30 THE MICROSCOPE. [February, 



THE MICROSCOPE. 



New Series, 1893. 



For Naturalists, Physicians, and Druggists, and Designed to Popularize 



Microscopy. 



Published monthly. Price $1.00 per annum. Subscriptions should e?id 

 ■with the year. The old scries, consisting of 12 volumes {1881-1892), ended 

 with December, /8<?2. Sets of the old series cannot be furnished. All 

 correspondence, exchanges, and books for notice should be addressed to the 

 Microscopical Publishing Co., Washington, D. C. , U. S. A. 



CHARLES W. SMILEY, A. M., EDITOR. 



EDITORIAL. 



What can a Beginner do in Microscopy? — There are a 

 good many young people commencing to take an interest in bot- 

 any, entomology, geology, ornithology, etc.. who spend much 

 time to little profit for lack of suitable guidance, oral or written. 

 And there are teachers who feel too much tied to their text-books 

 and so who cannot practically start their pupils in interesting 

 work. There is an impression abroad that the members of the 

 Agassiz Association lack direction, systematic and continuous 

 application to single topics such as will yield desirable fruit. Col- 

 lecting plants, insects, rocks, birds' eggs, etc., sometimes is fol- 

 lowed by little more than identification. 



At this point the microscope may be wisely brought into use, 

 and we shall be happy to tell the young people of the Agassiz 

 Association, as well as others, what to do next and how to do it. 

 Each chapter of the Agassiz Association, if not each individual, 

 ought to afford a $20 outfit in the way of microscope and acces- 

 sories. If they will each then fix upon some topic such as is 

 named below and pursue it, we shall be glad to provide, free of 

 charge, all needed assistance. 



As soon as we can get the illustrations and the descriptions of 

 the instruments (March or iVpril) we will set forth in much detail 

 directions for purchasing an instrument, and will intercede with 

 the dealers for the very lowest prices. You do not want one of 

 the toy microscopes which can be bought for $3, because its powers 

 are too limited, but you need one such as is pictured by several 

 of our advertisers. 



