HOW TO SEE WITH THE MICROSCOPE. 



CHAPTER I. 



SOMETHING ABOUT AMERICAN STANDS, ETC. 



The choice of a stand is a matter of interest to every 

 working microscopist, and to most of us it has been a 

 source of much annoyance and needless expense. It 

 may be safely affirmed that most workers have wasted 

 more money in previous purchases of unsatisfactory 

 stands than would suffice to pay for the one at present 

 in use ; very many indeed would feel grateful to be let 

 off with this record. I therefore propose to assist the 

 novice in the important matter of the selection of a 

 stand, and shall, with this end purely in view, give him 

 fearlessly what, in my opinion, will be sound advice. 



And be it known again that there will be some adver- 

 tising done in this department. As I have before inti- 

 mated, it is quite impossible to say what I shall have to 

 say, of real value to the reader, without giving promi- 

 nence to one or more of the several makers. The re- 

 sponsibility is mine, and I accept it. It has been my 

 province, in times past, to select many stands for my 

 friends and acquaintances ; those who have visited me 

 with the special object to ascertain my methods of using 

 and working objectives have, in many instances, fol- 



