Notices of New Books. 4927 



'Address of the President at the Annual Meeting of the Micro- 

 scopical Society,' February 28, 1855. 



* An Account of Mr. Peter's Machine for Microscopic Writing.' 

 By R. J. Farrants, Esq., F.R.C.S. 



' On the Illumination of Objects by Polarized Light or on a Dark 

 Field.' By John Furze. 



' On the Structure of the Cutaneous Follicles of the Toad, with 

 some Experiments and Observations upon the Nature and alleged 

 Venomous Properties of their Secretion.' By George Rainey, M.R.C.S., 

 Lecturer on Anatomy, &c, St. Thomas's Hospital. 



' On the Reproductive Organs of certain Fungi.' By Frederick 

 Currey, Esq., M.A. 



' On Ciliary Action as the Cause of the Circulation in the Cells of 

 Plants.' By Ferguson Branson, M.D., Sheffield. 



' Observations on the Circulation of the Sap in the Leaf-Cells of 

 Anacharis Alsinastrum.' By F. H. Wenham. 



6 On the Cellulose (in Animals) Question.' By R. Virchow. [Trans- 

 lated from Archiv f. Pathol. Anatomie, ii. Physiologie, &c, vol. viii., 

 H 1, p. 140.] 



1 On the Action of a Concentrated Solution of Urea upon the Blood- 

 cells.' By A. Kolliker. [Translated from Zeitsch. f. Wiss. Zool. 

 vol. vii. p. 183.] 



' Notice respecting the Occurrence of Lymph-Corpuscles in the 

 commencements of the Lymphatic Vessels.' By A. Kolliker. [Trans- 

 lated from Zeitsch. f. Wiss. Zool. vol. vii. p. 182.] 



* On the Influence of Caustic Alkalies upon the Motions of the 

 Spermatic Filaments.' By A. Kolliker. [Translated from Siebold 

 and Kollik. Zeitsch. f. W. Zool. vol. vii. p. 181, March 26, 1855.] 



' On the Restoration of the Motions of the Spermatozoids of the 

 Mammalia.' By MM. Moleschott and J. C. Ricchetti. [Translated 

 from the Comptes Rendus, No. 13, March 26, 1855.] 



1 On the Vitality and Development of the Spermatic Filaments.' 

 By A. Kolliker. [Translated from the Verhand d. Phys. med. 

 Gesellch in Wurzb. Bd. vi. 1855.] 



Notes and Correspondence : — Reply to some Remarks of Mr. Wen- 

 ham on the Difficulty of Discovering the Markings or Structure of a 

 Severe Test when mounted in Canada Balsam ; by Professor J. Bailey. 

 Aperture of Object-Glasses in relation to Objects in Canada Balsam; 

 by F. H. Wenham. Microscopical Conversaziones. Cheap Micro- 

 scopes. On " Species" of Diatomaceae. On a New Locality for 

 Microscopic Test-Objects ; by Professor J. Bailey. Memorandum on 

 Flies' Feet ; by John Hepworth. On Finders. Memoranda on the 



