110 REVIEWS. 



The Chemist's and Druggist's Diary, 1896. 4to, (Lon- 

 don : 42 Cannon St. ) 



This well-known annual contains, besides the diary (an interleaved page for 

 every week in the year, much useful information. Amongst other articles we 

 notice one on How to Push Trade, with hints and formula: for articles suitable 

 for every month in the year ; How to Treat Diseases ; and a number of others 

 specially useful to those in the trade. 



The Boy Skipper ; or, " I have only done my duty." By 

 William Charles Metcalfe. Cr. 8vo, pp. 264. (London : Jarrold and Son. 

 1895.) Price 3/6. 



This is an interesting and true account of the hero, William Shotton, who 

 served for over two years as an apprentice to Captain J. H. Hunter on board 

 the Trafalgar, and under whose able tuition he acquired so much of that 

 sound practical knowledge of his profession, which stood him in such mighty 

 stead during the terrible voyage from Java to Melbourne. The illustrations are 

 good, the frontispiece being a portrait of William Shotton. 



Queen Victoria's Dolls. By Frances H. Low. Illustrated 

 by Alan Wright. 4to. (London : George Newnes. 1894.) Price 5/-. 



Here are nicely coloured pictures representing 75 Oi" Queen Victoria's dolls, 

 with descriptive letterpress. " The dolls dressed by Her Majesty are for the 

 most part theatrical personages and court ladies, and include also three males 

 (of whom there are only some seven or eight in the whole collection) and a few 

 little babies, tiny creatures, made of rag, with painted muslin faces. . . An 

 hour spent among the dolls that Queen Victoria played with as a child is not 

 only a liberal education in the evanescent influences and fashions of the early 

 part of this century, but an abiding study of her imaginative fancy." 



Everybody's Illustrated Book of Puzzles. 8vo, pp. 122. 

 (London: Saxon and Co.) Price i/-. — Very amusing and entertaining. 



The Tallerman-Sheffield Patent Localized Hot-Air Bath. 



Svo, pp. 51. (London : Bailliere, Tindall, and Cox. 1895.) 



Describes a new Invention for the Treatment of Rheumatism, Gout, 

 Rheumatic Arthritis, Stiff and Painful Joints, Sprains, etc., by the local applica- 

 tion of super-heated Dry Air, with Notes of cases treated at vSt. Bartholomew's 

 Hospital, North- West London Hospital, Charing-Cross Hospital, St. Mary's 

 Hospital, The Royal Portsmouth Hospital, and elsewhere. 



On Memory and The Specific Energies of the Nervous System. 

 By Prof. Ewald Ilering. Cr. Svo, pp. 50. (Chicago : The Open Court Pub- 

 lishing Co. 1895.) — 



A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles. Edited 

 by James A. H. Murray, Vol. IIL, Depravative — Development; Vol. 

 IV., Fee— Field. By Henry Bradley, Hon. M.A. Oxon. (Oxford : The 

 Clarendon Press. London: Henry Frowde. 1895.) Price 2/6 each. 



These two parts, which were published simultaneously in October, contain 

 3073 words and nearly 16,000 illustrative quotations. This will unquestion- 

 ably be when completed the most important dictionary ever published. 



