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must yield good results. We recommend this book to all beginners in 

 microscopy. 



Practical Microscopy : A Course of Normal Histology for 

 Students and Practitioners of Medicine. By Maurice N. Miller, M.D. 

 Second edition. 8vo, pp. xv. — 217. (New York : W. Wood and Co. 1893.) 



We have much pleasure in noticing this book, which will doubtless prove 

 very helpful to laboratory students. It is divided into three parts : — I., Tech- 

 nology ; II., Structural Elements, as Cells, Connective Tissue, Cartilage, 

 Bone, Blood-Vessels, etc. ; and III., Organs, as the Skin, Teeth, Stomach, 

 Lung, etc. There are 126 illustrations, which are photo-mechanical reproduc- 

 tions of the author's pen-drawings. 



Aids to Biology. By Joseph W. Williams. i2mo, pp. 142. 

 (London : Bailliere, Tindall, and Cox. 1893.) Price 2s. 



This little book is specially prepared to meet the requirements of students 

 reading for the first examination of the Conjoint Board, and aims to give in a 

 condensed form the main facts of elementary biology. There are 39 very good 

 illustrations. 



The Romance of Electricity. By John Munro. Cr. 8vo, 

 pp. 320. (London : The Religious Tract Society. 1893.) Price 5s. 



In a very entertaining manner, the author tells us about Electricity, which, 

 '"however practical, is perhaps the most romantic, as it is the most magical of 

 all the physical forces."' He treats of Thunder and Lightning, Fireballs, 

 St. Elmo's Fire, Curiosities of the Telephone, Microphone, Electric Light, etc. 

 The book is beautifully illustrated. 



Text-Book of Comparative Geology. By E. Kayser, 

 Ph.D. Translated and edited by Philip Lake, M. A. , F.G.S. 8vo, pp. xii. — 

 426. (London : Swan Sonnenschein and Co. 1893.) 



This translation of Dr. Kayser's " Lehrbuch der Geologischen Forma- 

 tionskunde " is intended to give to the English student a means of comparing 

 the geological formations of various European countries. The geology of 

 South Devonshire, for example, was only imperfectly understood until Mr. 

 Ussher applied the knowledge which had been won in the Rhenish Mountains. 

 The book contains 596 well executed illustrations {7;^ plates and 70 figures in 

 the text) and a very full index. 



British Fungus Flora. By (jeorge Massee. In three vols. 

 Vol. 2. Crown 8vo, pp. vii. — 460. (London: Geo. Bell and Son. 1893.) 

 Price 7s. 6d. 



This classified text-book describes the genera belonging to the Ochrosporte, 

 Rhodosporte, and Leucosporse. On page 281 we have given one of the plates 

 from this l)Ook. 



The Great Sea-Serpent. By A. C. Oudemans. Roy. 8vo, 

 pp. XV. — 592. (London : Luzac and Co. 1892.) Price 25s. 



This is an Historical and Critical Treatise, giving reports of 187 appear- 

 ances, the suppositions and suggestions of non-scientific persons, and the 

 author's conclusions. There are 82 good illustrations and a full bibliography. 

 The author has gone to much trouble to make his work as complete and 

 thorough as possible. 



The Wild Rabbit in a New Aspect. By J. Simpson. Cr. 

 8vo, pp. 135. (Edinburgh and London: W. Blackwood and Sons. 1893.) 

 Price 5s. 



The author has been practically interested in rabbit-farming on the estate 

 of the Earl of Wharnclifi'e, and shows how Rabbit-Warrens may be made to 



