On the Recent Foraminifera of Great Britain

ABSTRACT The publication of Professor Williamson’s work is a triumph for the microscope that we must not pass over without notice. This beautiful volume, which has been published by the Ray Society presents for the first time, to the British naturalist a full account of the living Foraminifera found on our coasts. It embraces a very accurate description of each species, with a delineation by Tuffen West. The only complaint we could possibly make about the book is that the Ray Society has chosen to publish it in a quarto form, when it would have been so much more convenient as an octavo, or even duodecimo. In these days of locomotion, when we pack our microscopes into the smallest possible space, we also want our books small, if they are to travel with us. It was all very well for our forefathers to publish quartos and folios, for they had leisure to admire the grandeur of their tomes; but we have the greatest difficulty in keeping up with our day, and everything that spares time must be accepted as a boon.