468 Scientific Intelligence. 



and "William H. Warren. Pp. xv, 342. Philadelphia (P. Blak- 

 iston's Sons & Co.). — There are all too few dependable manuals 

 of toxicology published in the English language. Among them 

 the translated edition of Autenrieth's well known "Auffindung 

 der Gifte" has attained a deserved popularity. The present 

 book is essentially like the fourth American edition, the only 

 change of importance being the introduction of tests for wood 

 alcohol by the translator, Dr. Warren. l. b. m. 



6. An Introduction to Chemical Pharmacology ; by Hugh 

 McGuiGAN. Pp. xii, .418. Philadelphia (P. Blakiston's Son & 

 Co.). — This is different from any book which we can recall, bear- 

 ing the title of Pharmacology. It is essentially a very compact 

 compendium of facts derived for the most part from organic 

 chemistry and biochemistry and classified according to a chemist's 

 scheme. Indeed it is almost cyclopedic in character. It is well 

 enough to recognize the current popularity of the chemical view- 

 point in the biological sciences ; but chemical classification, struc- 

 tural formulas, and tests for the identification of drugs are only 

 a part of the equipment needed by the student to realize the 

 ' ' reactions of living matter brought about by drugs. ' ' The selec- 

 tion of topics seems almost too comprehensive. Why, for exam- 

 ple, should a /'Method for Preparing Pectin" be incorporated 

 in a book for students of pharmacology ? Numerous topics, par- 

 ticularly such as deal with the metabolism of foods, also seem 

 out of place in such a volume which can at most supplement, not 

 replace, the conventinal textbooks on the action of drugs. 



l. b. m. 



7. New York State Income Tax Procedure, 1921; by Robert 

 II. Montgomery. Pp. ix, 682. New York, 1921. Montgomery's 

 Tax Procedure, 1921, volume III (The Ronald Press Company; 

 price $5, in cloth). — Mr. Montgomery's New York State Income 

 Tax Procedure, 1921, is an outgrowth and amplification of that 

 portion of his 1920 edition of Income Tax Procedure in which he 

 discussed the differences between the New York State procedure 

 and the Federal income tax procedure. He deals at length with 

 the New York personal income tax and more briefly with the New 

 York franchise tax on corporations. Several appendices are 

 also included, and of considerable value. One of these contains 

 a set of the various forms as at present used, filled in in some 

 instances so as to serve as illustrations, and another contains 

 the opinions handed down by the courts in various cases which 

 have come before them with reference to New York income tax 

 matters. 



The book should prove of great assistance to those who have 

 to prepare returns either for individuals or for corporations 

 under the present New York laws. In dealing in quite limited 

 space with any such complex subject there must of necessity be 

 many questions left unanswered and many topics only super- 

 ficially discussed, but considering the space at the author's dis- 

 posal, he covers the subject quite fully. J. d. d. 



