48 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY [February, 



A Vegetable Plate. By Robert H. M. Dawburn, M. D. New 

 York, 20 pp. 



Potato is used as a plate in intestinal anastomosis. 

 Tobacco^ Insanity^ and Nervousness. By Dr. L. Bremer. St. 

 Louis, Mo., pp. 16. 



The boy wbo smokes at 7 will drink at 14, take morphine at 21, 

 and cocaine at 30. When one has made a firm resolution to quit, a 

 combination of bromides, Indian hemp, and bitter tonics will tide the 

 victim over the uneasiness of tobacco hunger. 



Annual Report of the Postmaster- General. By John Wanamaker, 

 Washington, 180 pp. 



The large and interesting illustrations make this an unusual '• pub. 

 doc." A copy will, doubtless, be sent you free on application to the 

 Department. 



Stricture of the Rectum. By Chas. B. Kelsey. M. D., New York 

 City, 48 pp. 



An unusually neat and attractive presentation of a subject on which 

 very little is known. 



Essentials of Medical Physics. By Fred. J. Brockway, Tvl. D. 

 Pliiladelphia. W' . B. vSaunders. i2mo.,pp. 330; cuts, 15^. Price 

 $1 .00. 



This is question compend No. 22, and makes an excellent syllabus 

 on physics. The five chapters are on (i ) properties of matter, (2) 

 heat, (3) light, (4) sound, (5) magnetism and electricity. 



Under light, mirrors and lenses, optical instruments and photography 

 are included. One page is devoted to microscopes, simply to explain 

 the principles involved. The eight pages on photography contain an 

 excellent exposition of the subject. 



The general appearance, typography, and profuse illustration of this 

 number are the same as of No. 20, on bacteriology, which we noticed 

 last month. The index is easily found, and is not o'bscuied by volu- 

 minous advertisements at the end of the volume. The price is very 

 reasonable. 



Plant Organizatio7i. By R. Halsted Ward, M. D. Ginn & Com- 

 pany, Boston. 



This book is a guide to the study of plants. It consists of a synopti- 

 cal review of the general structure and morphology of plants, clearly 

 drawn out according to biological principles^ fully illustrated, and ac- 

 companied by a set of blanks for writing exercises by pupils. It also 

 provides some easy microscopical work. Though requiring a very 

 thorough study and exact understanding of the plants which maybe 

 selected for study, the work is so systematized and simplified as to be 

 adapted to the use of beginners, in connection with personal instruction 

 or with any text-book of botany however elementary, and either with 

 or without the employment of technical botanical terms. The work, 

 which is designed for private students or for classes in Academies, 

 Seminaries, High Schools, etc., is now issued in a second and revised 

 edition, after having proved its value. 



Public Ledger Almanac, Geo. W. Childs, contains very useful sta- 

 tistics and memoranda. 



