229. Cuticle of Petal of Geranium. 230. Pollen-grains of Althaea, &c. 231. Seeds of Poppy, &c. 232. Gromia oviformis, after Schulze. 233. Actinophrys sol, after Claparède. 234. Amaba princeps, after Ehrenberg. 235. Various forms of Amabina, after Ehrenberg. 236. Gregarina from Earthworm, after Lieberkühn. 237. Sphærozoum ovodimare, after Haeckel. 238. Kerona silurus, and Paramecium caudatum, after Milne-Edwards. 239. Group of Vorticella, after Ehrenberg. 240. Fissiparous Multiplication of Chilodon, after Ehrenberg. 241. Encysting process in Vorticella, after Stein. 242. Metamorphosis of Trichoda, after Haime. 243. Brachionus pala, after Milne-Edwards. 244. Rotifer vulgaris, after Ehrenberg. 245. Manducatory apparatus of Euchlanis deflexa, after Gosse. 246. Stephanoceros Eichornii, after Ehrenberg. 247. Noteus quadricornis, after Ehrenberg. 248. Rotalia ornata, after Schulze. 249. Alveolina Quoii. 250. Disk of Simple type of Orbitolites. 251. Animal of ditto. 252. Portion of animal of Complex type of Orbitolites. 253. Internal casts of Textularia and Rotalia, after Ehrenberg. 254. Tinoporus baculatus. 255. Section of Faujasina, after Williamson. 256. Internal cast of Polystomella. 257. Vertical Section of Nummulina. 13 376. Portion of young Tendon, showing corpuscles of Germinal Matter, after Beale. 377. Yellow Fibrous Tissue. 378. Vertical Section of Skin of Finger, after Ecker. 379. Pigment-cells of Choroid, after Henle. 380. Pigment-cells of Tadpole, after Schwann. 381. Epithelium-cells, from Mucous Membrane of Mouth, after Lebert. 382. Ciliated Epithelium, after Mandl. 383. Areolar and Adipose Tissue, after Mandl. 384. Cartilage of Ear of Mouse. 385. Cartilage of Tadpole, after Schwann. 386. Follicles of Mammary Gland, with Secreting Cells, after Lebert. 387. Fasciculus of Striated Muscular Fibre, after Mandl. 388. Fibrilla of Striated Muscular Fibre of Terebratula. 389. Fusiform Cells of Non-striated Muscular Fibre, after Kölliker. 390. Nerve-cells and Nerve-fibres, after Ecker. 391. Gelatinous Nerve-fibres, from Olfactory nerve. 392. Distribution of Tactile Nerves in Skin, after Ecker. 393. Capillary Circulation in Web of Frog's foot, after Wagner. 394. Villi of Small Intestine of Monkey. 395. Capillary network around Fat-cells. 396. Capillary network of Muscle. 397. Distribution of Capillaries in Mucous Membrane. 398. Distribution of Capillaries in Skin of Finger. 399. Portion of Gill of Eel. 400. Interior of Lung of Frog. 401. Section of Lung of Fowl. 402. Section of Human Lung. 409. Radiating Crystallization of Santonine, after Davies. 410. Radiating Crystallization of Sulphate of Copper and Magnesia, after Davies. 411. Spiral Crystallization of Sulphate of Copper, after R. Thomas. 412. Artificial Concretions of Carbonate of Lime, after Rainey. JOHN CHURCHILL & SONS, NEW BURLINGTON STREET. Woodfall and Kinder, Printers, Milford Lane, Strand, London, W.C. CONTENTS OF No. IV. PAGN AN ATTEMPT AT A LESSON IN ENGLISH. By J. W. HALES, M.A. 195 RECREATION. By Prof. SEELEY, University College, London. ESSAYS ON THE TEACHING OF CHEMISTRY IN SCHOOLS. By C. W. HEATON, Professor of Chemistry in Charing Cross Hospital College. *All communications for the LONDON STUDENT, should be addressed to the Editor, at MESSRS. CHURCHILL'S, New Burlington Street, London, W. The LONDON STUDENT may be obtained of all Booksellers and Newsmen. Orders sent direct to the Publishers must be accompanied by a remittance of the Subscription. No. V. will be published on the 1st of October. THE LONDON STUDENT. JULY, 1868. The Editors beg to announce that the next number of the LONDON STUDENT will appear on the First of October. The LONDON STUDENT belongs especially to the Academical year; with the close of that year, therefore, it is thought well that it should suspend its appearance, to renew it in the beginning of the Michaelmas Term. AN ATTEMPT AT A LESSON IN ENGLISH. By J. W. HALES, M.A. PERHAPS the strangest dearth that ever was feared is that, should English be admitted into our schools, there will be felt a scarcity of matter such as school-work requires. The boys will have comparatively nothing to learn; the teachers comparatively nothing to teach. The hours of "preparation" will be turned to baser uses; the "in-school-time" will hang heavy upon everybody's hands, and must be spent partly in an exhausted silence and an earnest expectation of the moment of release. The teacher will be unable to make conversation, so to speak; he will be "gravelled for lack of matter." Latin and Greek books, it is well known, abound with excellent teaching matter. No man can ever be at a loss who has before him a few lines from a Greek play, or a chapter of Tacitus. These, and such-like subjects, overflow with interesting and suggestive topics. They abound in admirable material for questions. One might examine and cross-examine one's pupils in them for ever. One could expound and preach for ever with such texts. But a page of an English play or an English historian is a barren thing. These subjects do not come in a questionable shape. They do not teem with sugges |