HE present Part completes our Ninth Volume of 

 The Journal of Microscopy (the Third Volume 

 of the New Series). 'J'he first year of the amalga- 

 mation between the Postal Microscopical Society 

 x^- and the Wesley Naturalists' Society having drawn to a 

 close, we are glad to be able to assure our readers that the 

 arrangement has proved entirely satisfactory. The aims of the 

 two Societies are so very similar that there can be no reason for 

 their separate existence, while their union has enabled us to 

 produce an enlarged and improved periodical. The circulation 

 has considerably increased, although not to the extent that we 

 had anticipated. We hope, however, that there will be a con- 

 tinued improvement in this respect as the new features of the 

 Journal become more widely known. 



We shall endeavour to furnish students of Science with 

 popular and easy Articles on all branches of this department of 

 knowledge, and to encourage in every possible way those who 



