48 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY [Feb 
reek with the utterly false statement which we now quote 
from ‘Spiritual Consciousness” by F. H. Sprague, page 
61: “The microscope reveals a world of life in every drop 
of water.”” Microscopists are forever correcting this er- 
ror but it still thrives. Will every subscriber. please 
send us the name of the publication, name of writer and 
exact citation of where he sees this hydrahead pop up. 
We hope to be able to publish a long list of names of 
writers who have thus exhibited their ignorance. The 
clergy will be caught oftener than any other class of 
people. 
HisToLogy.—We learn from London exchanges that a 
book on “Practical Histology” by J. N. Langley has just 
appeared, which is designed as a low price hand-book for 
students. Microscopical work and subjects are explained 
and 28 chapters describe experiments to be gone over. 
On receipt of a copy from the publisher we will give it 
further notice. 
PHOTO-MICROGRAPHIC.—Do not fail to use color sensi- 
tive plates. There are several makes in the market, 
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