THE NflTURfllilST 



FOR 1906. 



NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



OUR NEW VOLUME. 



IT is very gratifying' to the editors and proprietors to be 

 able to report that their efforts, combined with the efforts 

 of their contributors, have resulted in a very substantial 

 increase in the circulation of the ' Naturalist ' during the past 

 two or three years. This has enabled them to make the journal 

 of greater value and interest by the use of numerous plates and 

 illustrations in the text. A further result of this success is 

 a satisfactory arrangement which has been made with the 

 publishers, Messrs. A. Brown & Sons, Ltd., which permanently 

 secures the standard which has been reached. In futvire the 

 'Naturalist' will be printed at Browns' Savile Press, Hull, 

 which already has a high reputation for excellent work, and 

 this will enable the Editors to personally supervise the printing- 

 of the Journal. It will also save much clerical work, &c., 

 which has naturally arisen in consequence of the printing being- 

 done over fifty miles away from the editorial office. Our only 

 regret in connection with the change is that we sever our 

 connection with Messrs. Chorley & Pickersgill of the Electric 

 Press, Leeds, who have served us so well for some years. 



METHODS IN MICROSCOPICAL RESEARCH, 



Some little time ag^o we announced in our advertising- 

 columns the appearance of a work by Mr. Abraham Flatters, 

 under the above title, provided sufficient subscribers could be 

 found. The book is now issued,* and we have no hesitation in 

 saying that every one who subscribed will be pleased with it. 

 The name of the author is a sufficient guarantee of the excellence 

 of the work, as few can claim the practical experience that 



* Sherratt & Hughes, Manchester, x+ii6 pp. quarto, and 2;^ coloured 

 plates, £i IS. 



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