^JourS/juirfff NOTES AND MEMORANDA. 53 
NOTES AND MEMOEANDA. 
The State Microscopical Society of Illinois— This young but 
thriving association, whose charter of incorporation we last month 
published, held a grand soiree on the 28th of May last. A large 
number of interesting objects were exhibited. There was, we learn, 
an excellent display of microscopes on the part of the Society itself. 
What to See, and How to See it. — Mr. Metcalfe Johnson's note 
on this subject we cannot insert ; not because it is devoid of interest, 
but because — as its author is, of course, well aware — it really puts 
forward nothing that is not to be found in any text-book on Natural 
Philosophy. 
Illumination of Objects under the Microscope. — For similar 
reasons to those above given, we have been unable, in our Eeports of 
Societies, to insert Mr. Abraham's (Liverpool) paper. "We recom- 
mend him to read two articles — one by the President, and the other 
by Mr. Wenham — in the present number. 
The British Association will this year hold its meeting at Exeter, 
under the presidency of Professor Stokes. A great many histological 
papers are expected. The Natural History departments will be pre- 
sided over as follows : — Geology : President, Professor Harkness, 
E.E.S.; Vice-Presidents, Mr. W. Goodwin-Austen, E.E.S., and Mr. 
W. Pengelly, F.E.S. Biology : President, Professor EoUeston, F.E.S. ; 
Vice-Presidents, Mr. E. Spence Bate, F.E.S. ; Mr. E. B. Tylor. 
The Hnnterian Professorship at the College of Surgeons. — It is 
reported that Professor Huxley has resigned the chair, and that he 
will be succeeded by Mr. W. H. Flower, F.E.S., the present Conserva- 
tor of the Museum. 
The French Academy's Prizes in Histology. — At the meeting of 
the Academy, on the 14th of June, the awards of the several prizes 
for the year were announced. The prize of Experimental Physiology 
was given to M. Gerbe for his researches on the ovum in relation to 
the cicatricule and the vesicle of Purkinje. The Goddard prize was 
given to M. Ercolani for his researches on the utucular glands of the 
Uterus. The Desmazere was given to M. Nylander for his researches 
on the Lichen-flora of New Grenada. 
The American Association for the Advancement of Science will 
hold its eighteenth meeting at Salem, on Wednesday, August 18th. 
It is intended to give great prominence to microscopy, and the com- 
mittee have issued a special prospectus calling on microscopists to aid 
in sending instruments and specimens. Communications should be 
addressed to Mr. F. W. Putnam, the Local Secretary, Salem, Massa- 
chusetts. The titles of papers should be handed in as early as pos- 
sible, in order to secure their presentation to the Association. Each 
title should be written on a separate slip of paper, with the author's 
name and address, and an estimate of the number of minutes required 
to read the communication. As soon as practicable after entering the 
titles, the paper itself, or an abstract, must be handed to the Secretary, 
