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NOTICES OF BOOKS. 



Proceedings of the American Society of Microscopists. Tenth An- 

 nual Meeting held at Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 30- Sept. 2, 1887. 

 8 °> PP- 359- Peoria, 1888. 

 No single volume published in this country contains a greater amount 

 of matter designed to show the progress which microscopy is making 

 year by year than these proceedings. The committee, Messrs. Burrill, 

 Kellicott, and Mosgrove, have published the volume in an entirely sat- 

 isfactory manner, if the unavoidable delay be pardoned. Most of those 

 who receive the book will forget to thank this committee as they de- 

 serve for doing gratuitously a job worth from $500 to $1000. As to 

 the contents of the papers, which are mostly very valuable, we will refer 

 the reader to our Bibliography where all the titles are cited. Those 

 desiring copies should address Dr. S. M. Mosgrove, the treasurer, 

 Urbana, Ohio. 



Proceedings of the American Society of Alicroscopists. Eleventh 

 Annual Meeting held at Columbus, Ohio, August 21- 24, 1888. 

 8°, pp. 204. Hartford, 18S9. 

 Our remarks upon the 1887 volume apply also to this, except that 

 we wish to commend more highly the prompt publication. The vol- 

 ume is smaller, contains some papers read at the meeting only by titles, 

 the constitution, list of members, and an index. Dr. Lewis seems to 

 have had quite an influence in getting out this volume in fine style, as 

 well as promptly. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY— RECENT WRITINGS OF INTEREST. 



[This list will report books and articles of interest to microscopists and biologists. It will enable 

 specialists to find literature of real value to them which space does not permit to be noticed more at 

 length. It is prepared solely in the interest of readers and not of advertisers. But in ordering from 

 publishers, always cite this page and date for convenience of identification. Requests from subscribers 

 will be entertained, in special cases, for fuller information than is here given.] 



I. — In Proceedings of the American Society of Microscopists, 1887. 



Burrill, T. J. — Disease Germs : Another illustration of the fact that bacteria 

 causes disease, pp. 193-206. 



Burrill, T. J. — The Erysipheae of Illinois. (List of species given. Illus- 

 trated.) pp. 301-10. 



Detmers, Freda. — The Comparative Size of Blood Corpuscles of Man and 

 Domestic Animals. (Large plate, tables of measurements, etc.) pp. 216-32. 



Ewell, M. D. — Comparison of Centimeter Scale " Fasoldt II" with Centi- 

 meter Scale " A." pp. 299-300. 



Fellows, Charles S. — A Description of Ergasilus Chautauquaensis : A new 

 species of Copepoda and a list of other Entramostraca found at Lake Chautau- 

 qua, in August, 1886. (Illustrated.) pp. 246-9. 



Francis, Mark. — The Bacillus of Foot-Rot in Sheep, pp. 209-13. 



Gage, Simon H. — Microscopical Tube Length and the parts included in it by 

 various opticians of the world. II. The thickness of cover-glass for which un- 

 adjustable objectives are corrected, pp. 168-172. 



Gage, Simon H. — Determination of the Number of Trichina? or other Animal 

 Parasites in a given Quantity of Meat. pp. 191-2. 



Gage, Susanna S. Phelps. — Ending and Relation of the Muscular Fibers in 



