170 THE MICROSCOPE. Nov. 



THE MICROSCOPE. 



New Series, 1893. 



For Naturalists, P/ivsiciaf/s. and Drugg-ists, a)id Desi;^iicd to Popularize 



Microscopy. 



Published mont/ilv. Price $1.00 per antium. Subscriptions should end 

 -cvit/i the year. The old series, coiisisting of 12 volumes {i88i-i8g3). ended 

 with December. iSg2. Sets of the old series ca?inot he 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. 



Made an Assignment. — The announcement that any busi- 

 ness firm has sus^Dended carries with it a feeling of regret. There 

 is not. however, surprise in a case like that of Queen & Co., con- 

 sidering how they have tried to do business in recent years. 

 Frequently there have come to our notice reports of peculiar 

 doings. Avhich we have regretted to hear and have refrained from 

 publishing. 



Only a few weeks before the assignment, they asked if we 

 would send out their " clearance sale " list of second-hand and 

 shop-worn goods with every copy of our periodical. To do so 

 would be an inhingement of the postal laws regarding second- 

 class matter and we i)romptly declined to do it. To pay fourth 

 class postage on our entire edition would have cost them much 

 more than a legitimate advertisement. 



Personal.— W. P. Manton, M. D., formerly an editor of this 

 periodical, has published a Syllabus of Lectures on Human 

 Embryology. It is for medical students and practitioners, and 

 contains 70 drawings ar.d photo-engravings. 



We hope that Dr. Manton will sometimes favor us with con- 

 tributions in spite of his very V)uisy life and practice. 



Pure Food. — At the recent Pure Food Exposition in this 

 city, our friends of the Popidar Health Magazine, gave a series of 

 demonstrations ^[icroscopic anH otherwise whirli atracted much 



