256 American Quarterly Microscopical Joiirjial. 



bias our judgment. We think the value of the index is weakened by this separa- 

 tion, in that contributions from able writers outside of the " regular " school are 

 liable to be overlooked. 



A Course of Practical Histology, being an Introduction to the 

 Use of the Microscope By Edward Albert Schafer, Assistant Professor of 

 Physiology in University College, London. Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea, 1877. 

 This is a useful little volume, evidently prepared to be of real assistance in labora- 

 tory work. All descriptions of tissues have been left out, and very little is said 

 about selecting a microscope and its construction. Some useful general directions 

 are given, but the body of the work is divided into chapters, each one treating of 

 special subjects as blood, epithelial tissue, connective tissue, cartilage, &c. 

 Under each chapter several methods of preparing the objects are given. The 

 arrangement is systematic, and the directions are plain and concise. 



Manuel de Histologie Norm.\le. By Dr. J. Pelletan. With 200 illustra- 

 tions. Paris: H. Lauwereyns. 187S. Pp. 322. The author of this work, well 

 known as the director of the Jottrnal de Micrographies has shown himself well 

 fitted for the task of producing a book that is clear, concise, and fully up to its 

 time. It is an admirable work throughout, and we can recommend it as an excel- 

 lent manual for students in this line of work. 



A Study of Wheat. By Mrs. Lou Reed Stowell. Chicago: Blakely, Brown 

 & Marsh, Printers. 1879. This little pamphlet is a re-print from the American 

 Miller. It is quite an interesting and valuable contribution, with a number of 

 cuts illustrating the microscopical structure of the coats and tissues, both of the 

 straw and the berry. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



The North American Review. — The Library Table. — Proceedings 

 of the Medical ISociety of the County of Kings. — The Medical Re- 

 cord. — New^ York Medical Journal. — The St. Louis Eclectic Medical 

 J0URN.A.L. — The American Bookseller.— The New York Eclectic Medi- 

 cal and Surgical Journal. — New Remedies. — The Hospital Gazette. — 

 The Canadian Journal of Medical Science. — Zeitschrift fur Mikro- 

 skopie. — The Journal of the Franklin Institute. — The American Jour- 

 nal OF Microscopy and Popular Science. — Farm and Fireside. — The 

 University Courant. — Bulletin de la Societe Belge de Microscopie. — 

 Science Gossip. — The Popular Science Review. — The Popular Science 

 Monthly. — Journal de Micrographie. — The Valley N.vturalist.— The 

 Americ.vn Medical Journal. — The Kansas City Review of Science and 

 Industry. — Van Nostrand's Magazine. — Bulletin Torrey Botanical 

 Club. — The Buffalo Medical and Surgical Journal. — The Journal of 

 the Quekett Microscopical Club. — The American Journal of Science 

 and Arts. — Science News. — Histology and the Microscope. By E. A. 

 ijchafer. Pp.300. H.C.Lea, Philadelphia. — Index Medicus. — Familiar Sci- 

 ence AND F"anciers' Journal. — Manuel d' Histologie Normale. By Dr. J. 

 Pelletan. H. Lauwereyns. Paris, 1878.— Zoologischer Anzeiger. — Welles- 

 ley College Calendar. 1878 9 — A Study of Wheat. By Mrs. Lou Reed 

 Stowell. Pamphlet, pp. 29. Reprint from the American Miller. — The Prince- 

 ton Review. — The Cincinnati Medical News. — A Case of Progressive 

 Muscular Atrophy with Sclerosis of the Lateral Columns. By Dr. J. 

 C. Shaw, Pamphlet, pp. 9. Reprinted from Journal of Nervous and Mental 

 Diseases. — Tenth Annual Report of the Microscopical Society of Liv- 

 erpool. Pamphlet, pp. 26 — The Midland Naturalist. Vols. I., and II., 

 to date. — Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences. 

 Vol. II., part I. — Contributions to American Helminthology, No. i. By 

 R. Ramsey Wright. Pamphlet, pp. 23. From the Proceedings of the Canadian 

 Institute. — Hedwigia.— A New Microtome. By S. W. Fletcher. Pepperell, 

 Mass. Pamphlet, pp. 4. 



