4 QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF 
At the same time that they anticipate general en- 
couragement, the Editors are happy to announce that 
they have made arrangements with the Microscopical — 
Society of London to publish regularly, with illustra- 
tions, the papers read before that Society. This de- 
partment of the Journal will be paged separately, and 
will for the future constitute the Transactions of the 
Microscopical Society. On the value and importance 
of these Transactions it is unnecessary to enlarge; they 
have at present a large circulation, and the object of 
the Microscopical Society in publishing them in another 
form is, to give them greater publicity, and assist in the 
wider diffusion of all information relating to the use of 
the Microscope. ee 
In addition to these Transactions the Journal will 
contain :-— 
ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS upon all subjects requiring 
elucidation by the Microscope, and also upon those rela’ 
to the structure and employment of the instrument itself 
II. TRANSLATIONS AND ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS IN ForeEIGN 
Ill. Crrricat Notices’ or Books or INTEREST 10 7 
Microscopist.—These will refer not only to works spel 
relating to the Microscope, but also to such portions of ote! _ 
works as may bear on the subject of microscopical research. — 
