21 MAY 1864, Page 22

The Preparation and Mounting of Microscopic Objects. By Thomas Davies.

(Robert Hardwicke.)—A very useful little handbook for workers with the microscope. It comprises all the best methods of mounting in every department of miscroscopic manipulations, whereas before each branch of the subject had to be studied in a supplementary chapter to some larger work. There is an unpretending and business- like character about the book which shows the author to be master of his subject.