REVIEWS. 



The Microscope, its History, Construction, and Apj)lication. 

 By Jabez Hogg, F.L.S., Sec. R.M.S. Sixth Edition. 

 London : George Routledge and Sons. 



It is quite needless for us to do more than to announce 

 this new edition of Mr. Hogg's work. A book that has gone 

 through six editions, each edition consisting of ten thousand 

 copies, has little need of any recommendation from the 

 reviewer, Avhilst its enormous sale is its own best advertise- 

 ment. We may, however, say a word or two on the reasons 

 of the success of Mr. Hogg's book. In the first place, it is a 

 very complete history of all that has been done with the 

 microscope, and may be used, through the aid of its good 

 index, as a dictionary on all matters connected with the 

 instrument. In this new edition, also, Mr. Hogg has brought 

 his information up to the present time, and we are especially 

 flattered to see how extensively he has used our own pages to 

 bring up his book to the knowledge of his day. It has 

 always been our effort in the ' Journal,' which accompanies 

 the ^Transactions of the Eoyal Microscopical Society,' to 

 supplement these important labours of our own great school 

 of English microscopists, by giving an account of everything 

 that is being done in other countries, and in our local English 

 Societies. We are glad to find our labours extensively 

 acknowledged, and it is gratifying to find them contributing 

 to so valuable a volume as that by Mr. Hogg. In the next 

 place, Mr. Hogg's volume is really capitally illustrated. 

 It contains upwards of three hundred and fifty wood en- 

 gravings, and the present edition contains eight beautiful 

 coloured plates, executed by Tuflfen West. The name of 

 Mr. West is a sufficient guarantee for the accuracy and 

 value of these illustrations. We have never seen more suc- 

 cessful work turned out even by Mr. West himself. In 

 addition to these great recommendations, the price of this 

 volume is so small that nothing but its amazing sale could 



