86 NEW BOOKS, WITH SHORT K0TICE8. 



Eustacliiau tube, which is dealt with by Professor Dr. Eiidinger of 

 Munich ; who has also in his charge the membranous labyrinth. The 

 auditory nerve and cochlea are written upon by Herr W. Waldeyer ; 

 and the olfactory organ, by Professor Babuchin. Next comes the eye, 

 and of this the retina is done by Professor Max Schultze. This is 

 unquestionably the first and ablest essay in the whole book ; indeed, 

 with the exception of two or three others, it is the only important 

 paper in the volumes. As our readers are perhaps aware, the author 

 is editor of the fii'st microscopical journal in the whole world, a work 

 whose illustrations are executed with a skill so superior as to make 

 our best plates appear two hundred years behind the work of German 

 draughtsmen. It was in this periodical (Max Schultze's ' Archiv ') that 

 most of the author's papers on the organs of vision have appeared 

 during the past few years, and in the essay he has written for Herr 

 Strieker's volume he has given a condensation of his valuable labours 

 in about 75 pages. This we regard as the most valuable part of the 

 present work, and one to which we commend our readers' serious con- 

 sideration. 



Other papers follow this one, such for instance as Professor 

 Iwanoff on the Tunica vasculosa ; E err Leber on the blood-vessels of 

 the eye; Schwalbe, Iwanoff, and Babuchin on the Lymphatics, the 

 vitreous humour, and the lens of the eye ; Alexander EoUett on the 

 cornea ; Strieker, Stieda, and Klein on the conjunctiva and sclerotic ; 

 Boll on the lachrymal glands ; Dr. Chrobak on the uterus ; Dr. 

 Keitz on the placenta ; Grundvvald and Strieker on the oviducts and 

 fallopian tubes. Last comes an excellent article by Strieker on the 

 development of the simple tissues ; a paper by Dr. Ernst Fleischel 

 on the non-pedunculated Hydatid; and by Edward Albert on the 

 structure of the synovial membrane. The papers on the develop- 

 ment of the tissues and on the conjunctiva and sclerotic, are exceed- 

 ingly good, and contain facts which will be quite novel to many of our 

 readers. The type and illustrations of this English edition are excel- 

 lent, the cuts being, as they should be, most carefully worked out. 



The Microscope, and Microscopical Technology : a Text-book for 

 Physicians and Students. By Dr. Heinrich Frey, Professor of Medi- 

 cine in Zurich, Switzerland. Translated from the German and edited 

 by George E. Cutter, M.D. ; 343 engravings on wood. From the 4th 

 and last German edition. New York : W. Wood and Co., 1872. — The 

 work which is now under notice extends over GOO pages of large 8vo, 

 and is amply illustrated with woodcuts. It has been well, though 

 very literally, translated by its editor, who has here and there added 

 a few notes on points with which ho as an American was specially 

 acquainted; but he has, unfortunately, been insufficiently familiar 

 with the splendid work of this country to have played his part fairly 

 as an accomplished editor of a work which api)eals in its present form 

 to English as well as to American readers ; a circumstance which we 

 trust the publishers will not forget when the next edition is being 

 prepared for the press. 



Dr. Frey is modest enough in his Preface, when he expresses the 

 hope that his " little work may serve as a guide for students and 



