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omission in the present volume which must have arisen from some strange accident, for 
we find no mention of the common truffle {Tuber cibariuni). In the description of these 
fungi many valuable hints and directions are given as to the best time of collecting, and 
the mode of cooking the different species. 
The work is well printed, published at a moderate price, and contains a short and easy 
introduction to the study of fungi. Our readers would do well to obtain a copy, and test 
its value for themselves. 
BOOKS RBCBIVBD. 
Note-Book of Materia Medica, Pharmacy, and Therapeutics. By R. E. Scoresby- 
Jackson, M.D., F.R.S.E, (Will be noticed next month.) 
Chemical Addenda; being a Brief Exposition of the Salient Features of Modern 
Chemistry. Designed as an Appendix to Elementary Text-Books on the Science. 
By the Rev. B. W. Gibsone, M.A., etc. London: J. H. Dutton, Wine Office Court, 
Fleet Street. 1866. 
The Half-Yearly Abstract of thf Medical Sciences ; being an Analytical and 
Critical Digest of the principal British and Continental Medical Works published in 
the preceding six months. Vol. xliii., January—June, 1866. London, John 
Churchill and Sons; Edinburgh, Maclachlan and Co.; Dublin, Fannin and Co. 
Accidents to Volunteers: a Lecture delivered to the City of Oxford Companies of the 
Oxfordshire Rifle Volunteers. By E. L. Hussey, Surgeon to the Administrative 
Battalion. London: Macmillan and Co. 1866. 
Vivisection ; is it Necessary or Justifiable? being two Prize Essays published by the 
Roval Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. London: Robert Plardwicke, 
192, Piccadilly. 1866. 
Nature and the Bible in Agreement with the Protestant Faith. By James 
Davis, C.E. London: Houlston and Wright, 65, Paternoster Row. 1866. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
An Incipient Botanist .— (1) Erythrsea Centaurium. (2) Glechoma hederacea. (3) 
Melampyrum species. (4) Ecbium vulgare. (5) Polygala vulgaris. (6) Epilobium 
parviflorum. (7) Cardaraine pratensis. (8) Hypericum perforatum. (9) Hypericum 
pulchrum. (10) Geranium pusillum. The specimens forwarded were so small and in 
such a bad state when received, that it was almost impossible to name them with 
certainty. 
A Young Botanist (Liverpool).—Bentley’s ‘ Manual of Botany,’ price 12a. Qd. 
W. F. (Harrold).—Benzole will probably answer the purpose. 
T. P. L. (Peterborough).—Dealers in pepper are still required to take out a licence; 
see page 51. 
“ Bistort ” (Bayswater).—The labels in question are not safe: it would therefore be 
better to alter tbe wording. No. 1 should be ‘‘Cholera” or “Diarrhoea” mixture, merely 
giving the dose. In No. 2 the last line in the paragraph describing the dose should be 
omitted. With the above alterations the labels would not be liable to stamp duty. 
W. (J/-)-—The Liniinentum Cantharidis of the British Pharmacopoeia is similar to 
“Bullen and Burt’s Blistering Fluid.” 
A paper by Mr. S. Darby on “Considerations as to the Dietetic Properties of Wheat 
in its different states,” arrived too late for publication this month. 
Full price will be given for the Journal of January 1866, by the Secretary. 
Instructions from Members and Associates respecting the transmission of the 
Journal before the 25th of the month, to Elias Bremkidge, Secretary, 17, 
Bloomsbury Square, W.C. 
Advertisements (not later than the 23rd) to Messrs, Churchill, New Bur¬ 
lington Street. Other communications to the Editors, Bloomsbury Square. 
