointing out, as it does, the relative merits of the 

 various forms of instruments produced by the best-known makers 

 in a perfectly unbiassed manner and without a trace of objection- 

 able comparison. The low price of this work might lead some to 

 suppose that either the subject-matter or the printing was of an 

 inferior quality, but neither supposition is in the least correct, 

 and we can unhesitatingly compliment both author and publishers 

 upon the production of this useful handbook. F. P. S. 





