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tion of objects at the Soiree. It appears to have shown its 

 thankfulness by electing- him a member of the Executive 

 Committee, while the other two members earned their 

 places by reading- papers. 



If the Secretary will confine the Proceedings to the act- 

 ual occurences at Toledo, we are of the opinion that his 

 fond hope of having them out by Christmas ought to be 

 realizable. But if he waits for absent members to write 

 some papers with which to eek out a report, he will per- 

 ha]»s be delayed till next spring or summer. 



NEW PUBLICATIONS. 



Elementary Zoology and Laboratory Guide. — By H. 

 K. Chapm and L. J. Kettger., Chicago, 1897, 212 pp., 145 

 figs. 8 vo. 



In the preface, our authors signilicantly remark: " A 

 teacher who expects to do no more than read the following 

 pages is bcg^ged to close the book at once and turn his at- 

 tention to more profitable things. "A teacher who would 

 merely assign three pages in advance each day had better 

 exchange the book for an almanac or a treatise on 

 Chinese." 



This book then is not to 1)e memorized and recited. You 

 are to go into the laV)()rator\' and museum and studv ob- 

 jects of Natural Historv. Perchance this l;ook will helj) 

 you — -that all depends on you. ^J^he book is all right : are 

 you ? 



Chapters are devoted to Protozoa, Porifera, C(elenterata, 

 Echinodermata, Vermes, MoUuscoidea, Mollusca, Arthro- 

 jxxla, \\'rtebrata, and Lal)oratorv methods. Eml)rv<>l- 

 ogy and minute structure are not much touched upon, the 

 scope of the book l)eing microscopic largely. We heartilv 

 commend it to the notice of all teachers. 



A few pages on the microscope contain the rudiments of 

 knowledge needed by the beginner. Hardening and 

 movinting media are described bi-ielly. so is embedding, 

 section cutting, etc. 



