CXIV 



NATURE 



\August 7, 1879 



MICROSCOPIC OBJECTS 



Of saperUtlve perfection, illuitrating Histology and every branch of Micro- 

 scopy. Catalogue post free and gratis on application. 



PARIS UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION, 1878. 



Priu Medal awarded for Excellence, Variety, &'c. 

 EDMUND WHEELER, 48N, ToUington Road, Holloway, London, N. 



THE MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL. 



The WINTER SESSION will] open on WEDNESDAY, October ist, 

 •with an Introductory Address at 3 p.m. by Dr. Sidney Coupland. 



The Medical School attached to the Hospital provides the most complete 

 means for the education of Students preparing for the University of London, 

 the Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons, and the Society of Apothecaries. 



Two Entrance Scholarships of the annual value of ;£2S and i 20, tenable 

 for two years, will be competed for on September 29th and following days. 



Further information may be obtained from the Dean or the Resident 

 Medical Officer at the Hospital. ANDREW CLARK, Dean. 



LIVING SPECIMENS FOR THE MICROSCOPE. 



THOMAS BOLTON. MICROSCOPIST'S and NATURALIST'S 

 STUDIO, 17, ANN STREET, BIRMINGHAM. 



r T. B. has last weeli posted to his subscribers specimens of a wond.:rfulI'. 

 transparent Entomostracon. believed to be new to this country. He hoj-; 

 also to send out next week another new species of Entomostraca from 11 . 

 same locality. . , . , . , - . t t> 



Weekly announcements will be made m this place of organisms 1. L. 

 is supplying. 



Specimen Tube, One Shilling, post-free, 



Tweniy-iix Tubes in cmrse tf Six Months for Subscription of ll is. 



Price List of Specimens on application, with stamped addressed envelope. 



Portfolio of Drawings, One Shilling. 



ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL 

 AND COLLEGE. 



The WINTER SESSION begins October ist. The Hospital has a 

 service of 710 beds (including 30 at Highgate for convalescents). 



Students can reside within the Hospital walls, subject to College regu- 

 lations. ,,r J c 1. r. 1 



For particulars apply, personally or by letter, to the Warden of tne col- 

 lege, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Smithfield, E.C. 

 A Handbook forwarded on applicatior. 



ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL 

 AND COLLEGE. 



OPEN SCHOLARSHIPS.' 



Three Open Scholarships will be offered for competition on September 25th 

 Candidates must be under twenty-five years of age, and not have entered to 

 the medical or surgical practice of any metropolitan medical school. 



Two in Science, of the value of ;£ 130 (one limited to Candidates under 

 twenty years of age). Subjects : Botany, Zoology, Physics, Chemistry. 



One, of the value of fyi, in Latin, Mathematics, and French, German, or 

 Greek, at the option of the Candidate, not more than one to be taken by any 

 Candidate. . , „ 



For particulars and papers of former examinations apply, personally or 

 by letter, to the Warden of the College, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Smith- 

 field, E.C. 



ST. BARTHOLOMEW^'S HOSPITAL 

 AND COLLEGE. 



CLASSES FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON MATRICULA- 

 TION EXAMINATION. 

 A Class is held from October 8th for the January Examination. Fee 

 (including all subjects), ;£ 10 loj. 



PRELIMINARY SCIENTIFIC EXAMINATION. 

 A Class in all the subjects of this Examination, including practical work, 

 is held from January to July. Fee to Students of the Hospital, £t?> 8y. ; to 

 ethers, f,\o loj. (including chemicals). 



FIRST:;M.B. EX.4MINATI0N. 

 A Class is held from January to July. Fee, ^,^ 71. 

 Alt these Classes are open to Students of the Hospital and to others. 

 For particulars apply to the Warden of the College of St. Bartholomew's 

 Hospital, Smithfield, E.C. 



ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL, ALBERT 

 EMBANKMENT, S.E. 



The WINTER SESSION, 1879-80, will commence on OCTOBER ist. 



TWO ENTRANCE SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIPS of ;£6o and l^o, 

 OPEN to all First Year's Students, without the condition of their havinj 

 first entered as Students of the Hospital, will be awarded in the first week of 

 October. Subjects : Chemistry and Physics, with either Botany or Zoology, 

 at option. SPECIAL CLASSES for the PRELIMINARY SCIENTIFIC 

 of University of London, with Practical Work in Laboratories and Museums, 

 are to be held from (Jctober to July, and for the ist M.B. from January to 



Several Medical Practitioners in the neighbourhood receive Students for 

 residence and supervision, and a register of inspected and approved lodgings 

 is kept in the Secretaiy's office. ^ , « t% 



Prospectus and all particulars may be obtained from the Secretary, Dr. 

 Gillespie, at the Hospital. 



W. M. ORD, M.D., Dean. 



LIBRARY OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY, 

 CAMBRIDGE, MASS., U.S.A. 



