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witli great interest to the ajopearance of Vol. vi., in which the 

 remaining orders of insects are to be described. 



Evenings at the Microscope. By P. H. Gosse, F.R.S. A new 

 edition, revised by Prof. F. J. Bell, M.A. 8vo. London : 

 S.P.C.K. Price 5s. 

 Although not one of the most successful works of the late 

 Mr. Gosse, yet it has long held a place in popular estimation 

 on account of a certain charm of style which all his writings 

 possess, and also because some of the objects described were 

 ones he had particularly studied and made, as it were, his own. 

 In bringing up the book to a more modern standpoint, Prof. 

 Bell has been careful to alter it as little as possible, and, 

 except where changed zoological views rendered a revision 

 imperative, it remains much as before. For the information of 

 those to whom the book is unknown, it may be as well to state 

 that its subject matter is entirely confined to the animal king- 

 dom ; but the microscopist will find in its pages delightful 

 descriptions of an extensive series of animate objects, with all 

 their beauties of structure and marvels of function dealt with 

 in the fresh, vigorous, and independent manner which was 

 peculiar to the author. 



Modern Microscopy. By M. I. Cross and M. J. Cole. Second 

 edition. 8vo. London : Bailliere, Tindall, and Cox. Price 

 3s. 6d. 

 We are very pleased to welcome a second edition of this 

 excellent manual, which has been enlarged by about 80 pages. 

 The first part, by Mr. Cross, deals with the microscope and its 

 accessories, and although comparative^ brief, nothing of im- 

 portance has been omitted in treating of the instrument itself, 

 the objectives, eye-pieces, and methods of illumination. In 

 any future editions we would, however, recommend either the 

 deletion of Fig. 6 or that the makers be applied to for a new 

 block, for the illustration, while professing to be a modele de 

 luxe, is of a stand that is now surely obsolete, in this country 

 at least, as a glance at the fine adjustment alone will prove, to 

 say nothing of the various swinging movements of body, stage, 

 and sub-stage. We note, too, a few misspellings of proper 

 names, such as Steinbeil and Kelner, which small, but irritating 

 blemishes are carried over from the first edition, A short 



