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" Transactions of the Scientific Society i 



of Wisconsin" f From the Society. 



T. C. White, " The Microscope and i 



How to Use It," 2nd edition f ^^^°^ *^^ ^^*^^^- 



The thanks of the Society were voted to the donors. 



Mr. T. C. White said the book which he had the pleasure of 

 presenting to the Society was a very unpretentious little work, 

 which probably would not communicate anything to members of 

 the Q. M. C. which they did not know already. His aim had 

 been to provide beginners with some simple directions to enable 

 them to select objects and to examine them in a manner which 

 would be most likely to afford them the greatest amount of 

 instruction and interest. They would find a chapter on Micro- 

 scopical Societies, in which he had strongly recommended 

 beginners to join the Q. M. C, and it would also be seen that 

 he had dedicated the volume to the Club which beloved so well. 

 There was also a chapter on photomicrography, but the prints 

 of the photographs with which the book was illustrated were 

 hardly so good as they might have been. 



The President was sure the members of the Club would feel 

 very much obliged to Mr. White, not only for presenting this 

 book, but also for dedicating it to the Club, and he could only 

 hope that his suggestion that beginners should join the Club 

 would be largely acted upon, because it would undoubtedly 

 mean the saving of a great deal of valuable time to those who 

 were desirous of obtaining hints and information from those 

 more experienced than themselves. He had not yet read the 

 book, but he had just looked at the photographs. He liked 

 them especially because they were the original prints stuck in, 

 and not photo-mechanical reproductions, in which the finer 

 details were often to a large extent destroyed. He moved that 

 they should give a hearty vote of thaniks to Mr. White for his 

 gift, and for his kindly notice of the Club in it. 



The thanks of the Club were voted to Mr. White accordingly. 



The Secretary said that their next meeting, would be the 

 annual meeting of the Club, at which the election of officers for 

 the ensuing year would take place. There would also be five 

 vacancies to fill up on'the Committee, and nominations for these 

 must be made at the present meeting. 



Nominations made by the Committee for President and 



