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November 18th, 1892, — Ordinary Meeting. 

 E. M. Nelson, Esq., F.R.M.S., Yice-President, in the Chair. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and con- 

 firmed. 



The following gentlemen were balloted for and duly elected 

 members of the Club: — The Rev. J. C. Pratt, Mr. Leonard 

 Sandall, Mr. A. S. Ussher, and Mr. Frank Orfeur. 



The following donations to the Club were announced, and the 

 thanks of the meeting were given to the donors : — 

 "Proceedings of the Geologists' I From the Association. 



Association" ... ... ... J 



" The Essex Naturalist " „ Editor. 



"The Botanical Gazette" „ Publisher. 



" The Microscope " ... ... ... „ „ 



" The American Monthly Microscopical) 



Journal" ... ... ... f 



"Proceedings of the Belgian Micro- ^ (^ • , 



scopical Society" ... .".. j 



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"Proceedings of the Brighton and| 



Sussex Natural History Society" / 

 " Journal of the Royal Microscopical 



Society" 

 " Science Gossip " • ... ... ... „ Editor. 



" Annals of Natural History " ... ... Purchased. 



" Practical Photo-Micrography," Bous- 1 j.^,^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ 



field 3 



The Chairman called attention to a new book by Mr. Bous- 

 field, " On Photo-Micrography." He had not yet had the 

 opportunity of reading it, but, so far as he could see from 

 glancing through, it seemed to be a work well worthy of the 

 attention of all who were interested in the subject. 



Mr. Karop caused considerable amusement by reading some 

 extracts from a newspaper report of the recent Soiree of the 

 Ealing Microscopical Society, taken from the "Middlesex 

 County Times," of November 5th, which afforded a striking 

 illustration of the knowledge possessed by the average news- 

 paper reporter, and his methods of expressing it where 

 scientific matters were concerned. According to this report, 



