388 Miscellanies. 



" Smitb & Beck have now completed and opened The London 

 Microscopical Subscription Room. Prospectuses to be had on ap- 

 plication at No. 6, Coleman-street, London." 



" M. Pillischer's Microscopical Subscription Room, 88, New 

 Bond-street, opened May 1st, 1856." 



" A room has been fitted up with every care for the comfort and 

 convenience of Subscribers, especially as regards light." 



" It contains eight Compound Microscopes of various construc- 

 tion, with their respective powers and apparatus ; Dissecting Micro- 

 scopes and Instruments ; as well as all the appliances necessary 

 for the examination and preservation of objects, and a Cabinet of 

 upwards of a Thousand Standard Objects, illustrating most of the 

 branches of Microscopic Research, are maintained in perfect order 

 for general reference, as well as the Periodicals and Books of 

 Reference on Microscopical Subjects," 



" The Terms of Subscription are Half-a-Guinea per annum, paya- 

 ble in advance, and entitling a Subscriber to introduce a friend." 



The Room is open daily from 12 to 6 p.m.; and till 8 p.m. on 

 Tuesdays and Thursdays. 



We commend the idea to our only progressive public body — the 

 McGill College — in the hope that its Governors may ere long an- 

 nounce that a "Montreal Microscopical Subscription Room" is 

 opened with an efiicient supply of instruments. 



Here is another idea worthy of consideration : 



" A Course of Evening Demonstrations on Microscopes and 

 Aquaria, by Samuel Higeley, F.G.S., F.C.S., &c. More especially 

 arranged for those about to visit the sea-side or country, and de- 

 sirous of establishing Marine or Fresh-water Aquaria. The 

 Course also includes Micko-Photogkaphy, and will commence 

 on Tuesday, July 8th, at 8 p.m. Fee One Guinea. Prospectuses 

 and Tickets may be had at 43, Piccadilly." 



We shall have something to say on Aquaria in an early num- 

 ber. 



It is quite impossible for us to give notes on, or even titles of, all 

 the works bearing on this subject which have lately appeared- 

 The following are some of the more important : 



Queketfs Lectures on Histology. Delivered at the Royal 

 College of Surgeons of England. Vol. I. Elementary Tissues of 

 Plants and Animals, 8vo., 159 Woodcuts, $1 '15. Vol. II, Struc- 

 ture of the Skeletons of Plants and Invertebrate Animals, 8vo., 

 364 Woodcuts, $4. H. Balliere, New York and London. 



