"Manipulation of the Microscope," Edward Bausch (Rochester: Bausch &
Lomb Optical Co.). At this season of the year, when so many of our
readers are interested in the study of botany and other nature work, the
use of the microscope enters largely into their work--and yet how few
people really understand this most useful instrument. The writer of this
admirable little book very sensibly assumes that his readers are anxious
to learn the subject from its simplest form to the more complex details,
and he has therefore made a thoroughly useful book. Few people realize
the delight of using a microscope intelligently, nor do they grasp the
true value of even the simple pocket forms of this invaluable little
instrument. If they did properly appreciate the microscope, every boy
would carry a two or three loop lens, and find it as useful almost as
the indispensable jackknife. The wonders of field, forest, and seashore
are not thoroughly appreciated unless the microscope is
used--_intelligently_.
[Illustration: SPANISH TORPEDO-BOAT DESTROYER, "FUROR."]
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