168 THE MICROSCOPE. Dec. 
RECENT PUBLICATIONS. 
Labrador and Anticosti.—By Rev. V. A. Huard, A. M., 
Chicoutimi, Quebec. Paper, 8 vo. pp. 505, map and illus- 
trations. Price $1.70 post paid. bah: 
The author of this charming narrative is president of a 
seminary and editor of a scientific magazine at Chicoutimi 
in the province of Quebec. The book isin the French 
language and is especially recommended to those Ameri- 
cans who read or are studying that language and who can 
interest themselves in travel, history, topography, fishing, 
Indian remains and the wilds of our far north. ‘The story 
is very interesting and the French pure. Perhaps no 
more charming account of frontier life will be found than 
this. Send postal order to the author for a copy. 
Stirpiculture.—By M. L. Holbrook, M. D., New York, 
1897. 12mo. pp, 192, cloth. 
The title is bad but the book is good, and should be read 
by every one contemplating marriage as well as by every 
parent interested in the quality of his offsprings. Fewer 
and better children are wanted. 
Send the price (one dollar or less) to Dr. Holbrook, New 
York City, before acting in any way that looks towards 
procreation. 
Atlas and Essentials of Bacteriology.—By Prof. K. B. 
Lehmann and Dr. Rudolf Newman. Illustrated, New 
Work, 1897. 
The greaterpart of this new handbook is made up of 
some sixty-three plates printed in different colors, most 
of them containing several figures illustrating the growth 
and microscopical appearance of the various pathogenic 
bacteria. It includes microscopical examination, the most 
important solution for making preprations, the prepara- _ 
tion of stained specimens, section preparations, culture of 
bacteria. This book is likely tobe very useful to those prac- 
titioners of medicine who have received much elementary 
instruction in bacteriology. 
