TO THE 



PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS 



OF 



<T|)e (Qiuhelt gtur0st0puul Club 



I WOULD dedicate this little book, if dedications were 

 not considered " out of fashion " or vulgar. It is of very 

 little consequence to me, or the public, what this pre- 

 fatory page may be called ; and so long as it associates 

 the Quekett Club therewith, I am content. I have en- 

 deavoured to produce " a guide to the cabinet," which 

 will be of service to the microscopist of smallest preten- 



- ' v sions ; and I claim to associate it with a Club eminently 



x " popular " in its constitution to the establishment of 



which I had the honour of being chiefly instrumental in 



the hope that it may aid in rendering the use of the 



v v . Microscope still more popular. If, as a father, I offer a 

 gift to my children, it is accompanied by the hope that it 



v may be bread, and not a stone, 



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