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that  it  amply  fulfils  this  purpose  and  is  an  excellent  companion  to 
these  standard  works. 
The  work  is  divided  into  three  parts.  Part  I  comprises  General 
Pharmacy,  which  includes  the  general  study  of  pharmaceutical 
processes,  weights  and  measures,  etc.  Part  II  is  devoted  to  Prac- 
tical Pharmacy  and  treats  of  the  official  galenical  preparations,  to- 
gether with  many  of  the  operations  conducted  at  the  dispensing- 
counter.  In  Part  III  we  find  an  excellent  treatment  of  Pharma- 
ceutical Chemistry. 
All  parts  of  the  book  are  well  handled  and  display  the  author's 
ability  as  a  writer,  his  excellent  judgment  as  a  scholar  and  judicious 
reader,  and  his  competence  as  a  practical  writer  and  analyst  of  many 
years'  experience.  The  book  will  appeal  to  students  in  pharmacy, 
the  retail  pharmacist,  and  the  manufacturer. 
Plant  Anatomy  from  the  Standpoint  of  the  Development 
and  Functions  of  the  Tissues  and  Hand-Book  of  Micro- 
technic.  By  Prof.  William  Chase  Stevens,  University  of  Kansas. 
Second  edition,  revised  and  enlarged.  With  152  illustrations. 
Philadelphia:  P.  Blakiston's  Son  &  Co.,  1012  Walnut  Street,  1910. 
$2.00  net. 
This  book  of  Stevens  has  a  number  of  features  to  commend  it. 
The  "  generalized  diagrams  "  used  throughout  the  book  enable  the 
student  to  grasp  almost  immediately  the  three  views  of  cells  and  tis- 
sues. This  is  especially  important  to  the  pharmacognosist  in  his 
study  of  powdered  drugs  and  foods. 
In  the  present  edition  Prof.  Stevens  has  added  a  chapter  on 
reproduction,  and  considers  the  processes  of  nuclear  division,  be- 
havior of  pedigree  hybrids,  the  working  of  Mendel's  laws,  and  theory 
of  pangeneic  interchange.  These  discussions  are  of  importance  even 
to  the  pharmacist,  as  sooner  or  later  our  studies  on  drugs  must 
begin  with  the  growing  plants.  Furthermore,  it  is  quite  likely  that 
the  breeding  of  drug  plants  will  furnish  data  of  the  greatest  value 
for  the  study  of  the  valuation  of  crude  drugs.  A  sufficient  number 
of  experiments  have  already  been  made  upon  species  of  Cinchona 
and  varieties  of  Atropa  Belladonna  to  show  not  only  the  "  mosaic 
character  of  the  offspring  of  hybrids  "  but  that  there  is  a  variation 
in  the  active  constituents. 
The  point  of  view  of  the  author  of  this  text-book  is  a  good  one 
and  the  book  is  to  be  recommended  to  both  teachers  and  students 
of  our  schools  and  colleges  of  pharmacy. 
