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Someda}^ when the non-material in us has evolved to 

 hig-her planes and subordinated the material we shall find 

 a hig-her use for this kind of literature than we make of 

 it today. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



For Sale. — A hig-h-class microscope by a renowned Eng-- 

 lisb maker. High-angle objectives, 2-3, 1-6 and 1-12 oil 

 imm. achromatic Abbe condenser, &c., &c. A barg-ain. 

 Apply to Dr. Thomas, 222 Sansome St., San Francisco. 



Dublin Society. — The Irish Microscopical club that has 

 heretofore met at the residence of its members is to meet 

 in the future at the rooms of the Royal Dublin Society. 



Society. — The Hastemere Microscope and Natural His- 

 tory Society contains 452 members and has an annual 

 income of $350. Mr. Grant Allen, the president, urg-es 

 upon its members to each select some one branch of 

 Natural History and endeavor to contribute something- 

 thereupon to the society. 



Personal. — Dr. C. T. Caldwell is professor of Micro- 

 scopy and Histolog-y in the Medical Department of the 

 National University, Washing-ton, D. C. Dr. William B. 

 French is professor of Bacteriolog-y in the same colleg-e. 

 These branches are taug-ht by lectures and laboratory 

 work consisting in the preparation and examination of 

 microscopic sections, the making of cultures and famili- 

 arity with bacteriological technique. 



Personal. — Thomas King-, one of the founders of the Mi- 

 croscopical Society of Glasg-ow, Scotland, which was 

 founded in October, 1884, died Sept. 14, 1896. His bio- 

 g-raphy has been published by the Natural History Society 

 of Glasgow. From 1884 to 1896 he was an officer of the 

 Microscopical Society, and being- a skilled microscopist 

 and having- a thoroug-h knowledg-e of vegetable tissues, 

 as well as of lower plant forms he was able to read many 

 valuable papers before the society. 



Personal.— Dr. E. J, Lutz is Professor of Bacteriolog-y 

 in the Medico-chirurg-ical colleg-e of Kansas City, Mo. 



