122 NEW BOOKS, WITH SHORT NOTICES. [^^oumal. fI™S^ 
Mr. Hogg, Dr. Fox, and Professor Hebra, in believing tbat the 
parasites of Tinea favosa, T. trichojphytina, and T. versicolor, are all 
distinct species. Dr. Anderson records numerous experiments in 
support of his views. 
The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology. No. III., Second Series. 
Macmillan & Co. — It is certainly rather " behind time " to notice 
a periodical published in November ; but on the " better-late-than- 
never " principle, and from the fact that the journal is issued at 
half-yearly intervals, and contains some contributions of sterling 
value, we cannot afford to let it escape our readers' attention. Be- 
sides admirable papers on general anatomy, it has numerous notes 
of interest to the histologist, and there are two or three papers 
on microscopic structure which should be read by those engaged 
in studying the subject they relate to. One of these is " On the 
Changes in the Nervous System which follow the Amputation 
of Limbs," and is a most important and suggestive communi- 
cation, by Dr. Dickinson, of St. George's Hospital. Another, 
by Mr. J. E. Lee, " On the Ciliary Muscle," is interesting ; but 
is not pursued to its proper length. The microscopic relations of 
the muscle to the cornea, the choroid, and the sclerotic, have not 
been sufficiently explored. 
Memoires pour servir a la Connaissance des Crinoides vivanfs, par Michael 
Sars ; avec 6 planches. Christiania: Brogger & Christie, 1868. — 
This is M. Sars' comprehensive memoir on the anatomy and 
general natural history of Wiizocrinus lofotensis, and is a work well 
worth the attention of those who are working at the Echinoderms. 
There is hardly any branch of the subject which has not been 
investigated by the author, and full details are given in the forty-six 
quarto pages of which the memoir consists. In order to make his 
remarks more intelligible, the author has appended a paper on the 
pentacrinoid of Antedon Sarsii, which was presented to the Con- 
gress of Scandinavian naturalists in 1856. Six admirable plates 
accompany this monograph, and delineate the structure of the two 
species to which M. Sars has particularly directed his attention. 
The author thus concludes the section on the affinities of Bhizo- 
crinus : — " Mhizocrinus seems in some respects to be a degraded 
ty]pe of the family Apiocrinidce, having most affinity with Bourgueti- 
crinus, and, so to speak, a transition from the family Apiocrinidas 
to the existing genus Antedon, and notably so in its larval state 
(Pentacrinoid). It is a dwarf genus (living at the bottom of the 
glacial sea of the North) of stalked Crinoids which were widely 
distributed in past epochs, but at the present time are represented 
by a few species which were hitherto believed to be confined to 
tropical seas." 
Essai sur la Structure Microscopique du Bein, par Ch. F. Gross. 
Strasbourg : Treuttel et Wurtz, 1868. — M. Gross has here given 
us a very elaborate work on the structure of the kidney. We do 
not find it to contain anything which has not been already brought 
under the notice of histologists. But its illustrative plates are 
exquisite delineations of microscopic arrangement of parts, and 
