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NATURE 



{Oct. 2, 1879 



MICROSCOPIC OBJECTS 



01 Euperlative perfection, illustrating Histolcgy, and every branch of Micro- 

 scopy. Catalogue post free and gratis on application. 



PARIS UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION, 1878. 



Prize Medal a-^varded for Excellence, Variety, &^e. 

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



GEORGE HENRY LEWES 

 STUDENTSHIP. 



This Studentship has been founded, in memory of Mr. George Henry 

 Lewes, for the purpose of enabling the holder for the time being, to devote 

 himself wholly to the prosecution of original research in physiology. The 

 Studentship, the value of which is slightly under 200/. per annum paid 

 quarterly in advance, is tenable for three years, during which time the 

 student is required to carry on, under the guidance of a Director, physio- 

 ogical investigations to the complete exclusion of all other professional 

 occupations. No person will be elected as a "George Henry Lewes 

 Student'* who does not satisfy the Trustees and Director first as to the 

 promise of success in physiological inquiry, and second as to the need of 

 pecuniary assistance. Otherwise all persons of both sexes are eligible. 

 Apphcations, together with such information concerning abihty and circum- 

 stances, as the Candidate may think proper, should be sent to the present 

 Director, Dr. Michael Foster, New Museums, Cambridge, not later than 

 October 15, 1879. The appointment will be made and duly advertised as 

 soon as possible after that date. 



UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, BRISTOL. 



The next SESSION will begin on OCTOBER 8th, 1879. The College 

 supplies for persons of either sex above the ordinary school age, the means 

 of continuing their Studies in Science, Languages, History, and Literature, 

 and particularly in those branches of Applied Science which are employed in 

 the Arts and Manufactures. The CHEMICAL LABORATORY is open 

 daily from ten to five. Arrangements have been made, in connection with 

 the DEPAI^TMENT of ENGINEERING and SURVEYING, by which 

 Students may spend the six summer months as pupils with various Engineer- 

 ing Firms in and near Bristol. Information with regard to the lodging of 

 Students will be given by the Principal, on application through the Secretary. 

 Several SCHOLARSHIPS will be competed for early in October. 



For prospectus and further information apply to 



EDWARD STOCK, M.R.C.S., Secretary. 



ROYAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE FOR 

 IRELAND, 



STEPHEN'S GREEN, DUBLIN. 



SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION. 



Session 1879-80. 



This College supjilies a complete Course of Instruction in Science, appli- 

 cable to the Industrial Arts, especially those which may be classed broadly 

 under the heads of CHEMICAL MANUFACTURES, MINING, and 

 ENGINEERING. 



A Diploma of Associate of the College is cranted at the end of the Three 

 Years' Course. 



There are Four Royal Scholarships of the value of £$0 each yearly, with 

 free education, including Laboratory Instruction, tenable for two years. 

 Two become vacant each year. They are given to Students who have been 

 a year in the College. 



The Fees are £2 for each Course, or £ 10 for all the Courses of each year, 

 with the exception of Laboratory Practice. 



Chemistry (Theoretiojsi. and Practical), Metallurgy, &c.— Prof. 

 HARTLEY, F.C.S. 



Mathe.matics, Mechanics, and Mechanism.— Prof. HENNESSY, 



r.R.s. 



Descriptive Geometry, Drawing, Engineering, and Surveying. — 

 Prof. PIGOT, C.E., M.R.I.A. 



Experimental Physics (Theoretical and Practical). — Prof. 

 BARRETT, F.R.S.E., M.R.I..\. 



Mining and Mineralogy.— Prof O'REILLY, C.E., M.R.I.A. 



Botany.— Prof. M'NAB, M.D., F.L S. 



Zoology.— Prof. BRIDGE, B.A. 



Geology.— Prof. HULL, M.A., F.R.S. 



Palaeontology.- Mr. BAILV, F.G.S. 



"The Chemical and Physical Laboratories and Drawing School are open 

 daily for Practical Instruction. 



Feefor Chemical Laboratory, £2 per Month, or;^i2 for Session. Fee for 

 Physical L.lboratory, £1 per Month, or £6 for Session. Fee for Drawing 

 School, £2 for Session. 



The SESSION commences on MONDAY, October 6th. 



Programmes may be obtained on application at the College, or by letter or 

 post-card, addressed to the Secretary, Royal College of Science, Stephen's 

 Green, Dubhn. 



The REV. L. HENSLEY, VICAR of 



Hitchin, Herts, formerly Fellow and Assistant-Tutor of Trinity College, 

 Cambridge, receives several Pupils to prepare for the Universities, and 

 has now Vacancies. 



ANALYTICAL CHEMIST, University 



Man, three years* Laboratory Experience, requires situation as Assistant. 

 Small Sabj-y —Address, M. B., Uflice of N.\tuff,. 



LIVING SPECIMENS FOR THE MICROSCOPE. 



THOMAS BOLTON. MICROSCOPIST'S and NATURALIST'S 

 STUDIO, 17, ANN STREET, BIRMINGHAM. 



