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in the year 1785, attests to having had these glasses under exa- 
mination away from the Society’s premises, and at his own 
private residence. The recovery of such precious heir-looms, and 
the reconsignment of the same to their former custody, or among 
the series of optical instruments belonging to the Royal Micro- 
scopical Society, where perhaps they would be even more highly 
prized, is a consummation most devoutly to be wished, and may 
possibly be helped forward by this notice.” The microscopes 
and their accompanying apparatus, as made by Leeuwenhoek, 
are described in Hoole’s translation of his works, vol. ii., p. 217, 
and figured on plate 17. 
Vivisection and Cynolaters . — We extract the following para- 
graph from the “ Medical Press and Circular ” : — “ An attempt 
was made on Saturday last, by Miss F. P. Cobbe, to depose Mr. 
G. Fleming, President of the Royal College of Veterinary Sur- 
geons, from his seat on the Committee of Management of the 
‘ Home for Lost and Starving Dogs.’ The reason alleged was 
that Mr. Fleming had published an article in demonstration of 
the benefits conferred on animals themselves by vivisection. We 
can quite understand the bitterness with which anti-scientific en- 
thusiasts regard the rapid growth of public opinion in favour of 
vivisection, since the attempt has been made to put the real state 
of the case before the world by qualified authorities. Of course 
the amendment proposed by this lady was ignominiously de- 
feated. ” 
The following remarks taken from a contemporary, though 
more especially levelled at pharmaceutical examinations, are true 
in a far wider sense : — “ To get through is the main thing ; not 
the possession of much knowledge. Private study is not of much 
use. It is too lengthy, and a man actually studies too much. A 
cramming school is the thing, where the ass is soon able to roar 
like the lion.” 
Prof. Marsh is criticised in the “ American Naturalist ” for 
failing, in his work on the classification of the Dinosauria, to 
recognise the labours of others and to credit others with their 
own discoveries. He assigns to Prof. Huxley the merit of show- 
ing the bird-like affinities of the Dinosauria, though this had 
been done at least a year earlier by Prof. Cope. 
We regret having to record the premature death of Sir C. 
Wyville Thomson, late Professor of Natural History at the 
University of Edinburgh, and Chief of the Scientific Staff of 
the Challenger Expedition. Though nearly six years h ave elapsed 
since the return of the Expedition, the task of arranging the 
multitudinous specimens and drawing up the reports has not been 
completed. The deceased, who was only 52 years of age, had 
held successively professorships at Aberdeen, Cork, and Belfast, 
and had been engaged on the dredging expeditions of the Light - 
