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language. Occasionally he would cast an eye toward his silent 
auditor only to find him evidently lost in admiration and won- 
der. Finally Mr. Griffith ventured to ask: ‘* Well, what do you 
think of it?” 
“T think,” said the enthusiast, pointing to the morocco- 
covered case of the microscope, “that is the handsomest box I 
ever saw.” 
Mr. Griffith is doing as well as could be expected under the 
circumstances. 
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A FINE COMPLIMENT. 
Our elder brother Prof. T. B. Stowell, A. M., Ph. D., has 
just declined two very flattering offers. He was elected Prof. 
of Biology in a large University, and also principal of one of 
the largest State Normal Schoo!s in the country. Although the 
salary in the latter case was most flattering and tempting, such 
as few receive, yet he decides to continue in his chosen work at 
the Cortland State Normal School,as Prof. of the Natural 
Sciences. 
A NEW MICROSCOPICAL JOURNAL. 
We are in receipt of a new quarterly journal— Zeitschrift 
fur wissenschaftliche Mikroskopie und fur mikroskopische Tech- 
nik,” published at Brunswick, and edited by Drs. L. Dippel, M. 
Flesch, A. Wichmann, and W. J. Behrens. It embraces “ Mi- 
croscopy” in its widest sense, and includes original articles, 
abstracts and reviews, and a bibliography of microscopical 
literature. Those interested in the matter can address Dr. Beh- 
rens, at Gottinger, Germany. 
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We are in receipt of a number of photo-micrographs of 
diatoms, of the broken shell series, by President T. D. Cox, of 
Cincinnati. Pres. Cox used for these a Wales 1-15 objective, 
magnifying from 700 to 1800 diameters. 
