ISO THE MICROSCOPE. 



WE clip the following from '■^The Chronicle" University of Michi" 

 gan. "Last May Mrs. Louisa Reed Stowell received a letter 

 from W. H. Walmsley, of Philadelphia, who is the R. and J. Beck 

 of America, stating that the firm in London, had just perfected a 

 very fine new style of microscope, and asking that she suggest a 

 name for the new instrument. Mrs. Stowell thereupon sent the 

 name "Ideal," and forgot all about the matter until the other day 

 when she received a letter from Mr. Walmsley stating that if she 

 called at the express office here she would find something that 

 might please her. She called as suggested, and received a box, 

 which, on being opened, disclosed a handsome mahogony case con- 

 taining a sample of the new microscope referred to. On the box 

 was a brass plate bearing her name, and upon the instrument itself 

 the name "Ideal," and under it her own name. The microscope has 

 a very fine lacquer finish, and all its adjustments are perfect. Three 

 objectives, \ in., \ in., and \ in., two eye-pieces, A and D; a pair of 

 stage-forceps, and a fine condensing lens came with the microscope. 

 It is surely a handsome acknowledgement on the part of R. & J. 

 Beck and Mr. Walmsley and is worthily bestowed." 



WE have spared no expense in order to give our readers a fine 

 engraving of the late Chas. Spencer. We sent the photo- 

 graph to one of the best houses in the United States and asked 

 them to do their best. Our publishers have taken extra care and 

 trouble in the printing and we know our friends will be pleased with 

 the results. We declare again that as you prosper us by your sub- 

 scriptions and contributions so will we give you a better and more 

 elegant journal. We are not backward in declaring that Mr. 

 Walmsley's practical article, alone, is worth the sub.scription price 

 for a year to each reader, and we are promised other articles from 

 the same source "provided this is well received." 



WE are crowded with matter for this issue. A very fine illustra- 

 ted article for pharmacists is in type now, but must wait for 

 our next issue. Messrs. Allaire, Woodward & Co., of Peoria, 111., 

 have very generously consented to give us a number of their prize 

 essays for publication. They will appear at an early date. Another 

 fine lithograph of "Urinary deposits" in the February number. 



