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My Microscope, and Some Objects from My Cabinet : A 



vSimple Introduction to the study of the "Infinitely Little." By a Quekett 

 Club Man. Post 8vo, pp. 7S. (London: Roper and Drowley. 1SS7.) 



In this little book the Microscope and a few attractive objects are described 

 in very plain language. It will be a good book to give to those who are not 

 acquainted with the use of the microscope, as it will most probably create a 

 desire for the possession of such an instrument. 



Microscopy for Beginners ; or. Common Objects from our 



Ponds and Ditches. By Alfred C. .Stokes, M.D. Cr. 8vo, pp. xiii.— 308. 

 (New York : Harper Bros. 1SS7.) 



This little book, as its title states, is intended for the beginner. It com- 

 mences, of course, with a description of the microscope, and then gives a 

 chapter descriptive of Some Aquatic Plants useful to the Microscopist, followed 

 by others on Desmids, Diatoms, Rhizopods, Infusoria, Aquatic \Vorms, etc. 

 etc. • There are 178 illustrations. 



The Icelandic Discoverers of America; or. Honour to 



whom Honour is Due. P.y Marie A. Brown. Post 8vo, pp. 213. (London : 

 The Author, at the American Exhibition. 18S7.) Price 7s. 6d. 



Miss Brown, the authoress of this interesting book, uses very strong argu- 

 ments to prove that America was discovered by the Norsemen in the tenth 

 century, or five hundred years before the time of Columbus. The book is 

 nicely illustrated, and will doubtless be read with much interest. 



Hills AND Valleys. (Birmingham : C. Caswell.) Price 2s. — 



A collection of short poems, illustrated by very pretty coloured pictures of 

 Swiss mountain scer;ery. ■ 



The Statlstical Atlas of Commercial Geography. By 



E. J. Hastings. 4to, pp. 167. (Eilinburgh and London : \V. and A. K. 

 Johnston. 1887.) I'rice 2s. 6d. 



In this work we have a series of diagrams, based on carefully collected 

 facts, illustrating the princijial points in connection with the commerce of the 

 United Kingdom and its Dependencies and of other leading countries. The 

 diagrams consist of a series of squares, each square representing a certain 

 value or quantity, the amount being stated on each sheet ; the statistics on 

 which these diagrams are based being all taken from ]xarlianientary and official 

 returns. The diagrams, which are neatly printed in toned ink, impress the 

 information they are intended to convey at once on the eye, and thence to the 

 mind, and will be found much more effectual for giving statistical inffirmation 

 than a long array of figures. 



John Heywood's County Atlas of England and Wales. 



4to. (Manchester and London : John Heywood.) Price is. 



A series of forty-five very nicely engraved maps, showing all the Railways 

 and Coach-roads, Cities, Towns, Parks, and Gentlemen's Estates, and the 

 distances of all the principal towns from London by road. 



The Scholar's Geography, especially prepared for Ele- 

 mentary Schools. By J. S. Horn. New edition, revised and corrected to 

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