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the subject will find the road well cleared for them by Mr. 

 Edgar Crookshank. 



The Botifera, or Wheel Animalcules. By C. T. Hudson, LL.D., 

 Cantab., assisted by P. H. Gosse, F.R.S. (London, Long- 

 mans and Co.) 



This, the finest and most comprehensive book that has 

 appeared since the publication of Ehrenberg's " Infusions 

 Thierchen," 48 years ago, will supply a want that has long 

 been felt. 



It is needless to say that the work is well done, for the 

 ability of Dr. Hudson and of Mr. Philip Henry Gosse, as 

 artists and observers, is too well known to admit of question. 



The two parts now before us contain eleven large double 

 plates and three single ones, drawn and coloured from life by 

 the authors. 



The work is to be completed in six parts, and will form two 

 handsome imperial 8vo. volumes, embracing the life history of 

 the whole of the Rotifera ; and, when complete, the book will 

 be one of the most useful natural history monographs that has 

 appeared for some time. 



It is with great regret that we have to announce the death 

 of Dr. John Matthews, which took place on the 22nd April, 

 from acute pneumonia. 



Dr. Matthews was elected a member of the Quekett 

 Microscopical Club in 1866, and was a regular and constant 

 attendant at the meetings of the Club. In 1869 he was 

 elected on the Committee, where his business ability and 

 quiet good sense rendered him a valuable acquisition. He 

 was chosen Vice-President for the years 1872 and 1873, 

 and President for 1874 and 1875. 



By his amiability and readiness to assist those less in- 

 formed than himself, he gained the affectionate esteem of all 

 who knew him, and by whom he will long be missed. 



