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burgh, the bereaved widow of Captain Stanley 

 had frequently visited the collection, and, with 

 many a glance at the representation of Cath- 

 cart's Hill, had earnestly, but hitherto in vain, 

 inquired if there was any mark by which she 

 could discover her husband's grave ? The ex- 

 hibitor now longed for the next visit, when he 

 could show to the mourner the very spot, with 

 the inscription on its monument, where the 

 dust of the departed lay. 



5. While these pages are passing through the 

 press, we read a few sentences of an article 

 which evidently bears the impress of the genius 

 of one who is well known as occupying one of the 

 highest places in the ranks of the men of litera- 

 ture and science of our day. These sentences 

 more than justify our statements regarding the 

 past, and our anticipations of the future results 

 of Microscopic research. " The marvels of ani- 

 mal and animalcuiar life now disclosed by the 

 Microscope, stamp a high importance upon 

 zoology, and justify us in regarding it as the 

 most progressive of the sciences. The study of 

 the living world, of the hitherto unrecognised 

 tenants of the earth, the ocean, and the air, 



