1884.] 
Analyses of Books. 
107 
members, however, worked steadily on ; the late John Quekett 
aid the foundations of Histology as a science, and the result 
has been that at the present time the microscope is a necessarv 
tool in most branches of scientific enquiry, and the papers which 
u d only get a hearing at the Microscopical Society are now 
eagerly sough for, and find a place in the Transactions of nZ 
merous other bodies. 
As usual, translations from foreign sources have been given at 
considerable length. An important paper on “ Practical Pro 
cesses m Vegetable Histology ■■ occupies P n0 less than Twenly^wo 
pages, and gives valuable information on a subject on which but 
httle has as yet been published in the English language, 
1 he summary is divided into three sections— Zoology, Botanv 
and Microscopy. The first two are subdivided into several sec- 
tions, the latter into two ; the first treating of new and improved 
instruments, the latter on various processes of collectinp- 
mounting, and examining objects. b> 
The current literature of the microscope is tabulated,— a mat- 
er ol great importance, saving much weary searching among the 
ever-growing mass of modern periodicals. 
As to rendering the large volume of the Journal accessible, no 
trouble has been spared ; the table of contents and the alphabet- 
ical index are both of ample proportions and well arranged, a 
matter very often neglected, and detracting much from the value 
of otherwise good books of reference. 
The whole book refleas the usual' liberal spirit of the Royal 
Iicioscopical Society, always ready, as are most of their Fellows 
individual y, to help other workers. No less than eighty-four 
societies home and foreign, instituted for kindred objects, ^ave 
been affiliated through the ex officio fellowship conferred upon 
whn f reSldentS - ; tleS i?’ Wlth the numerou s eminent scientists 
who have received the compliment of honorary fellowship, ex- 
thfcivilisedworld ^ Microsco P ical Society throughout 
No. XIV. December, 1883. London 
Longman's Magazine. 
Longmans and Co. 
We may notice in this issue a paper by the Rev. T. G. Wood 
entitied “ The Mole at Home, and containing a very J fair account 
ot the anatomy, as well as of the habits, of the “ little ^entle 
mSetWs Tr^ll ’’“ 0nCe enthusi . asticall y toasted at jfcobite 
« $£ g .* ' Th ^ fol ! owin S passage, however, is scarcely happy 
see , ™ coinc J des with the structure, so that we never 
see a mole trying to fly in the air, a bat trying to dig a burrow 
