IV. PREFACE. 



Victoria Regia," must also be included in our list, besides many 

 minor articles and abstracts from other scientific journals. 



At the request of many members of the Postal Microscopi- 

 cal Society, we have published a number of Notes from the 

 Society's Note-Books. From communications received, we are 

 glad to hear that this has given great satisfaction to our readers. 

 The Notes of Methods of Technique which we have given 

 during the past year have also been much appreciated. We 

 may also mention that the memoirs by Dr. Vicentini on the 

 " Bacteria of the Sputa and Gryptogamic Flora of the Mouth " 

 have been reprinted, and we hope to issue them shortly in 

 book-form. Prof. W. D. Miller, of Berlin, has kindly written 

 the preface to Dr. Vicentini's book. 



We cannot conclude our remarks without expressing the 

 hope that our readers will derive as much pleasure and profit 

 from the present volume as they have from those which pre- 

 ceded it. 



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