48 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY [Mar. 



America, with its 1,190 colored fig-ures, is offered by one of 

 our correspondents in Albion, N. Y., for $4.25. The book 

 is rare and now hard to g'et. This is the only copy we 

 know of on sale. 



W^alter White's Botanical Specimens. — Now we are 



ready to send complete sets of the beautiful microscopical 

 objects. Please send new orders. 



General Index. — If you have not had the general index 

 to the first sixteen volumes of this journal please write 

 immediately for one, and state which volumes you have 

 preserved. 



In German. — We have some extra copies of Zeitschriftfur 

 Angewandte Mikroskopie, von G. Marpmann, Leipzig^ to send free 

 to those who wish to see sample copies. 



Books. — A subscriber asks about John Phin's publica- 

 tions. Send to the Industrial Publishing- Company, 16 

 Thomas street. New York, for list of Phin's books and 

 other microscopical publications. They are all cheap but 

 not the latest published. 



Royal M. Society.^ — At the meeting- on January 19th, the 

 president reviewed the progress of Microscopical Science 

 during 1897, and gave an account of the manner in which 

 achromatic doublets and triplets are practically calculated. 



Personal. — Prof. Jeffrey Bell, one of the secretaries of 

 the Royal Microscopical Society is to be succeeded by Dr. 

 Hebb. 



Medical Journals. — There are 275 medical journals in 

 the United States. Combined circulation, 16,017,200 copies. 



Personal.^ — Lyman M. Ellis, M. D., is lecturer on His- 

 tology in the Gross Medical College. 



Arnold S. Taussig, M. D., is instructor in Microscopical 

 Diagnosis in the Gross Medical College. 



George N. Carpenter is editor of the Irish Naturalist. We 

 shall be pleased to forward requests for sample copies if 

 written on 2-cent postal cards and sent to us under cover 

 with remittance for subscription due us. 



