1890.] MICROSCOPICAL JOURNAL. 267 



" The only way in which yon can bring in these goods with any cer- 

 tainty is to ship by express or freight. If you should bring in by mail 

 goods carrying duties of over twenty-five dollars, they woukl be for- 

 feited. Of course what you bring in for your private use would be free, 

 but an entry and oath would be required if the value was ten dollars or 

 more." 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



Boston's Supply of Mounts. — This summer I foundafine Tolles 

 ^-in. objective in Boston. Wishing to test it thoroughly I spent an after- 

 noon hunting good mounted objects. In the city directory were the names 

 of four dealers in microscopes, but two of them had gone out of busi- 

 ness, and the other two deal also in spectacles, surgical apparatus, etc. 

 They had a few microscopes, but no slides. At length I found a place 

 wdiere there were twenty-six mounted objects but '' not for sale." They 

 consisted of such novel specimens as a fly's wing, human blood, sec- 

 tion of wood, etc. I was assured that these were the only slides on ex- 

 hibition in Boston. An optician on Tremont street said, " There used 

 to be an old fellow who kept such things but since he died he has given 

 up the business." Just think of it : Boston, thehub of arts and sciences, 

 the Athens of America, the cerebrum of the continent, offering to its 

 450,000 intellectual citizens just twenty-six old dusty microscopical 

 chestnuts. — Albert Mann^Jr.^ Nexvark^ ^' J- 



[A response will be in order from our friend, William D. Grier, 139 

 West Concord street, Boston, whose letter-head says, " Microscopic 

 objects in stock and to order." — Editor.] 



MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETIES. 



Ikon City Society, Pittsburgh, Pa. 



Tuesday, Sept. g. — At the monthly meeting Mr. C. C. Melldr re- 

 ported the Detroit meeting of the American Society. A large number 

 of objects were exhibited, including 32 slides from Dr. Thomas Taylor, 

 of Washington, illustrating vegetable and silk fibres. Other slides on 

 exhibition were : Floscularla., by Herbert Walker ; Rotifer etichlanis., 

 By Mr. Henrici ; section of the fruit of sweet brier, by Mr. Prentice ; 

 section of the cornea of the human eye, by Gordon Ogden, and some 

 miscellaneous slides, by George PI. Clapp. 



Attention was called to Dr. Fell's paper published in the August 

 number oi \\\\^ Journal. 



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St. Louis Club of Microscopists. 

 September 10., i8go. — C. C. Farris reported on the examination of 

 some diatoraaceous earth from California and presented drawings of 

 the specimens. Wm. Ilardt gave an account of the course of micros- 

 copy as taught in Michigan University. M. Noll, of Atchison, Kans., 

 reported that he intended organizing a similar club in Kansas. Dr. J. 