Packages for the General Library, or for any of the Departmental 

 Libraries (Astronomical Observatory, Botanic Garden, Bussey Institution, 

 Divinity School, Law Sch«el, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Scientific 

 School), may be sent to the Agents, Messrs. TrSbner & Co., 57 and 59, 

 LudgateHill, London. 



JUSTIN WINSOR, Librarum. 



SIR JOSIAH MASON'S SCIENCE 

 COLLEGE, BIRMINGHAM. 



It is intended to OPEN this College in the month of OCTOBER. i88» 



The full staff of Professors will include those necessary to enable Student 

 to pass the Examinations of the University of London for the degrees r 

 B.Sc. and D.Sc. „. . ™ . , *,. , /- - -^ 



The Professors of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and Biolcgy (includ 

 ing Botany and Zoology), will be the first appointed. 



The appointments will be made for a term of three years, renewable I 

 the pleasure of the trustees. The stipend in each case will be ^250 p« 

 annum, with half the class fees. 



Applications from Candidates must be forwarded not later than 'he 31) 

 of December next to the Honorary Secretary to the Trustees, Mr. G.J 

 Johnson , 36, Waterloo Street, Birmingham, from whom any further infol 

 mation may be obtained. „ .. , . „ ^ . , 



By a resolution of the Trustees, Candidates are specially requjsteU I 

 abstain from canvassing. 



ROYAL POLYTECHNIC— CLASSES, for 



the preparation of Students for University Examinations, under th« 

 direction of EDWARD B. AVELING, D.Sc, F.L.S. Londcn Uni- 

 Tersity Matriculation, 1st and 2nd B.Sc, Preliminary Scientific M.B., 

 Botamy, Physiology, Chemistry. All the work practical. 



EQUATORIAL TELESCOPE for SALE,) 



very cheap.— 3} object-glass, several eye-pieces, finder, rackwork stand, j 

 unusually strong, perfect condition.— Address Astka, care of the Pub-S 

 Ushers of Nature. 29, Bedford Street, Strand, W.C. | 



As FACTOR or STEWARD of Estates, a' 



Practical and Energetic Man. highly recommended, can superintend 

 building, drainage, road-making, cutting down, ctnverting, and mea- 

 suring of timber, &c. Wife understands dairy and poultry. Address 

 C. L., care of Messrs. Macmillan and Co., eg and 30, Bedford Street, 

 Strand. 



DUNHEVED COLLEGE (LIMITED), 



LAUNCESTON, CORNWALU 

 Seren hours from London. Separate Bedrooms. Systematic Teaching 

 in Science, Foreign Languages, and University Courses. 

 Calendar post free from 



The Principal— BENJAMIN RALPH, LL.B. Dub. 



FOR SALE.— INDIAN ELEPHANT 



SKELETONS, two monsters, nearly twelve feet high, one miicerattd 

 the other not ; one has tusks valued at Rs. 400 ; to be sold, a bargain. 

 Can be seen at 6, Somerset Villas, Lordship Road, Stoke Newingt»n, 

 London. 



Several Skins of Elliott's Pheasant on hand. 



Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., Professor of 



Mineralogy and Geology, Mineralogist by Appointment to Her Maje>ity 

 and the Baroness Burdett-Coutts, 149, Strand, London, W.C., hav 

 been fifty years in business, contemplates shortly RETIRING, . 

 offers for SALE several of his extensive COLLECTIONS of Miner.. 

 Rocks, and Fossils. They are well adapted for first-class Educational 

 Esublishmcnts, Provincial or Colonial Museums, or for the Private 

 Study of any Scientific Person wishing to become acquainted with t^e 

 above-mentioned Sciences. From fi.oao to 5,000 Guineas. Stude; 

 Collections at 2, 5, 10, 20, to 50 Guineas. 



MINERALS, ROCKS, AND FOSSILS. 



COLLECTIONS IN CABINETS. 



Two Hundred Specimens, 40J. ; 150 do., 30J. ; 100 do., 2of. ; 50 do., lot. 

 Siie of Specimens, 2 square inches. Naming and Localities guaranteed. 



Superior Cabinets fitted with Card-Trays and Catalogue included. 



" 1 he Popular Scientific Pocket Cabinet Series " comprises 9 Cabinets and 

 3J4 Specimens, zj. 6d. each Cabinet, free delivery, 4</. (See Natirb, 

 March 13, No. 489. page 447.) tt ' 1, ij -„,1 



The Collector's Field Apparatus complete, 2i.t. H.-immer-holder ano 

 Waist-strap, price 2s. Collecting-bag (figured and described), pnce ^s. 



THOMAS J. DOWNING, Geologist, &c., 



38, WHISKIN STREET, LONDON, E.C. 

 Catalogue, Lists, and " Quarterly Circular " free on rece pt cf 2rf. postage. 



