256 REVIEWS. 



The subject-matter of this book forms a series of lectures or Bible-readings 

 which were delivered by the author at different times. The author remarks 

 that the im/nes, both of the persons and of the places mentioned in the Book 

 of Ruth, are wonderfully suggestive, and that they furnish a clue to the meta- 

 phorical understanding of the book itself. 



American Medicinal Plants, an Illustrated and Descriptive 



Guide to the American Plants used as Homoeopathic Remedies : their History, 

 Preparation, Chemistry, and Physiological Effects. By Charles F. Mills- 

 paugh, M.D. (New York and Philadelphia : Boericke and Tafel.) 



We have just received the sixth and concluding part of this grand work, 

 which now consists of One Hundred and Eighty coloured plates, each 

 plate being 12 inches by 8| inches, and the complete text of all the proven 

 plants indigenous and naturalised in the United States arranged .§-^;;5r?Vrt//j, 

 according to the numerical order of the plates. Every plant mentioned in this 

 work is drawn and painted by the author, " by his own hand, from the speci- 

 mens as they stood in the soil," he making malhematically accurate drawings 

 and avoiding the misrepresentations of wilted individuals, or too highly 

 coloured fancy jjictures. 



In describing the general plan of the work, we may observe that — first, 

 the natural order under which the plant falls is given in prominent types, and 

 should the order be a large one the tribe then follows to give a belter idea of 

 its place ; then the genus is mentioned in black-face type, together with 

 the name of the scientist who formed it ; to the genus is generally appended a 

 footnote, showing the derivation of the name ; and lastly is given the old, or 

 sexual, arrangement according to Linnoeus. 



A Course of Practical Instruction in Botany. By F. 

 O. Bower, D.Sc, F.L.S., etc., and Sydney H. Vines, D.Sc, F.R.S., F.L.S., 

 etc. Part II., Bryophyta — Thallophyta. Crown 8vo, pp. viii. — 144. 

 (London: MacmiUan and Co. 1887.) Price 4s. 6d. 



On page 126 of the fifth volume of this journal we had the pleasure of 

 writing a short notice of the first part of this useful work ; we are glad now to 

 have the opportunity of directing the attention of our readers to the second 

 and concluding part of the work. In this, as in the first parts, well-known 

 plants are chosen to serve as typical representatives of the groups to which 

 they belong. Thus, Polytrichuni coiniimiie and Sphagnn>ii are chosen to 

 represent the Mosses and Mairhaiitia polymorplia the Hepaliiw ; of the plants, 

 the general external characters are first described, and this is followed !)y its 

 microscopical investigation. 



Mushrooms for the Million, illustrated with Supplement : 



A Practical Treatise on the Cultivation of the most profitable Outdoor Crop 

 known. By J. Wright, F.R. U.S. Crown 8vo, pp. 12S. (London: Journal 

 of Hortiatltiirc 0?kc&. 1887.) Price Is.. 



A fifth and enlarged edition of this useful work has just been published. 

 It contains a large amount of valuable information. 



The Christian World Magazine, Midsummer Vol., 1887. 

 8vo, jip. 552. (London : James Clarke and Co.) Price 4s. 



This is the first volume of a new series, and we congratulate the publish- 

 ers on the im|)rovement in size. It is, however, the 23rd volume from its 

 commencement, and comprises a number of papers and complete stories by 

 well-known writers, together with a serial story, which does not appear to be 

 completed in the present volunie. 



