OPINIONS OF THE PUBLIC PRESS 



ON THE 



MICROSCOPIC CABINET. 



" This is an exceedingly curious and interesting work ; the plates are marvellous.*' 



Spectator. 



" We earnestly recommend the Microscopic Cabinet both to the general and the 

 scientific reader, as an original, a valuable, and an ingenious work." 



London and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine* 



" We are presented," in the Microscopic Cabinet, " with engravings of the most 

 beautiful or remarkable water-insects, and are moreover informed of their history, habits, 

 and anatomical conformation. We have also directions as to the use of the instru- 

 ments employed in these researches, and a full description of Mr. P.'s new microscope. 

 * * * We cannot speak ton highly of the finished coloured engravings ; they are 

 equally remarkable for the fidelity and the beauty of their execution. A mere inspec- 

 tion of these would be sufficient to create a taste for the study of a department of 

 philosophy which certainly is inferior to none in the interest it is calculated to create, 

 or the elegance of form and the harmony of adaptation which it presents to the view." 



New Monthly Magazine. 



" This work may be termed a practical treatise on the present state of Microscopes. 

 In the descriptive portion, valuable information is imparted on the structure and habits 

 of those most interesting creatures," Animalcules, Crustacea, and Insects ; " and for 

 procuring 1 , feeding, preserving, and the best mode of examining them, useful directions 

 are given ." Magazine of Natural History. 



" This work selects a variety of living objects that have never been before described, 

 and depicts faithfully many others that have hitherto been most incorrectly represented. 

 The descriptions are most elaborately written in a plain and familiar style." 



Monthly Magazine. 



" A vast variety of practical information, popularly detailed, is diffused throughout 

 the work ; and the whole is illustrated by a number of very beautiful plates. * * * 

 It is decidedly the most practical and satisfactory treatise on the microscope that it has 

 hitherto been our good fortune to have met with." London Medical Gazette. 



"This is a very complete and interesting work." Athenceum. 



" Many of the descriptions of the structure and habits of animals, as observed by our 

 Author, will be found curiously interesting. The style in which the work is got up is 

 very creditable, and the illustrations extremely good and copious." 



London Medical and Physical Journal. 



" The lovers of natural history will derive both gratification and instruction by the 

 perusal of this work." Register of Arts. 



" This is a beautiful volume, which must be deeply interesting to those engaged in 

 the study of natural history. The plates are well delineated, beautifully coloured, and 

 afforded at a reasonable rate. It is impossible to speak in too high terms of its execu- 

 tion." . London Medical and Surgical Journal. 



" Some of the best executed plates and cuts that we have seen on the subject. We 

 kave no doubt that the present volume will go far to supply a desideratum ; and not 

 least as to the due appreciation of microscopes, perfection in the qualities of which is 

 obviously essential to the just characterization of the insect tribe." 



Gentleman's Magazine. 



*' The greater part of this volume is taken up with descriptions of the economy and 

 nature of aquatic insects, Crustacea, and animalcules, written in ^.popular style, without 

 any scientific display of terms to perplex the general reader, and is illustrated by some 

 admirably coloured engravings, of whose beauty and fidelity we can bear witness." 



National Omnibus. 



" The Microscopic Cabinet will essentially aid the cause of science." Atlas. 



" This is a valuable work for scientific men, and of great .assistance to the student of 

 botany or natural history." Bell's Old Weekly Messenger. 



" The Microscopic Cabinet is a work which does almost infinite credit to its authors, 

 and is certainly by far the most valuable contribution which has been made to micro- 

 scopic science in modern times." Mechanic.? Magazine. 



