118 Tue Microscope. 
Reviews, 
HOUSEHOLD CONVENIENCES. 12mo., pp. 240, IU., 220. 1884. 
FARM CONVENIENCES. 12mo., pp. 240. Tl. 212. 1884. 
The above companion volumes are issued by the Orange Judd 
Company, of 751 Broadway, New York. They are handsomely em- 
bossed in gold, and substantially bound. It would be impossible to 
give anything like a review of these works. They contain a thousand 
little things, suggestions how to make conveniences about the farm 
and household. They tell how to make scores of ‘‘ helps” that go 
towards reducing to a minimum farm and household labor. You will 
be surprised to learn how many ‘‘ conveniences’’ can be made at 
home, 
EASY LESSONS IN VEGETABLE BrouoGcy, or Outlines of Plant Life. 
By Rev. J. H. Wythe, M. D., author of ‘‘ The Microscopist,’’ ete. 
12mo., pp. 94. Tll., 36. Phillips & Hunt, New York, 1883. 
This work was prepared for the students of the Chatauqua Liter- 
ary and Scientific Circle. It begins with the simplest facts of biology, 
and gradually leads to things more complex. 
The different kinds of living matter; the differences between liv- 
ing and non-living matter; the vegetable cell; these, with ten other 
subjects, make up the contents of this interesting little volume. Al- 
though quite elementary, yet it is a book that can be read with profit 
by all in any way interested in microscopical work. 
THE CENTURY. Union Square, New York. 
The May number of this interesting magazine is before us. Some 
of the more prominent articles are: ‘‘ British Fertility,’’ in which the 
writer gives some startling facts to prove that across the Atlantic ‘‘ the 
birds and animals are not only more numerous than at home, but also 
characterized by greater persistence and fecundity ’’ ; ‘‘ The Women 
of.the Bee-Hive,’’ giving some new features to the Mormon question ; 
and ‘‘ Chief Joseph,’’ who has a very striking face, as shown by a 
full-page engraving. 
THE AMERICAN HoM@OPATHIC PHARMACOPCIA. Second Edition. 
By Joseph T. O’Connor, M. D. Large 8vo., pp. 511. 1883. Pub- 
lished by Boericke & Tafel, New York, and Chicago. 
This work will be welcomed by all homceopathic physicians and 
pharmacists. It gives all directions necessary to enable either the 
physician or pharmacist to prepare or obtain the exact article used by 
the prover of any drug. ; 
The work appears to include all medicinal substances used in hom- 
ceopathy. Prof. T. F. Allen, of the University, and editor of The 
