and Laboratory Methods. 1331 



Journal of Although the list of scientific jour- 



nals and periodicals is already so long 



Applied Microscopy that it is quite impossible for one to 



and gain even a casual review of the sub- 



LabOratOry iVletnOaS. jects they contain, the growing impor- 



tance of investigation in which the 

 principal feature is the collection of 



Edited by L. B. ELLIOTT. 



Issued Monthly from the Publication Department large serics of Statistical information 

 of the Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., ° 



Rochester, N. Y. has Opened a new field, and it is pro- 



SUBSCRIPTIONS: posed to establish a journal to be 



One Dollar per Year. To Foreign Countries, $1.25 devOted tO the publication of biological 

 per Year, in Advance. ^ " 



=^== data and known as the Journal of 



The majority of our subscribers dislike to have their rj-^/^^v / Cv^y.V.'.V^ C/^U ^ ^..Kllr^^ 



files broken in case they fail to remit at the expiration JilOlOglCal statistics. 5UCn a pUDllCa- 



of their paid subscription. We therefore assume that no f:„„ o/->i,l/^ /^ovfoinKr Ko morlo t TnlnoKlo 



interruption in the series is desired, unless notice to LlOn COUia Ceriainiy ue maue a vaiuauie 



discontinue is sent. ^.^ j^ ^^^ distribution of the results of 



research work. 



There are at present no journals of biological science that wish to fill their 

 pages, beyond a very limited degree, with long series of tabulated observations, 

 which often form the basis of most important theories and conclusions. It is 

 rather the rule to accept only the conclusions drawn by the investigator, and 

 rely upon his judgment to interpret correctly the significance of the mass of facts 

 he has collected. To be sure, this is necessary in most publications, as the great 

 majority of readers cannot devote the time necessary to review carefully the 

 ground covered. However, those studying the same or similar questions desire 

 the most detailed reports of other workers in the same field. 



It often occurs that men most capable of handling large series of statistics 

 are not in position to collect them ; and, on the other hand, men who collect data 

 often fail to see the full significance of the facts before them. There are few men 

 who, like Darwin, can collect facts and at the same time are able to give them 

 the most accurate interpretation. It is therefore most desirable that data upon 

 which theories and conclusions of general interest are based should have a 

 medium through which they may have unlimited circulation. 



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The setting aside of the week in which January 1st falls, as a time for the 

 session of scientific societies, will certainly receive general approval. It will 

 undoubtedly be the means of increasing the attendance at the meetings. It 

 will also certainly add to the good derived by those who go, for the heat of 

 summer and the relapse that usually comes after the year's work naturally tend 

 to lessen the enthusiasm of the members. 



It is to be hoped that the universities and colleges throughout the country 

 will cooperate in establishing the convocation week, thus making it possible for 

 scientific men to assemble at a time favorable to the most profitable sessions. 



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Owing to the necessary insertion of other matter, the department of 

 Laboratory Photography has been omitted from this issue. 



