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at once given up to him ; and , in the same way , if a wife obtains a legal separation from her husband because of his unfaithfulness , the children are immediately , without any further legal process , turned over to her . " The Microscope : its History , Construction , and Application . By jABEzHoGG- M . E . C . S . London : Eoutledge . —The world , usually

so slow in accepting improvement when conveyed by instruments which invade its preconceived notions and belief , has been compelled not merely to recognise , but to depend upon ,, the long-neglected aid of the microscope for the solution of some most startling natural phenomena . Medical science without it would be deprived of one of its

surest agents for diagnosis , whether of insidious elementary disease or of larking agents of decomposition and vitiated structure in vegetable physiology , whereby the nutriment of the human body is impaired . Zoology and geology equally rest upon the subtle accuracy by which latent vegetation or animal life is microscopically detected , and as the author of this most interesting and able work observes : —

" The microscope not only assists studies and develops objects of profound interest , but it also opens up innumerable sources of entertainment and amusement in the ordinary conventional acceptation of these terms . It discloses to us peculiarities and attractions in abundance . It impresses us with the wonderful and beautifully-skilful adaptation of all parts of creation , and fills our minds with additional reverence and admiration for the beneficent and almighty Creator . "

We regret that the volume did not reach us until after most of our reviews had been set up ; but the best proof we can give of our estimate of its value consists in the fact that we have purposely made room for necessarily a brief , notice of it . Succinctly but clearly written , the book brings before the reader the widest range of subject , most scientifically treated with

thorough knowledge and careful analysis , yet divested of the too frequent pedantry of bombastic technical expression . After giving an admirable history of the invention and improvements of the microscope , and of the optical principles involved in its construction , it presents the best directions for the provision of the newest and most scientific apparatus , and instructs us in the phenomena and constitative elements of photography . In the second part , all the remarkable inhabitants of lesser worlds , circled by our own , which itself depends on theirs , are investigated . Infusorial animalcules , insects , zoophytes ;—as Shelly says—¦

" All those living things To whom the fragile blade of grass , Whicli springeth in the morn And porisheth ere noon , Is an unbounded world : Those viewless beings Whose mansion is the smallest particle Of the impassive atmosphere ;" —these all are displayed in the implicated yet independent machinery of life , whereby the All-wise Architect of Worlds has constructed them . We shall mark several portions of this admirable work for quota-

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FICTION AND FACT. Article 1
NOTES OF A YACHT'S CRUISE TO BALAKLAVA. Article 4
SECEET POISONS. Article 10
CASE OF THE CARNATIC STIPENDIARIES. Article 14
SATURDAY HALF-HOLIDAYS, AND THE BETTER OBSERVANCE OF THE LORD'S DAY. Article 15
ADDRESS Article 17
TO THE EDITOR 0£ THE FREEMASONS MAGAZINE. Article 24
REVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS. Article 26
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 34
THE BOYS' SCHOOL. Article 35
PROVINCIAL GRAND OFFICERS. Article 36
GRAND LODGE OF CANADA. Article 36
THE MASONIC MIRROR. Article 39
METROPOLITAN. Article 39
INSTRUCTION. Article 48
PROVINCIAL. Article 49
ROYAL ABCH. Article 65
THE MARK DEGREE. Article 68
THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE. Article 68
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. Article 68
SCOTLAND Article 69
FRANCE. Article 70
PRUSSIA. Article 70
COLONIAL. Article 71
INDIA. Article 71
AMERICA. Article 73
SUMMARY OF NEWS FOR FEBRUARY. Article 74
0bituary. Article 77
NOTICE. Article 79
TO COEEESPONDENTS. Article 79
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at once given up to him ; and , in the same way , if a wife obtains a legal separation from her husband because of his unfaithfulness , the children are immediately , without any further legal process , turned over to her . " The Microscope : its History , Construction , and Application . By jABEzHoGG- M . E . C . S . London : Eoutledge . —The world , usually

so slow in accepting improvement when conveyed by instruments which invade its preconceived notions and belief , has been compelled not merely to recognise , but to depend upon ,, the long-neglected aid of the microscope for the solution of some most startling natural phenomena . Medical science without it would be deprived of one of its

surest agents for diagnosis , whether of insidious elementary disease or of larking agents of decomposition and vitiated structure in vegetable physiology , whereby the nutriment of the human body is impaired . Zoology and geology equally rest upon the subtle accuracy by which latent vegetation or animal life is microscopically detected , and as the author of this most interesting and able work observes : —

" The microscope not only assists studies and develops objects of profound interest , but it also opens up innumerable sources of entertainment and amusement in the ordinary conventional acceptation of these terms . It discloses to us peculiarities and attractions in abundance . It impresses us with the wonderful and beautifully-skilful adaptation of all parts of creation , and fills our minds with additional reverence and admiration for the beneficent and almighty Creator . "

We regret that the volume did not reach us until after most of our reviews had been set up ; but the best proof we can give of our estimate of its value consists in the fact that we have purposely made room for necessarily a brief , notice of it . Succinctly but clearly written , the book brings before the reader the widest range of subject , most scientifically treated with

thorough knowledge and careful analysis , yet divested of the too frequent pedantry of bombastic technical expression . After giving an admirable history of the invention and improvements of the microscope , and of the optical principles involved in its construction , it presents the best directions for the provision of the newest and most scientific apparatus , and instructs us in the phenomena and constitative elements of photography . In the second part , all the remarkable inhabitants of lesser worlds , circled by our own , which itself depends on theirs , are investigated . Infusorial animalcules , insects , zoophytes ;—as Shelly says—¦

" All those living things To whom the fragile blade of grass , Whicli springeth in the morn And porisheth ere noon , Is an unbounded world : Those viewless beings Whose mansion is the smallest particle Of the impassive atmosphere ;" —these all are displayed in the implicated yet independent machinery of life , whereby the All-wise Architect of Worlds has constructed them . We shall mark several portions of this admirable work for quota-

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