T. B. has last week posted to hLs subscribers specimens of the beautiful 

 cluttered rotifer, Lacinularia sacmlis, with illustration. He has also ■sent 

 out Brachiomis urceolaris, Slephanoceros Eichornii, Plumatelln re fens, 

 CristateUa vincedo, Sida crystalliiici, Volvox globator, &c. 



Weekly announcements will be made in this place of organisms T. B. 

 is supplying. 



\ 



Specimen Tube, One Shilling, post-iiree, 



Twenty-six Tules in course 0/ Six Months for Subscription 0/ £1 l»,' 



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



Portfolio of Drawings. One Shilling. 



ROYAL SCHOOL OF MINES. 



PROFESSOR FRANKLAND, D.C.L., F.R.S.,wlll commence a Course 

 of Forty Lectures *' On Inorganic Chemistry," on MONDAY next, Oct.^ber 

 6th, 1879, at 10 o'clock a.m., to be continued on each succeeding Wednesday, 

 Friday, and Monday at the same hour. Fee for the Course, ^^ ; Laboratory- 

 practice for three months, ;£i2. 



PROFESSOR HUXLEY, LL.D., F.R.S.. will commence a Course of 

 Eighty Lectures "On Eiologj', or Natural History" (including Palaeon- 

 tology), on MONDAY next, October 6th, at lo o'clock a.m., to be continued 

 on every week day except Saturday, at the same hour. Fee for the Course, 

 ;£4 ; for Laboratory practice. £,t. 



PROFESSOR GOODEVE, M.A., will commence a Course of Thirty-sbr 

 Lectures *' On Applied Mechanics" on MONDAY next, October 6th, at 

 ID o'clock A.M., to be continued on every week day except Saturday at the 

 same h >ur. Fee for the Course, £,-^. 



All these Lectures will be delivered in the Science Schools, Exhibition. 

 Road, South Kensington. 



F. W. RUDLER, Regist-ar. 



OWENS COLLEGE, MANCHESTER. 



SESSION, 1879-80. 



The SESSION in the Medical Department will commence on the and 

 OCTOBER, and in the Department of Arts, Science, and Law on the 7th 

 OCTOBER. On the latter date, at ir. 30 a.m., a Lecture introductory to 

 the Session will be given by Professor A. MILNES MARSHALL, M.A.» 

 D.Sc, on "The Modern Study nf Zoology." Free to the Pubhc. 



Prospectuses of the several Departments and Copies of the Regulation* 1 

 relating to Entrance Exhibitions and Scholarships may be obtained from Mr. 

 J. E. CORNISH and other Booksellers in Manchester, and at the College. 



J. HOLME NICHOLSON, RegiFtrar. 



" Publicity is the Soul of Justice,*^ — Bentham. 

 TO THE PEOPLE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 



SEPTEMBER, 1879. 



"GEORGE HENRY LEWES STUDENTSHIP." 



This Studentships of nearly £200 per anuuiUy has beenfoitiuica 

 for ** the prcsecuticn of origirial research in Physiology^' All 

 persons ^Both Sexes * are eligible.'^ Applications to be niaik to 

 Dr. Michael Foster, New MuseumSy Cambridge, 



Mr. Geokge Henkv Lewes stated before the Royal Commission, that, 

 " Vivisection is a ver>- painful necessity." He spoke of Animals being .-jome- 

 times " dreadfully mutilated." — Of " a terrific operation." 



Mr. Lewes said he had recourse to Rabbits and Pigecns for experimenting 

 upon, because his feelings prevented him from using Dogs and Cats. Mr. 

 Lewes never tried experiments on Dogs or Cats because his feelings '' could 

 not bear it." He informed the Commissioners that " it is always distressing 

 to hear the cries of an Animal, or witness its struggles," and. consequently, 

 he could not himself " see Experiments on Dogs," or, " use Dogs or Cats." 

 Mr. Lewes had sojne feeiing. He felt for himself. 



He asserted also, in his Evidence, that Physiological^ Science is encum- 

 bered with " useless lumber, which the mass of it is." Likewise, headniitted 

 '• the excessive difficulty of getting at any result" — i.e., any usejul xt.%\x\\.. 

 " A great deal of experiment, ' said he, "is quite useless." "There are very 

 few members of the Profession who have done more Physiological work than 

 I have" — said Mr. Lewes. Nevertheless, we believe he never told the 

 Commissioners that he had discovered anything whatever. And, in spite c£ 

 all this baffled barbarity, a Studentship for both sexes is founded for "very 

 powerful imaginations " to attempt to prove on complex organisations wh.it 

 cannot be proved. 



* *' We shudder hut to dream oar Maids should ape 



Those monstrous Males thai carve the living Hound, 

 And cram them with the fragments of the grave" 



— Tennyson. 



SOCIETY for the TOTAL ABOLITION and UTTER 

 SUPPRESSION of VIVISECTION. 



Honorary Secretary and Treasurer, 



George R. Jesse, Esq., 



Henbury, near Macclesfield, Cheshire. 



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