THE MICROSCOPE. 189 
Mr. Tuomas A. Wituiams contributes to the January number of 
the American Naturalist an interesting paper on ‘‘ The Status of 
the Anglo-Lichen Hypothesis.” 
Mr. Antoony Woopwarp publishes in the Journal of the New 
York Microscopical Society, January, 1889, a preliminary list of 
foraminifera from the post-pliocene sand at Santa Barbara, Cal. 
The list comprises twenty-eight species. 
BOGOR REVNE W S: 
ExtTrA-UTER(INE PREGNANCY: A Discussion. From the Transactions of the 
American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 1888. Togeth- 
er with an editorial review of Tait’s Ectopic Pregnancy and Pelvic 
Hematocele, from the Buffalo Medical and Surgical Journal. Philadel- 
phia: Wm. J. Dorman, 1889. Cloth; illustrated. Price, 75 cents. 
This is a valuable contribution to an important subject by a 
number of well known practitioners of medicine. It will be found 
of interest to both generalist and specialist. We cordially recom- 
mend it to our medical readers. 
Tue ErtrioLoey, DiAGNosis AND THERAPY OF TUBERCULOSIS. By Prof. Dr. 
H. von Ziemssen. Physicians’ Leisure Hour Library. Detroit: Geo. S. 
Davis. Paper; pp. 118. 
This latest publication of an eminent clinical teacher contains 
a synopsis of our knowledge of the subject named in the title of 
the book. While there may not be anything new said on tubercu- 
losis, the name of Prof. Ziemssen is sufficient guarantee that what is 
said is well said. The book is a worthy addition to this practical 
and handy series. 
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT of the Secretary of the State Board of Health 
of the State of Michigan, for the year ending June 30, 1888. Lansing, 
1889. Cloth; pp. 328. 
This excellent volume is one of the best yet issued by the State 
Board of Health of this State, and contains a large amount of 
information, the result of careful and painstaking research and 
personal experience. While reports of this nature are apt to be 
dry reading, Dr. Baker, the Secretary of the Board, deserves great 
credit for the able manner in which he has arranged his material. 
A copious index at the end of the book adds greatly to its value as 
a work of reference. 
Foop Propvccts. 
Under this title, Dr. Thomas Taylor, the government micro- 
scopist, has brought out a valuable pamphlet on twelve edible 
