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Hand- Book of Invertebrate Zoology for Laboratories axd Seaside 

 Work. By W. K. Brooks, Ph. D., Associate in Biology and Director 

 of the Chesapeake Zoological Laboratory of the Johns Hopkins Univer- 

 sity. Published by S. E. Cassino, Boston. 



The work is a hand-book for beginners and its fascinating style 



will captivate any beginner or expert who is fortunate enough to 



have the book for reference. The illustrations form a leading 



feature of the work and many of them are really beautiful, though 



some are too diagramatic to. be pronounced "works of art." The 



simplest one, however, expresses clearly all the author desires to 



have illustrated. S. E. Cassino has produced a handsome volume 



of 400 pages, 8vo. 



Journal of the Postal Microscopical Society. Vol. I. Bound. Edited 

 by Alfred Allen, Hon. Secretary. Printed by W. P. Collins, 157 Great 

 Portland street, London. 



In September, 1873, a company of thirty-six gentlemen decided 



to organize a club for the purpose of circulating microscopical 



slides. They were governed by only a few simple rules, and 



adopted the name of the " Postal Micro-Cabinet Club." In a short 

 time the club had increased to over one hundred members, and 

 they changed the name to the" Postal Microscopical Society." In 

 March, 1882, the society having grown to such dimensions and 

 wealth, they decided from the abundance of theJr means to start a 

 microscopical journal, as the organ of their society. This publica- 

 tion has proved a successful venture, and is a fine addition to 

 microscopical literature. It is replete with valuable help to every 

 scientific investigator. 



This journal is very much like The Microscope in one partic- 

 ular, at least: It is filled with practical matter. It should have 

 many readers in this country. Should any of our subscribers desire 

 a copy, they can get it by sending one shilling and sixpence to the 

 printer. 



Report of the Board of Trustees of the Eastern Michigan Asylum 

 at Pontiac, for the Biennial Period Ending September 30, 1882. Prirrted 

 by W. S. George & Co., Lansing, Mich. 



Proceedings of the California Pharmaceutical Society and College 

 of Pharmacy. Report of the fourteenth annual meeting. Held at San 

 Francisco, January tr, 1883. Together with the eleventh annual lec- 

 ture announcement, regulations of the board of trustees, etc. Compli- 

 ments of E. W. Rumyon, Professor of Pharmacy in the California Col- 

 lege of Pharmacy. 



An exceedingly neat pamphlet of ninety-six pages. 



Addresses Delivered on the Occasion of the Dedication of Cooper 

 Medical College Building. By Levi C. Lane, A. M.,*M. D., Professor 

 of Surgery, and Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, London; 

 and by Edward R. Taylor. 



