BOOK REVIEWS. 
Vegetable foods. 
THis well-known work of MOELLER on this subject," first put out about 
twenty years ago, has played an important part in connection with the increasing 
use of the microscope as a practical instrument for recognizing vegetable sub 
stances in a more or less finely divided state. Many changes have taken place 
essary. 
now of the Connecticut eco ral Experiment Station, a pupil of MoELLER, 
has furnished very important aid in the form of excellent figures as well as text. 
The scope of the work is in general indicated by the title and those articles 
here treated are with few exceptions used as food for man or beast, the term 
food being defined so as to include such articles as flavoring agents as well 
as tea, coffee, and cacao. Under the appropriate headings those substances 
are also described and figured which occur as impurities, substitutions, and 
adulterations. Since it often happens that condiments are also official , 
many chapters have a strong pharmaceutical interest. A few articles are con- 
sidered which have their chief significance as coe products, e. g., sandal wood, 
guarana, cubebs, cola, salep, and ca 
In the treatment of the individual has. the book is distinguished by a 
concise and exact statement of the features, gross and microscopic, character- 
izing the structures concerned, dimensions frequently cited giving definiteness 
to terms of size. 
As valuable as the excellent text, are the numerous drawings illustrative 
of it. A large number are original, many being by Dr. Winton. A bibliog- 
raphy of the most important articles written on each subject closes the consid- 
ation. One novel feature among the illustrations is seen in the gross pictures 
of the leaves discussed. Here a direct print is made on a sensitive surface, 
using the leaf itself as an opaque object. This method has been successfully 
used before by a number of authors with various objects and here the result 
is in general successful. Frequently a very considerable amount of detail has 
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