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salt and pepper. The result was exceedingly satisfactory ; and finding 
this immense fungus more than our family could consume whilst it 
remained fresh, we invited our friends to partake, and they were as 
delighted as ourselves with the new breakfast relish, to them and to us — 
the first, but we hope not the last experiment upon a fried puff-ball.” 
Mr. Cooke employs such excellent material, that we are not surprised 
that he can make a good dish out of a puff-ball. His skill reminds us 
of French cookery, which is so celebrated for its metamorphosis into 
excellent eating of what to an Englishman would be exceedingly un- 
palatable. 
Allowing for a certain amount of enthusiasm so pardonable in Mr. 
Cooke as a naturalist, we cheerfully commend the book to public favour, 
as probably containing much that is true, and we think that money may 
be saved and no person’s health endangered by its purchase, careful 
perusal, and a trial of its numerous suggestions. 
The Microscope and its Revelations. By W. B. Carpenter, M.D., 
F.R.S., &c. Third Edition. Churchill. 
HIS new edition of Dr. Carpenter’s work contains an account of 
the most recent researches of microscopical writers and observers, 
and although it is many years since the first edition was published, this 
still remains the best text-book of microscopical science extant, and 
(together with Mr. Van Voorst’s Micrographic Dictionary) forms the best 
existing guide for all classes of students. 
