242 THE MICROSCOPICAL NEWS. 
of us turn private detective in this search for the honest trader ? for 
it is quite certain the adulteration of food would soon come to an 
end if the perpetrators of the fraud were certain of being discovered. 
MANCHESTER MiIcroscoPicaAL SocieTy.—Annual Report and 
Papers read at the meetings. Manchester: Brook and Chrystal. 
A brochure of 82 pages containing many interesting papers, most 
of which have already appeared in our pages. The members of 
this Society are to be congratulated upon the success of the Mount- 
ing Section, and their thanks are due to those gentlemen who have 
acted as demonstrators. It is a great aid to young students to be 
enabled ¢o see how the various operations of section cutting, dis- 
section and preparing generally, are performed by experts. 
THE Mripitanp Naturatist.—During the past few months 
there has been a very considerable improvement in the character 
of this journal, though the Editors will have to take care that their 
readers are not treated to too much of the principles of Biology. 
Mr. A. W. Wills has a very interesting article in the August number 
on ‘‘The Preservation of Native Plants,” which should be read by 
all botanical students; it is nothing less than a sin to despoil 
localities of rare species, or even those not so rare, and it is 
satisfactory to know that the Management Committee of the Mid- 
land Union is taking the subject in hand. 
Mr. W. B. Grove, B.A., has a paper on the Pilobolidz, and Mr. 
J. E. Bagnall on the F lora of Warwickshire. 
Co.r’s Srup1zs.—We wish we could see our way to induce a 
number of microscopists to subscribe for this useful work, which 
when bound up will form a very useful companion to the earnest 
microscopist. From a popular point of view we doubt the wisdom 
of splitting up the work into four distinct sections, the system was 
thus made elaborate and the continuity of the “ newspaper” was 
broken, with, we think, but little advantage. We should have been 
inclined to think that the series would have been well supported 
by biological students, but Mr. Cole informs us that the reverse 
has been the case. Our own connection with microscopical litera- 
ture has taught us the lesson that in this we must not look for 
either honour or profit, but Mr. Cole’s work has been so well done 
and he has given so much for a very small subscription, that we 
are a little surprised his case should not be an exception to the 
rule. 
We are afraid, as the case now stands, that there will be but 
little inducement for Mr. Cole to continue his “ Studies ” in micro- 
scopical science, but we hope ere this series is completed more 
subscribers will be found to make the venture pecuniarily suc- 
cessful. 
