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Book  Reviews. 
( Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
(     August,  1910. 
E.  Frankland  Armstrong  wrote  the  monographs  on  "  Sugars  "  and 
"  Starch  and  its  Isomers."  The  portion  on  "  Paper  and  Paper- 
Making  Materials  "  is  the  work  of  R.  W.  Sindall.  The  monographs 
dealing  with  "  Fixed  Oils,  Fats  and  Waxes "  and  the  one  on 
"  Lard  "  were  written  by  C.  Ainsworth  Mitchell.  A  chapter  on 
"  Special  Characters  and  Methods  "  in  the  analysis  of  the  fixed 
vegetable  and  animal  fats  is  the  work  of  Leonard  Archbutt.  The 
analysis  of  "  Butter  Fat  "  received  the  special  attention  of  Cecil 
Revis  and  E.  R.  Bolton.  C.  A.  Klein  wrote  the  chapter  dealing  with 
"  Linseed  Oil."  W.  Robertson  is  the  author  of  the  chapter  on 
"  Higher  Fatty  Acids."  "  Glycerol  "  is  considered  in  a  special  chap- 
ter by  W.  A.  Davis.  The  chapter  on  "  Cholesterols  "  is  written  by 
John  A.  Gardner.  And  Augustus  H.  Gill  wrote  the  monograph  on 
"  Wool-Fat  and  Cloth  Oils." 
The  work  of  each  of  the  contributors  has  been  well  done.  The 
editorial  work  and  proof-reading  by  the  editors  is  of  exceptional 
quality.  The  printing  and  mechanical  part  of  the  work  are  excel- 
lent. It  is  not  too  much  t*>  say  that  these  volumes  of  the  new  edition 
will  be  found  indispensable  to  all  analysts  and  students  of  organic 
substances.  H.  K. 
Introduction  to  the  Analysis  of  Drugs  and  Medicines. 
An  elementary  handbook  for  the  beginner.  By  Burt  E.  Nelson. 
12  mo.,  ix-f-  384  pages.  Illustrated.  New  York,  John  Wiley  & 
Sons,  1910.    Cloth,  $3.00  net. 
This  work  is,  as  stated  by  the  author,  of  an  elementary  character 
and  is  intended  as  a  handbook  in  determining  the  proximate  analysis 
of  drugs,  medicinal  chemicals  and  mixtures.  It  is  expected  to  be 
useful  to  the  student  or  analyst  who  has  not  specialized  in  drug 
chemistry.  There  are  eleven  chapters  as  follows :  ( 1 )  Introduction ; 
(2)  Apparatus  and  Operations;  (3)  Ultimate  Inorganic  Analysis; 
(4)  Ultimate  Organic  Analysis;  (5)  Determination  of  Molecular 
Weights,  Common  Radicles  and  Chemical  Formulae;  (6  Principles 
and  Methods  of  Drug  Analysis;  (7)  Analysis  of  Medicines  Gener- 
ally; (8)  The  Principles  of  Microscopical  Drug  Analysis;  (9)  Sys- 
tematic Microscopic  Drug  Analysis;  (10)  Assays  of  Chemicals, 
Crude  Drugs  and  Pharmaceutical  Preparations;  (11)  Pharmaco- 
logical Methods.  There  are  in  addition  12  tables:  (1)  Systematic 
table  of  organic  drug  constituents  and  medicinal  chemicals;  (2)  ele- 
mentary organic  analyses  of  medicinal  chemicals,  arranged  in  order 
