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and ready for use, the cement being dry and hard, and the 

 glass clean. Near by, in convenient reaching distance, is the 

 glycerine bottle, the wash bottle, a saucer of clean, distilled 

 water, in which rests a camel's hair pencil, the little box of 

 drying papers and other conveniences, among which I should 

 mention cloths for wiping slides and cover- glasses, dryers, and 

 cleaners, and a piece of soft chamois for giving a final polish to 

 the slips. Everything being in readiness, we can now proceed 

 to work. — F. L. James, in the National Druggist. 



REVIEWS. 



The Century. 



This interesting journal for August is at hand and contains 

 much interesting matter. Gen. Fitz John Porter describes "The 

 last of the seven days' battles," and others contribute under 

 "Recollections of a private," and " Memoranda of the civil war." 

 There is a full page illustration of William Lloyd Garrison, with 

 a sketch of his life. W. D. Howells, Henry James, Ernest 

 Whitney, and Thomas Wentworth Higginson are among the 

 contributors. 



The National Druggist. 



Dr. F. L. James still pushes the microscopical department 

 of this weekly. He has just completed his series of articles on 

 " Elementary Microscopical Technology," and now commences 

 a series of subjects requiring special technological handling. 

 Any body, with reasonable care, and attention to his rules, ought 

 to make a good and artistic mount, even with the use of White 

 Zinc. 



Nerve Endings in Muscle. 



Dr. Chr. Sihler gives, in this pamphlet, a result of his re- 

 searches on the endings of the motor nerves in the voluntary 

 muscles of the frog. It is illustrated with a full-page colored 

 lithograph of many figures. 



