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the Secretary in which he may make any and all announce- 

 ments he pleases regarding the society, in every issue of the 

 Journal. 



As above intimated, we will bind into every number a blank 

 application for membership if it can carry the proper informa- 

 tion, to those who are not members, as to its use. Will those 

 who join between now and the issue of the "proceedings" re- 

 ceive copies of any of the back volumes, Mr. Secretary? We 

 think you might make some offers in this line. 



To any person not now a member of the society, nor a sub- 

 scriber to The Microscope who will join the society during the 

 coming three months, we will send The Microscope free of charge 

 during 1896. 



All articles contributed to our columns by members of the 

 society the coming six months, will be headed by the title of 

 article, the name of the contributor and the words: 



MEMBER OP THE AMERICAN MICROgCOPICAL SOCIETY. 



Readers will thus be able to see what the members are doing 

 for them, and will, we think, have increased thereby their 

 respect for the society. We beg to suggest to Miss Booth in this 

 connection that she do the same in her excellent little magazine, 

 "Practical Microscopy." She cannot be more practical than 

 this. 



Of course, if any contributor wishes us to withhold the above 

 announcement that he is a member of the society, we will make 

 the exception is his case. 



MICROSCOPICAL APPARATUS. 



Comments on the Construction of Microscope Stands, — 



Speaking on this subject in the Zeitscirift fur Wissenschaft- 

 liche Mikroskopie (vol. XII, 2, 1895), Dr. H. E. Hildebrand of 

 Chicago, recommends a few changes in the construction of the 

 microscope stand, especially that of the Continental type, which 

 tend to raise their standard in regard to durability, stability, 

 and ease in manipulation. 



As our colleges are owners of the microscopes which they fur- 

 nish in great numbers to the different classes of their students, 



