224 THE NORTHERN MICROSCOPIST. 
made up our minds whether it is intended as a scientific or serio- 
comic journal. There are one or two good articles contained 
within its pages ; but very many things we certainly object to. We 
shall probably abstract for next month a paper, “The Bacteria 
Fallacy Illustrated,” in order to see what is thought of it on our 
side; but we do not quite see what the following cutting has to 
do with Microscopy—it appears to refer more to the advertising 
columns than to this science :— 
“Now that the warm season is with us, bringing its usual dis- 
comfort and actual disease, we would call the attention of our 
professional readers to a remedy which we have used in cholera 
infantum with marked benefit. Physicians have reported in its 
favour from every direction. We refer to Lactopeptine, the formula 
of which can be found on our advertising page 17.” 
“ Maltine,” who is a two-page advertiser, has half a page of mat- 
ter on page 77, devoted to his interests. A microscopical journal 
seems hardly the place to puff quack medicines. The “items” too 
might be omitted with considerable improvement to the journal, 
REPORT AND TRANSACTIONS of the Birmingham Natural History 
and Microscopical Society for the year 1880. 
This is an interesting Jrochure of pp. xlvi., 96, containing the 
Presidential Address, the Annual Report, and the Transactions. 
The head quarters of the Society are at Mason’s College, where all 
communications should be addressed. Amongst the papers which 
have been read before the Society are to be found—Dendrosoma 
radians, by J. Levick; Notes on Marine Infusoria, by W. Saville 
Kent; On the Habits and Life History of Leptodora hyalina, by 
Dr. A. Milnes Marshall; British Lichens, by W. Phillips; On the 
Structure and Life History of Volvox globator, by A. W. Wills ; On 
Leptodora hyalina, by W. P. Marshall; List of Desmids found in 
Sutton Park, by A. W. Wills; Where to find Anxurea longispina, 
by J. Levick ; Sponges, by H. J. Carter; Onarare British En- 
tomostracon, by H. E. Forrest; The Cryptogamic Flora and 
Hepatice of Warwickshire, by J. E. Bagnall. 
NORTHERN SOCIETIES. 
BOLTON Microscoricat Socrety. Hon, Sec.: Mr. W. Rideout. Meets on Friday 
evening once in each month. 
CHESTER Natura aoe ASSOCIATION. Hon. Sec. of Microscopical Section : 
Mr. J. D. Sidda 
DONCASTER ee Society. Hon. Sec.: Mr. M. H. Stiles. Meets 
twice in each month. 
