244 THE AMERICAN" MONTHLY [Aug, 



A New Periodical. — We have received the initial number 

 (Vol. I., Part 1) for April, 1895, of the " Zeitschrift fur Ang- 

 wandte Mikroskopie," edited by G. Marpmann and published 

 by Robert Thost, Germany. Mr. Thost has asked us to assume 

 the American agency. 



This issue is of octavo size, 36 pages, and presents a credit- 

 able appearance. Some of the articles are : 



Scenedesmus Opoliensis P. Richt. nov. sp. Von Paul 



Richter. 

 Unsere modernen Sinschlussmittel, Von. G. Marpmann. 

 Verfahren zur Fixirung von Sporen, Pollen, etc., fur 

 Glycerin und Wasserigen Einschluss. Von Hugo 

 Reichelt. 

 Nachweis von gefarbter Wurst auf mikroskopischen 

 Wege. 

 The price is a little high, 10 marks ($2.50), but we shall be 

 able to club it at a less rate probably. We shall also be able to 

 supply sample copies. 



Personal Explanation. — The editor of this journal has 

 felt called upon to expose the utter collapse of the meeting of 

 the American Microscopical Society in Brooklyn last August, 

 and to point out some of thp causes. It has been done with- 

 out malice to those whose folly brought it al)out We have 

 also drawn from our subscrihers very generally tlie opinion 

 that the papers read at that society ought to be availaitle for 

 immediate publication in this periodical. The suggestion 

 made by us (to be found on another page) has also commended 

 itself to the good sense of most of our readers. 



With such vantage ground it may be supposed that we shall 

 go to Ithaca to try to gather the fruit. We shall do nothing of 

 the sort. We have no axes to grind. We ask no favors. We 

 do not even care, so far as we personally are concerned, what 

 the society may do. That we feel interested in its prosperity 

 is as true as that we ask no reward for our efforts. If our sug- 

 gestions are adopted, the credit belongs to tliose who adopt 

 them (not to us) ; if they fail, why should we feel disappointed, 

 since it will not be our fault? We believe that the member- 

 ship has been aroused to action. We shall leave it absolutely 

 free to do what it deems wise. But we make this explanation in 



