11 CONTENTS. 



Chronicles of Science — continued. 



PAOB 



IV. Chemistry, including the Proceedings of the Chemical 



Society 456 



V. Entomology, and the Proceedings of the Entomological 



Society 461 



VI. Geography, and the Proceedings of the Eoyal Geographical 



Society 465 



VII. Geology and Palaeontology ; including the Proceedings of 



the Geological Society. With Two Woodcuts . . . 472 



VIII. Mining, Mineralogy, and Metallurgy. With Five Woodcuts . 481 



IX. Physics : Optics, Heat, Electricity 491 



X. Zoology and Animal Physiology ; including Micro-Zoology 



and the Proceedings of the Zoological Society . . . 503 



XI. Science in Canada 516 



XII. Science in the Provinces 524 



REVI EWS. 



Kolliker' s Outlines of the Lowest Forms of Life .... 532 



' Icones Histiologicse, oder Atlas der vergleichenden Gewebelehre,' her- 

 ausgegeben von A. Kolliker, Professor der Anatomie in Wiirzburg. 

 Erste Abtheilung. * Der feinere Bau der Protozoen.' Mit 9 Tafeln 

 und 15 Holzschnitten. Leipzig : Wilhelm Engelmann. ('Histological 

 Sketches; or, an Atlas of Comparative Histology.' By A. Kolliker, 

 Professor of Anatomy at Wiirzburg. Part I. ' The Minute Structure 

 of the Protozoa.' 9 Plates and 15 Woodcuts. 4to. Leipzig : Engel- 

 mann. 



The Century of Inventions . 537 



' The Life, Times, and Scientific Labours of the Second Marquis of Worces- 

 ter ; ' to which is added a reprint of his ' Century of Inventions.' By 

 Henry Dircks, C.E. London : B. Quaritch. 1865. 



The Construction and Use of the Achromatic Microscope . . 546 



' A Treatise on the Construction, Proper Use, and Capabilities of Smith, 

 Beck, and Beck's Achromatic Microscopes.' By Richard Beck. Van 

 Voorst. 1865. 



The Bats of North America 548 



4 Monograph of the Bats of North America.' By H. Allen, M.D., Assistant- 

 Surgeon U.S.A. (Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collection). 



The Trees and Shrubs of the Ancients 551 



' Essay on the Trees and Shrubs of the Ancients ; being the substance of 

 Four Lectures delivered before the University of Oxford, intended to 

 be supplementary to those on "Roman Husbandry" already published.' 

 By C. Daubeny, M.D., F.R.S., Professor of Botany and Rural Economy 

 in the University of Oxford. Oxford and London : John Henry, and 

 James Parker. 8vo. 1865. pp. 152. 



