Excerpt from Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, 1894, Vol. 36 IT is now five-and-twenty years since Professor Lankester first undertook the task of editing the Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, ' and by issuing the present number his colleagues desire to mark the occasion, and at the same time to take the Opportunity of offering to him their hearty con gratulations on the success which has attended this quarter of a century of effort on his part. The Journal was founded in the year 1853 by the publisher, Mr. S. Highley, and was edited by Dr. Edwin Lankester and Mr. George Busk. In 1856 the publisher's business was transferred to Mr. John Churchill, with which firm it has remained ever since. Up to 1868 the Journal published the Transactions of the Royal Microscopical Society of London, ' but in 1869 the Society started its own publication, and a new editorial arrangement of the Journal was made. Mr. George Busk retired, and Mr. Ray Lankester, who had lately taken his degree at Oxford, joined his father in the editorship. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.