08 JOURNAL OK THE [January, 



The Journal of Morpholo(;v. — We hereby acknowledge the receipt 

 from the publishers. Ginn i.'v Co., Boston (7 Tremont Place), New York and 

 Chicago, of the first number of the Journal of MofJ>Iio/o^y, edited by C. O. 

 Whitman, Ph. D., Director of the Lake Laboratory, Milwaukee, Wis., 

 recently of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass., with the 

 co-operation of Edward Phelps AUis, Jr., Milwaukee, Wis. 



This journal is devoted to the presentation of original research in embryology, 

 anatomy and histology. It is in crown octavo form ; intended to be issued in 

 annual volumes, of from two to four numbers, of 150 to 200 pages each, with 

 from five to ten lithographic plates. Subscription price : for Vol. I (two 

 numbers). $6.00 ; single numbers. $3.50. 



The first number, dated September, 1SS7, embraces 226 pages, with seven 

 double lithographic plates, and one heliotype plate, illustrating the following 

 articles : , 



L Sphyrannra Osleri, a contribution to American Helminthology. By Prof. 

 R. Ramsay Wright and A. B. Macallum, University College, Toronto, 

 Canada. 



n. The Development of the Compound Eyes of Cmni^on. By Dr. J. S. 

 Kingsley, Professor of Zoology in the State University of Indiana. 



III. Eyes of Mollusks and Arthropods. By Dr. William Patten, Assistant 

 in the Lake Laboratory, Milwaukee, Wis. 



IV. On the Phylogenetic Arrangement of the Sanropsida. By Dr. G. Baur, 

 Assistant in Yale College Museum. New Haven, Conn. 



V. A Contribution to the History of the Germ-layers in Clepsine. By C. O. 

 Whitman. Ph. D. , Director of the Lake Laboratory, Milwaukee, Wis 



VI. The Germ-bands of Lumbricus. By Prof. E. B. Wilson, Bryn Mawr 

 College, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 



VII. Studies on the Eyes of Arthropods. By Dr. William Patten, Assist- 

 ant in the Lake Laboratory, Milwaukee, Wis. i . Development of the eyes of 

 Vespa, with Observations on the Ocelli of some Insects. 



Number 2 of this volume, to be dated December, 1887, is announced to em- 

 brace ten lithographic plates, and the following contents : 



I. The Kinetic Phenomena of the Egg during Maturation and Fecundation 

 [Ookviesis). By C. O. Whitman, Ph. D. 



II. The Embryology of Pctroinyzon. By Dr. W. B. Scott, Princeton Col- 

 lege, N. J. 



III. A contribution to the Embyrology of the Lizard. By Dr. Henry Orr, 

 Princeton, N. J. 



I\'. The Fcetal Membranes of the Marsupials. By Dr. H Y. Osborn, 

 Princeton College, N. J. 



V. Some Observations on the Mental Powers of Spiders. By George W\ 

 and Elizabeth G. Peckham, Milwaukee. Wis. 



It is a magnificent publication In it our country may take pardonable pride 

 as a noble initial effort of its kind within our own borders We are gratified to 

 know that the Publishers state to their patrons. "The Jonnial has without 

 question taken the very first rank among periodicals of its kind both here and 

 abroad." And we hope the rising scientific interest in our country will clearly 

 and effectually see the advantage of sustaining such a publication of our own, 

 and of assisting it to attain a grand financial success. 



