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copes and microtomes of new construction. Also their 

 photo- micrographic camera and various accessories. 



E. Leitz, of Wetzlar, Germany, represented by Wm. 

 Kraft, of New York, exhibited six grades of microscope 

 stands; a mechanical stage; dissecting microscope with 

 camera-lucida ; Edinger's projection apparatus with 

 photographic camera ; photo-micrographic apparatus ; 

 microtomes of the Schanze and Thoma patterns. 



Walmsley, Fuller & Co., of Chicago, exhibited Walm- 

 sley's new "Autograph" photo-micrographic camera, the 

 improved handy camera, and Ross eclipse microscopes. 



Joseph Zentmayer, of Philadelphia, Pa., exhibited his 

 Columbia and Continental microscope stands and the 

 Ryder microtome. 



EDITORIAL. 



The success of the meeting just brought to a close at Ithaca, 

 N. Y., of the American Microscopical Society is gratifying not 

 only to the members of the Society but also to every student of 

 things microscopical, bacteriological and biological. The pap- 

 ers presented were all of a high order and the evident care 

 with which they had been prepared showed that in the opinion 

 of the writers the occasion was one of the first importance. 

 Apart from the scientific entertainment provided by the mem- 

 bers of the A. M. S., the fine library and collections of botany, 

 zoology and entomology owned by Cornell University, which 

 were at the disposal of the visitors, aff"orded interest and enjoy- 

 ment to all. The personnel of the newly elected board of offi- 

 cers is such as to give promise of renewed life and energy to 

 the association and this, with an "onward and upward " de- 

 termination on the part of one and all, should place the society 

 among the foremost of the scientific associations of the world. 



Ye editor hereof, after having taken a well-earned vaca- 

 tion of three months in Switzerland, will resume his functions 

 with the next issue. Feeling the grave responsibility of the po- 

 sition we have occupied during his absence, we trust our sub- 

 scribers with look with lenient eyes upon the shortcoming and 

 faults no doubt apparent to them and console themselves with 

 the reflection that the next issue will be " better than ever." 



