go THE MICROSCOPICAL NEWS. 
and the want of sympathy and assistance from a sufficient number 
of really scientific men, he has had to make up the programme 
from time to time as he best could. However, there is a limit to 
everything, and when the work for 1882 was finished he retired in 
time to give the committee an opportunity of selecting another 
secretary for appointment at the annual meeting this month.’ ‘In 
order to restore the true and original character of the association, 
and to maintain its rightful dignity, in my opinion the number of 
the members should be strictly limited, say to one hundred, and 
no one, either man or woman, should be considered eligible who 
had not given very palpable proof of the possession of a certain 
amount of definite scientific information, or who was not known 
to be a worker in some scientific pursuit.’ ‘There should be no 
complimentary offices.” ‘ At the soirées or exhibitions there ought 
to be more real science and less shopkeeping. What does the 
association want with rows of microscopes or Japanese tea things ? 
If something good could be done at the soirées, then outsiders, 
non-members, might have the opportunity of profiting by the pay- 
ment of a fee of 5s., just as they pay to go into a flower show, a 
concert, or an exhibition.” 
Stupies IN MicroscopicAL SciENCE.—Since our last notice 
Mr. Cole has issued ten more numbers of this interesting series, 
with accompanying slides of high class. They are as follows :— 
32. Diabase from South Quarry, Corstorphine Hill, Edinburgh, 
ies. 
33. T. section of Human Spleen injected with carmine, and 
stained with Hoematoxylin. 
34. T. section of the stem of Jncus communis (common rush). 
35. T. section of the cat’s spleen, stained with logwood. 
36. Longitudinal section of the stem of Euphorbia splendens, 
stained with logwood. 
37. Vertical section of the submaxillary gland of dog. 
38. Section of Red Syenite from Ord Hill, Sutherland. 
39. Illustration of human tongue, papilla, ’&e. 
40. T. section of upper portion of leaf of Ficus elastica, showing 
cystolith. 
41. Vertical section of tongue of dog, stained with logwood, 
and showing circumvallate papilla. 
Our readers will see from this list the nature of the journal, and 
as Mr. Cole is making preparations for the work of volume II. he 
asks that intending subscribers should send in their names at once. 
Of volume II. no more than 500 copies will be issued, so it is 
just possible that the work will fetch a handsome price some day. 
It is only true to say that there has never been issued a micro- 
scopical journal got up in such splendid style, and so suited to 
