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let the slide thoroughly dry, on a turn-table, wipe off all the film 

 except the circle to be covered, then stain and mount in balsam . 

 The staining method of the late Dr. A. Y. Moore, described in 

 The Microscope some years ago is the quickest and best stain- 

 ing method I have ever used or seen described. It was accom- 

 plished by preparations of eosin and by that method blood 

 with a nucleus could be easilv double stained. 



RECENT PUBLICATIONS. 



The Pursuit of Happiness. By Daniel G. Brinton, LL. D. 

 12°, 292 pp. Phila., David McKay: 1893. 



The anticipation awakened by the announcement of a book 

 by Dr. Brinton is naturally great. He has been known for years 

 as one of our most distinguished ethnologists. We expect there- 

 fore, something on happiness far above the ordinary — something 

 scientific. And we get it. Happiness is defended as a legiti- 

 mate pursuit and we are told how to attain it. We are not 

 asked to be miserable now with great expectations for the dis- 

 tant future, but to be happy now as the condition for doing the 

 most good. We are to seek such happiness even in food and 

 drink. "In Paris where the art of cookery has its home and 

 the Prohibition party no adherents, dispepsia is scarcely heard 

 of, and the arrests for drunkenness during the year 1890 were 

 only 38." To which the writer would add that during a four 

 months residence in Paris, he never saw anybody refuse wine 

 and he saw only two intoxicated persons, neither of whom was 

 a Frenchman. Any one who has seen happiness in Paris can 

 appreciate the philosophy of Dr. Brinton's splendid book. 



Check List of the Plants of Kansas. By Bernard B. Smyth. 

 Price 25 cents. 



Copies can be obtained by addressing Mr. Smyth at Topeka, 

 Kans. Nothing is included below the ferns and mosses. 

 The list will be useful to botanist who make collections. Mr. 

 Smyth offers collections for sale, 20 specimens for a dollar. 



Bibliography of the Chinookan Languages. By J. C. Pilling. 

 Bureau of Ethnology, Washington, pp 81. 1893. 



This pamphlet deserves a notice on ace junt of it containing 

 the completest and most scientific illustration of the extended 

 method of making bibliography yet published. 



