PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 
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New Fellows : — The following were elected Ordinary Fellows: — 
Messrs. William Benjamin Boyes, Thomas Rowney, Dr. Marc Armand 
Buffer, Messrs. Ernest Algernon Sparkes, M.A., and Joseph Cheseman 
Thompson. Honorary Fellow: — Dr. Oscar Hertwig. 
Meeting of 16th November, 1893, at 20 Hanover Square, W., 
The President (A. D. Michael, Esq., F.L.S.) in the Chair. 
The 'Minutes of the meeting of 18th October last were read and 
con6rmed, and were signed by the President. 
The List of Donations (exclusive of exchanges and reprints) received 
since the last meeting was submitted, and the thanks of the Society were 
given to the donors. 
From 
G. Brook, Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals. (4toJ The Trustees of 
London, 1893) / the British Museum. 
Abstract of the Proceedings of the Western Microscopical 
Club. (8 vo, London, 1883-92) The Club. 
8th Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology. (8vo,l The Smithsonian 
Washington, 1891) / Institution . 
T. C. White, The Microscope and how to use it. 2nd edition. 
(8vo, London, 1893) The Author. 
Prof. F. J. Bell called special attention to a book included in the 
list of donations which he thought would be found well worth inspection 
by those who had not yet seen it. This book — mentioned in the last 
Journal, p. 642 — was the first volume of the new Catalogue of the 
Madreporarian Corals in the collection of the British Museum, and he 
was quite sure that no one who saw it would do so without regret that 
science had suffered so great a loss in the death of Mr. George Brook, 
the author. This volume had been presented to the Society by the 
Trustees of the British Museum, and it was specially remarkable for 
the extreme beauty of the photographic illustrations, which he thought 
were the finest of the kind hitherto produced for this purpose. Another 
donation was a copy of a new edition of a small work entitled * The 
Microscope and how to use it,’ by Mr. T. Charters White. 
Mr. T. C. White said this little manual was brought out as a first 
edition some five or six years ago ; it was taken up so well and was 
spoken of as being so useful to young beginners that he had been en- 
couraged to bring out this new edition. He considered that it was only 
likely to be of use to those who took up the Microscope for the first time, 
its purpose being chiefly to show such persons how much there was of 
interest within easy reach. With this idea he had endeavoured to make 
the book as practical as possible, its contents being derived almost 
entirely from the experience of himself and his friends, rather than being 
a matter of paste and scissors. 
The President said that the illustrations in Mr. Brook’s book were 
in his opinion some of the most beautiful ever seen. Being of corals 
they were of course subjects specially suited for representation by 
