BOOKS RECEIVED. 
447 
When we state that the specimens are the best commonly found in commerce, that 
they are compactly arranged in a well-made cabinet, that each specimen has a descrip¬ 
tive label, and that the whole may be purchased for fifteen shillings, surely no one can 
now have any excuse for presenting himself at the “ Modified Examination,” and plead¬ 
ing ignorance of having had no. opportunity of inspecting the principal drugs, etc., of 
the British Pharmacopoeia. 
BOOKS RECEIVED. 
First Lives for Chemists and Druggists preparing for Examination before the 
Board of the Pharmaceutical Society. By J. Steggall, M.D., etc. Third Edition. 
London : John Churchill and Sons, New Burlington Street. 1869. 
The Half-yearly Abstract of the Medical Sciences. July to December, 1888. 
Vol. XLYIII. London: John Churchill and Sons ; Edinburgh: Maclachlan and Co. ; 
Dublin : Fannin and Co. 
PREPARING FOR PUBLICATION. 
The “ Modified Examination ” of the Pharmaceutical Society ; a Guide to the 
Principal Points in Prescriptions, Dispensing, Materia Medica, and Pharmacy. By 
F. Harwood Lescher. London : J. Churchill and Sons. 
We hear that the above work is just ready for publication. It is intended to serve as 
a guide to the principal points in the several subjects comprised in the ‘‘ Modified 
Examination.” So far as we can form an opinion from a knowledge of its general plan 
and arrangements, we believe it will prove a real boon to those who are preparing for 
the Modified Examination. 
THE CHEMISTS’ BALL. 
The Chemists’ Ball having hitherto proved such a success, it has been decided to hold 
a similar reunion at Willis’s Rooms, on Wednesday,, the 20th of January; and judging 
from the support it has already met with, from the list of Stewards and Committee, we 
anticipate that it will prove a most successful and agreeable entertainment. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Persons having seceded from the Society may be restored to their former 
status on payment of arrears of subscription and the registration fee of the 
current year. 
Those who were Associates before the 1st of July, 1842, are privileged (as 
Pounders of the Society) to become Members, and by virtue of membership to 
be registered as Pharmaceutical Chemists. 
The Secretary and Registrar desires to intimate that no anonymous communications, 
or letters signed with initials only, will be answered. 
On the Syrupus Ferri Iodidi. —Mr. Hughes, of St. Leonard’s, referring to some 
remarks by Mr. Holloway on this syrup, says, “ My preparation is still colourless, and 
will remain so.”" 
X. Y. Z .—Certainly not. They appear to be Uva Ursi leaves, but the specimen 
forwarded was broken into small pieces- 
“ Botanist ” (Sunderland).—The new edition is in a forward state. 
“In a Fog” —(1, 2, and 3.) Not required. 
C. M .—We think an examination by the Pharmaceutical Society would not exempt 
n the case referred to. 
