376 Tue Microscope. 
which are embedded granules... ... After treatment with certain 
reagents, or in some cases without such treatment, the proto- 
plasmic matrix is found to be composed of a sponge-like ar- 
rangement of threads or fibrillee interlacing with one another 
and forming a supporting framework, while the interstices are 
filled with a more fluid homogeneous substance. Most recent 
investigators into the minute structure of protoplasm agree in 
thinking that the homogeneous matrix above alluded to corres- 
ponds to the interfibrillar matter, whilst the knots on the net 
work, as well as the fibrillee themselves when seen end on, fur- 
nish the granular appearance. True granules are, however, also 
found in the interfibrillar matter itself. In the great majority of 
cells, generally near the centre, is to be found an oval or round- 
ed, rarely irregular, body termed the nucleus. . .Like the cell it- 
self the nucleus consists of a fibrillar net-work and an inter- 
fibrillar substance. . .Usually one or more granules of larger size 
are to be distinguished in the nucleus to which the name of 
nucleoli has been given, some of which are probably knots on the 
intranuclear net-work.” 
Dr Heitzmann will contribute other papers to THE MicroscopE, 
but the reader should remember that contributors are responsi- 
ble for their own statements. The Editor will allow the fullest 
liberty of expression, but he declines to be held responsible for 
any assertions except his own. 
HERE is a word in frequent use among those who are not 
exactly purists in the employment of the English tongue, 
and which the purists would classify in the homonymes. One 
of its meanings is thus defined by Worcester: “Taffy, n. A 
kind of candy made by boiling molasses or treacle till it becomes 
thick, and then spreading it out in sheets to cool, often with 
almonds stuck in it.” 
This is an agreeable thing, as the children who have been 
known to take it on a stick, soon discover. But Worcester says 
nothing about the secondary and more modern meaning. 
Whether the great Century Dictionary will do so or not remains 
to be seen. However, taffy in either form is pleasant. Flattery 
is commonly insincere, selfish, designing, transparent and. dis- 
gusting, but a little unfeigned commendation is acceptable to 
every one. Every body likes taffy, if it is of the true material; 
