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bones belonging to the human ear. He tells us, with the 
authority of a profound and careful observer, “ that the highest 
type — the human — passes through every stage of morphological 
structure seen in the series beneath ; it does not stop at those 
stages ; it does not utilise, so to say, the incipient structures 
ready to be so used, but runs rapidly along its own line, choosing, 
as it were, and refusing, until at length the perfect brain is 
obtained. Yet this perfection of parts, this production of a 
creature, who in his lowest attributes is the ‘paragon of ani- 
mals,’ is not brought about irrelatively to the rest of creation; 
it is merely an elected consummation of all that is highest and 
best in morphological structure. Does this exclude 6 Teleology,’ 
or the fitness of every part to other parts and of the rest of 
the world ? I think not.” 
In the mechanical department of microscopic science, Mr. J. 
F. Stanistreet, of Liverpool, has suddenly taken a high rank. 
He constructed a micro-ruling machine to while away certain 
hours of tedious illness, and with this he has made exquisite 
stars and other patterns both on glass and steel. As objects of 
beauty, these micro-rulings possess great interest, and they are 
likewise valuable as illustrating some curious optical facts and 
illusions. As Mr. Stanistreet’s machine is figured in the 
“ Monthly Microscopical Journal,” and as a paper with illus- 
trations will be found therein, describing his exquisite work, 
our readers may be referred to that source for further informa- 
tion. Mr. Stanistreet was quite unaware of the remarkable 
mechanical skill he possesses while other pursuits occupied his 
time. He still thinks his performances easy, though few could 
imitate them. Perhaps some other folks may be so fortunate 
as to discover that they possess special aptitudes which have 
hitherto been allowed to sleep. Specimens of Mr. Stanistreet’s 
work have been presented by him to the Royal Microscopical 
Society, where they may be seen, on the introduction of a 
Fellow. 
