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Catalogue of Microscopical Collection : arranged by 

 R. H. Ward, A.M., M.D., F.R.M.S. (Troy, New York.) 



This is a handsomely bound 4to vol. of ruled papers, in which a full record 

 of all the slides in one's private collection may be entered. 



Each double page, as the book lies open, is designed to record the following 

 particulars of ten slides, viz. — Common and Scientific names ; Special Points 

 shown ; Illumination ; Power required ; Reference to authorities ; Habitat ; 

 How obtained ; How preserved and injected ; How cut, stained, cleaned, etc. : 

 Mounting medium and Cement used ; Thickness of cover-glass ; Date ; Num- 

 ber in Cabinet, etc. etc. 



At the end of the book will be found blank pages for ^lemoranda, Recipes, 

 etc., and an Alphabetical Index. 



The Catalogue is certainly the most comprehensive and complete of the 

 kind we have ever met with, and is evidently the outgrowth of the doctor's 

 long experience and needs as a microscopist. We only wish we could have 

 met with such a one ten years ago. 



It is handsomely half-bound in morocco, with cloth sides ; the price for one 

 arranged of i,ooo slides is $4, for 2,000 slides $6. 



For larger collections the Appendix is found to be more convenient if 

 bound in a separate volume. We have received for sale a few of the 1000 

 edition. 



Studies in Microscopical Science. Since our last issue we 

 have received Nos. 5; 6, and 7 of these important studies. Sec. I, Studies in 

 "Vegetable Physiology ; No. 5, Treats of Storage Cells and Reserve Food 

 Material, illustrated with slide and plate of section of Cotyledon of Pea {Pisuin 

 sativum) ; 6, Protoplasmic Continuity, illustrated by a longitudinal section of 

 sieve-tubes of Vegetable Ma.rrovi ( Cumilu'fa fepo) ; 7, Hausteria, illustrated 

 by a section of Dodder in parasitic connection with stem of Common Clover. 

 Sec. 2, Animal Histology, Treats of the Ovary and Mammary Glands in 

 Mammalia, and the Ovary and Ova in Birds, illustrated by slides and drawings 

 of Uterus of Rabbit, Mammary Glands of Cat, and Ovary of Bird. Sec. 3, 

 Pathological Histology, treats of Congestion of Kidney and Fatty Degenera- 

 tion of that organ, the slides and plates illustrating the same being Fatty 

 Degeneration of Kidney, Parenchymatous nephritis, and Plbrosis of Kidney. 

 Sec. 4, Popular Microscopical Studies, in which the chapter on Sea Fans is 

 concluded. Red Seaweeds are described, and an article on Microbes. These are 

 accompanied by slides and plates of tranverse section of Root of Dock ; 

 transverse section Fibro-Vascular Bundle of Maize and Microbes. All the 

 slides are of their usual excellence. 



The Handy Natural History. By J. G. Wood. With 226 

 Illustrations. Foolscap 4to, xvi. — 367. (London : The Religious Tract 

 Society. 18S6.) Price 8s. 



Like all the rest of the Rev. J. G. Wood's works, the book before us is exceed- 

 ingly interesting. It treats of the (^)uadrumana, Cheiroptera, Carnivora of the 

 Land and of the Water, Ungulata, and Non-Ruminant Hoofed Animals, 

 Rodents, Edentates, Marsupials, Birds, and Reptiles. The whole work is 

 beautifully got up, and the illustrations are excellent. 



An Elementary Course in Practical Zoology. By Buel 

 P. Colton. Crown Svo, pp. xvi.— 185. (Boston, U.S.A. : D. C. Heath & Co. 

 1886.) _• 



This is an admirable class-book, the general plan of study recommended being 

 I. — The collecting and preserving the specimens, for whicli very plain direc- 

 tions are given. 2. — The live animal is studied. 3.— The external features 



