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der Arnica the discovery by Borner of a fat con- 

 sisting of the glycerin esters of lauric and pal- 

 mitic acids together with about one per cent, of ' 

 a hydrocarbon {Apoth. Zeit.) is not given. 



The recent work of Dunstan on aconite is 

 given. Also the isolation of crystalline alkaloid' 

 in Nettle by Oddi and Lomonaco, {Pharnt. 

 Jour. Trans. iSg2.) Under Gonolobus con- 

 durango, no reference is made to the constitu- 

 ent condurasterine {Amer.Jour. Pharm. 1892.) 

 An illustration of a fragment of Jalap tuber, 

 showing raphides and starch in cells is given- 

 Also the investigations of Poleck [Amer. Jour- 

 Pharm. iSgs), confirming the identity of iala- 

 pine from Ipomcea orizabensis with scam- 

 monies. Most of the illustrations have been re- 

 placed by new plates, and under the following 

 new illustrations will be found : Belladonna^ 

 Cinchona, Digitalis, Jalap, Peppermint, Senna, 

 Uva Ursi and Veratrum viride. The most 

 recent work on Ipecacuanha is not given. 

 Mention is made of the work of Pehkschen and 

 Salsberger on Veratrum viride and V. album. 



A complete review of such a ponderous work 

 as the United States Dispensatory would require 

 for its completeness, more space than could be 

 given in this Journal, at this time, so that the 

 above review but indicates in a general way, 

 some of the main features in the revision of the 

 seventeenth edition of this commentary on the 

 Pharmacopoeia. During the past sixty years, 

 this work has passed through seventeen editions. 

 Such success as this must depend upon extra- 

 ordinary qualities in the book. In a general 

 way the work is thorough and complete, and its 

 great success rests undoubtedly upon the 

 peculiar ability of its authors to perceive what 

 facts are useful and essential to a subject upon 

 their judgment and skill in utilizing and sett- 

 ing forth these facts, in making the work easy 

 of access for reference. K. C. M. 



Elliott, A. H. — A system of instruction in 

 Qualitative Chemical Analysis. By Arthur H. 

 Elliott, Ph. D. 



Although only a little over a year has elapsed 

 since its first publication, this work is now 

 enjoying its second edition. Its reception has 

 been very flattering, as the reviews in the 

 chemical and pharmaceutical journals, and its 

 adoption as a practical text-book in seven 

 institutions, have shown. 



Nothing will bring out the weak points in a 

 book of this kind so much as its practical 

 application in conjunction with a large body of 

 students. Since its first appearance the work 

 has been used as a text-book by the students of 



the College of Pharmacy, and has conclusively 

 proved that it is a book that fulfils all that may 

 be desired of it; and that it is adapted not only 

 to the simultaneous working of a body of 

 students under the direction of an instructor, 

 but on account of its clear, concise text, is 

 equally valuable for the guidance of a student 

 pursuing anal5'-tical work by himself. It is the 

 nearest approach to the living teacher of any 

 work that I have seen. 



The schemes for the separation of metals and 

 of acids, as well as the special tests for each one, 

 show the result of the author's many years' 

 experience in this branch of chemistry. 



The work is one that recommends itself and 

 that will rapidly grow in popularity. 



G. A. Ferguson. 



Encyclopddie der Naturzvissenschaften. — 

 Herasugegeben von W. Forster, A. Kenngott, A. 

 L,adenburg u. A. 3 Abth. 



Engler, A. und K. Prantl. — Die naturlichen 

 Pflanzenfamilien, nebst ihren Gattungen und 

 wichtigeren Arteu, insbesondere den Nutzp- 

 flanzen, unter Mitwirkung Zahlreicher her- 

 vorragender Fachgelehrten, begriindt von E. 

 u. P., fortgesetzt von A. E. 



Frank, B. iind Tschirch, A. — Wandtafeln fiir 

 den Unterricht in der Pflanzenphysiologie, 6 

 Arbtheilung. 



Glazebrook, R. T. — Light ; an elementary 

 text book, theoretical and practical for colleges 

 and schools. 



Glazebrook, R. T. — Heat : an elementary 

 text-book, theoretical and practical for colleges 

 and schools. 



Glucksmann, C. — Kritische Studien im 

 Bereiche der Fundamentalanschauungen der 

 theoretischen Chemie. II, Theil. 



Jackson, Dugald C. — A text- book on Electro- 

 Magnetism and the Construction of Dynamos. 

 Vol. I. 



Jorgensen, A. — The Micro-Organisms of Fer- 

 mentation. 



Koch. A. — ^Jabrsbericht iiber die Fortschritte 

 in der Lehre von den Gahrungs-Organisimen, 

 Dritter, Jahrgang, 1892. 



Knott, C. G. — Electricity and Magnetism ; 

 elementary course. 



de Koninck, L. Z.^Traite de Chimie Analy- 

 tique Minerale qualitative et quantitative. 

 Treatise of Mineral Analytical Chemistry. 8vo. 

 pp. 1064, with 163 figures and a colored plate in 

 the first volume and 85 figures in the second. 



Koppes Aujangsgriinde der Physik mit Ein- 



