Bourgogne, E. : Preparations Microscopiques, histologie 

 humaine et comparee normale et pathologique, botanique, medi- 

 cale, physiologic veg(^tale, diatomees, etc. Eugene Bourgogne, 

 Preparateur : Paris^ 18S4. 8°, 28pp. 



Tkis is a catalogue of preparations which are for sale by the 

 preparer. It includes many hundreds of interesting objects at 

 very moderate prices. 



Stokes, A. C. : Microscopy for Beginners, i3mo, 1887. New 

 York: Harper & Brothers. $1.50. 178 illustrations. 



An American book describing very fully and pleasantly the 

 animal and vegetable life found in American ponds and ditches. 

 There are keys to the Desmids, Diatoms, Infusoria, aquatic 

 worms, Rotifers, Polyzoa, water-fleas, and water-mites 



Smith, J. E. : How to See with the Microscope, 8vo, 1887. 

 Chicago : Duncan Bros. $3.00. This is now an old work'in a 

 rambling stvle of writing and strongly characteristic of the author. 

 It is devoted to the manipulation of modern objectives over test 

 diatoms. Written for the old " duplex " or 4-system objectives, it 

 nevertheless contains many valuable hints, and is the only book 

 devoted to this subject. 



Sachs, Julius : Text-Book of Botany, 8vo, 2d ed., 1S82. 

 Oxford : Clarendon Press. $8.00. A classical work profusely 

 and elegantly illustrated. There are 633 large 8vo pages devoted 

 to vegetable histology ; very full and valuable. The second part 

 of the work is on Physiological Botany, about 330 pages. 



Whitman, Chas. O. : Methods of Research in Microscopical 

 Anatomy and Embryology, 8vo, 1885. Boston : S. E. Cassino & 

 Co. $3.00. A compilation of valuable methods for killing, 

 hardening, embedding, cutting, and staining embryos, eggs, 

 worms, etc. A valuable book on technique. 



Stowell, C. H. & L. R. : Microscopical Diagnosis, 8vo, 

 1S82. Detroit: Jno. S. Davis, $2.00. This book is misnamed. 

 There are some very elementary chapters on blood, urine, tumors, 

 etc., and 9 fair plates of urinary crystals. The greater part of the 

 book is devoted to short essays on varieties of wheat, jaborandi, 

 and other leaves, ipecac and sarsaparilla roots, etc., with cuts of 

 sections of the roots and leaves described. 



Curtice, Cooper: The Animal Parasites of Sheep. U. S. 

 Dep't of Agriculture. 8vo, pp. 222. Useful to microscopists 

 and naturalists. 



Osborn, Herbert : The Pedicula and Mallophaga Affecting 

 Man and the Lower Animals. 8vo, pp. 56. U. S. Dep't of 

 Agriculture. Bulletin No. 7. 



A valuable work upon lice, showing much wading thro' an 

 extensive literature. 



Peyer : Atlas of Clinical Microscopy. 1S85. 



Bizzozero : Klinische Mikroskopie. 1887. 



