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THE year 1887 marked an epoch in the advance of natural science in America, as that in which the above-named journal made its appearance. The first number was not published until some months after the advertised time, but, once in circulation, it became clear to all that the delay was warranted by the eminently satisfactory result obtained. The journal was defined in the preliminary advertisement as one “devoted principally to embryological, anatomical, and histologkal subjects,” it being stated that “only original articles, which deal thoroughly with the subject in hand, will be admitted to its pages.” The three parts before us present in the aggregate 593 pages crown octavo, with thirty plates, and woodcuts interspersed with the text. Seventeen papers have in all appeared, and of these, seven or eight are devoted to embryology, with a total of 361 pages, and four or five to anatomy and histology, with that of 182 pages. One is purely experimental, and deals with the mental powers of spiders (37 pages), and another is largely palæontological (12 pages), while the three which remain (61 pages in all) are largely controversial. The illustrations are throughout most excellent, but it is surprising to what an extent the work in this department has been done in Germany, especially as it has resulted in “a great loss of time and inconvenience in supervision.” We are assured, however, that “there is no remedy except in the employment of an expert lithographer, to work under our immediate direction.” We sincerely hope the editors may soon see their way to the employment of such an one, for surely he is to be found in the United States.
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H., G. The Journal of Morphology 1 . Nature 39, 252–254 (1889). https://doi.org/10.1038/039252a0
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