THE LIBRARY. 
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nouncement respecting its existence on the fly-leaf of the Journal, no account 
nor detailed report in the pages of that periodical,* and no mention (unless I am 
in error) of the name of the Librarian. I instantly concluded,, drawing a rea¬ 
sonable inference, that the Library was essentially a dead letter; an institution 
tolerated, but not particularly esteemed, and considered more as an inevitable ap¬ 
pendage to a learned Society than as a vital organ of progress and development. 
How agreeably was I disappointed to discover the marked appreciation of its 
value shown by many an earnest student, and the commendable assiduity with 
which its treasures have been from time to time consulted. With a good heart, 
therefore, has the present notice been drawn up, in order to bring its advantages 
still more prominently before the members, and we may yet hope to see the day 
when its books only, and not its claim to public recognition, may be shelved.f 
The authorized prospectus of the Society contains the following announce¬ 
ment :— 
The Library contains standard works on Chemistry, Materia Medica, Botany, and 
Physical Science, and complete sets of the most valuable English and Foreign Journals 
on the same subjects. The current Scientific Periodicals are regularly supplied in the 
Reading-Room. 
Regulations for the Circulation of Books. 
1. The Library and Reading-Room shall be open from Nine until Seven o’clock daily, 
excepting Saturdays. 
* [Has the author looked at the fly-leaf of the Journal? Had lie done so, or read the 
Journal itself, lie surely could not have penned this sentence.— Ed. Phabm. Journ.] 
t Whilst on the subject of books, I take the opportunity of quoting the Society’s Students’ 
List. Those to whom this is no information will excuse its insertion here, for tlie sake of others 
to whom it may be useful. 
BOOKS RECOMMENDED FOR STUDENTS, 
Latin, Prescriptions and Phar¬ 
macopoeia. 
£>. s. d. 
Selecta h Prescriptis (Churchill)... 0 5 0 
Pharmaceutical Latin Grammar 
(Groombridge) . 0 5 0 
^British Pharmacopoeia. 0 6 0 
Botany.. 
Class-Books for Students. 
^Bentley’s Manual of Botany 
(Churchill) . 0 12 6 
Balfour’s Class-Book of Botany 
(A. and C. Black) . 1 11 6 
Systematic Botany. 
Lindley’s School Botany (Brad¬ 
bury and Evans) .. 0 5 6 
Lindley’s Vegetable Kingdom 
(Bradbury and Evans).. 1 16 0 
British Botany. 
Babington’s Manual of British 
Botany (Van Voorst) . 0 10 6 
Bentham’s British Flora (Reeve) 0 12 6 
Withering’s British Botany (E. 
Law). 0 10 6 
Materia Medica. 
# Royle’s Manual of Materia Medica s - 
(Churchill) . 0 12 6 
Pereira’s Elements of Materia Me¬ 
dica (Longman) . 3 15 0 
Christison’s Dispensatory . 0 18 0 
Physics. 
Dr. Golding Bird’s Elements of 
N atural Philosophy, by C. Brooke 
(Churchill) . 0 12 6 
CnEMISTRY AND PHARMACY. 
^Bowman’s Practical Chemistry 
(Churchill) . 0 6 6 
*Fownes’s Manual of Chemistry 
(Churchill) . 
Miller’s Elements of Chemistry 
0 
12 
6 
(Parker) . 
2 
6 
6 
Parnell’s Elements of Chemical 
Analysis (Walton andMaberly) 
0 
9 
0 
*Molir and Redwood’s Practical 
Pharmacy (Walton &Maberly) 
0 
6 
6 
Wittstein’s Practical Pharmaceu- 
tical Chemistry (Churchill). 
Christison’s Dispensatory . 
0 
6 
0 
0 
18 
0 
Hints to Apprentices and Students 
preparing to pass the Examina¬ 
tions of the Pharmaceutical 
Society . gratis on application. 
* Text-Books used. 
