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contains nearly 700 pages, with 374 illustrations. It has been enlarged nearly 

 150 pages. 



The author is to be congratulated on the merited success this book has at- 

 tained, as the first edition appeared barely four years ago. 



The subject matter is exceedingly well arranged for use as either a text or 

 reference book, and is especially adapted to the requirements of students or prac- 

 titioners in either pharmacy or medicine. A unique feature of the second edition 

 is an epitome of the manner of isolation of the active principles, usually alkaloids, 

 appended to the important drugs. 



In part iv Professor Stevens deals with the elements of plant histology and 

 microtechnique in a clear, accurate and concise manner, indicative of a thorough 

 understanding of the subject. This is a valuable addition to the book, as it 

 supplies a long-felt want and growing need to the practical pharmacist. 



In the revision we regret the omission of the chapter on morphological struc- 

 tural botany and the glossary, as they supplied a completeness desirable in works 

 of this kind, but hope they may be reinstated when a future revision becomes 

 necessary. Considering the price and excellence of the work, it should be ac- 

 corded a place in the library of every progressive pharmacist and physician. 



L. D. HAVENHILL. 



William Appleton Snow, a former contributor to this journal, was drowned 

 in San Francisco bay on the night of October 10th last. Mr. Snow was the oldest 

 son of Chancellor Snow, and was born in Lawrence June 21, 1869. He graduated 

 from the University of Kansas in 1891, and filled positions as instructor in ento- 

 mology in his alma mater, in the University of Illinois, and in the Leland Stan- 

 ford Junior University. In the course of the past year he had resolved to devote 

 himself to journalism, for which he had taste and talent, and it was in pursuit 

 of his new profession, while on the press tug that met the incoming transport 

 Tartar with the Twentieth Kansas volunteers, that he was washed overboard and 

 was drowned. 



Mr. Snow's scientific publications are enumerated elsewhere in this number. 

 Most of them appeared in this journal. For his years he had accomplished 

 much as a specialist in diptera, and his contributions have a permanent value. 

 He was a warm-hearted, amiable gentleman, and his taking off is mourned by 

 many friends wherever he was known. Memorial services were held in Lawrence 

 November 12, 1899, in which Doctor Cordley, Professor Williston and Mr. W. A. 

 White participated. A full report of their remarks was printed in the Lawrence 

 Journal of November 13, 1899. 



