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ethods yet issued. The subject is presented in a careful, well-balanced, well- 
Rabsted form, not encumbered with sey ae ah diffuseness and not marred by 
too great attention to pathological and omiss of non-pathological details. 
pe rd ight, must conducte 
e efi 
their completeness aepeare upon a ase e of the numerous w which 
ey may acte of the aude “a "fe attained by each bos ess, This 
work admirably meet s the bea borat of asafe and practical guide to both 
cia 
: ome of the topics yaaa are the principles of stein team: direct exam- 
ination of bacteria, uses and methods of staining, pure cultures, cultivation in 
fluids, fractional and dilution methods, opa que and enaanineiet a solid cultures, 
slide, plate d test-tube cultures, determi nation of the causal relation of 
ition an dise i 
e 
which ea ch topic is 
b uiteht. be: Be hedion the ey but as the ees “1 i 
oticed 
bs ? 
although the matter has been spread over one-fourth more space than in the 
yee edition. The two fine colored plates are omitted, but a wecll index 
ded 
_ The German work was published in February, 1885. It ran through two 
editions, and in November, 1885, a third much improved and augmented edi- 
tion it prepared, but was s not received in time for the translator to make use 
of it, This third edition adds seventy pages of new gotes and nine new 
woodcuts. The additions are scattered throughout t the work, upon nearly 
every page, the most considerable being descriptions of F. ol’s sterilizing kettle, 
Chamberland’s porcelain filter, apparatus for dtoeilfétioi and cultivating at 
5° s and inocu 
he bac 
ai heavy’ tri ipled and entirely rewritten. The colored plates illustrate 
lide, shite nd Part tube cultures, cultures on opaque sod media, and staining 
or several pur s 
Bacteri Selenibel: studies in America can not fail to receive a decided im- 
pulse from the advent of this admirable work, and we shall not be surprised to 
ay Seon new editions are demanded often set to keep pace with the growth 
) 
NOTES AND NEWS. 
THE Western ga published in Chicago, has a good botanical department, edited 
by Prof. E. S. Basti 
AN INTERESTING article on Pezize by J. B. Ellis is given in the April number of the 
Journal of Mycology. 
Dr. Goopate is on a course of semi-weekly lectures before the Woman’s Education 
net f Bosto: 
THE _ cnlbeceemenete Buffalo seamen of Pharmacy, Dr. D.'S. Kellicott has been ap- 
etitea pro of botany and micr 
os “~ 1 + % 
b & 
nm the forms of a an teu 
lishea by be icc: and is pga in this number. 
