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pasted lightly in, so as to be readily removable when no 

 longer needed. If intended for the present circuit only, 

 or for the information of the officers of the club, it should 

 of course, be written on or attached to the mailing slip 

 only. 



The value which thoughtful members, even the most 

 experienced and highly educated, place upon the notes 

 often comes out in correspondence or on the pages of the 

 note-books. One of our most accomplislied former mem- 

 bers, himself an expert microscopist, distinguished 

 scholar and professional teacher, who would have been 

 independent of help from other people's notes, if any- 

 body could be, once wrote: " I would suggest that mem- 

 bers be compelled to describe specimens. This slide is 

 absolutely valueless to me for want of a description. It 

 is a shame that such a beautiful object should go around 

 and do so little good, when it might just as well add 

 much to our knowledge." If the fact that they have in- 

 terested and instructed such men as our late member, 

 Dr. M. N. Miller, does not persuade members to give 

 their best thoughts to writing their notes, then it must 

 be feared that no one could " compel" them to do it even 

 if he could rise from the dead for that purpose. Anoth- 

 er member wrote elsewhere : " Contributors should ob- 

 serve the rule on the cover of this note-book, calling for 

 descrij)tive notes. The management must depend upon 

 the members to do their best if they care anything for 

 the club. The annual dues are very small, and each 

 member ought to contribute an interesting mount, and 

 take some pains to write a suitable note for it. If each 

 one depended on some one else to contribute good mounts 

 and notes what an awful disappointment would fall upon 

 us all. The manager can only manage what the mem- 

 bers supply." Still another member wrote in another 

 book : " Longitudinal sections are much more difficult to 

 interpret than transverse, and if only one series is to be 



