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iston, formerly Lindsay & Blakiston).—This work by Lionet 8. 
Brats, F.R.S., President of the Royal Microscopical Society, is 
an Evaleckie contribution to the Z nglish literature on the micro- 
scope. The well known 4th edition has been completely remod- 
eled ; over 100 pages of new matter and 150 engravings have 
been added. The present edition is not only a text book but an 
encyclopedia of the microscope. Of the new material published 
we notice: (1) by Prof. Gulliver, F.R.S., 41 figures of plant erys- 
tals with original notes; (2) by Mr. Wenham, F.R.M.S., practical 
suggestions connected with the construction of object glasses; (3) 
by Mr. H. C. Sorb 
rocks, minerals and fossils, illustrated by 39 figures. That 
potion of the last — on photography by Dr. Maddox, has 
en revised by Dr. Clifford Mercer, who mentions a number of 
recent improvements se adds a completa list. of memoirs on the 
application of photography to the microscope. The entire work 
ears evidence of much laborious care on the part of Dr. Beale in 
its revision. It is eminently practical in its methods; a self-help 
to the beginner and instructive to the more advanced — of 
the microscope. 
6. Lhe American Monthly Microscopical Tome * editor 
and Publisher, Romyn Hrroncock, F.R.M.S. Vol. i, No. 1, Janu- 
ary, 1880, New York.—The new monthly i is in fact a continuation 
. the uatenty, which was Por oy carried on under the same 
editor e first number of twenty pages contains articles on 
new species of Ophrydium ; on the Amplifiers of Zeiss; on fresh- 
water Algw; on a method of making sections of insects and their 
appendages; on the aaron ae of Rhizopods; with also editorial 
notes, correspondence, 
7 School of Mints Quarterly; Vol. i, No. 1, New York, 
1880, —This new Journal is issued quarterly under ie auspices of 
the Chemical and Engineering Societies of Columbia College. 
promises to riba th a creditable position among under wb omg 
periodicals. The fi t number contains the following articles: The 
pedometer as a aie eying instrument, by Prof. H. 5. Munroe ; 
Coffee and its gage ie by F. Weic peared Fire-brick and 
Terra cotta, by A. M’L. Parker; Chloral, by "A. P. Hallock; 
Building Stones, I, by J. L. Greenle 2af ; with also notes on Miner- 
alogy by C. A. Colton; E.M. and on Physics by M. C. Ihlsing, Ph.D. 
8. Catalogue of Diatomacee, by Freperick HasirsHaw, 
F.R.MS. (New ; : 
designed to be a complete index to all the published literature 
g the Diatomacex. It is stated that the spe- 
'S to appear in four parts in large octavo, and its unquestioned 
value will Seshilen be appreciated by all workers in this field. 
