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which  contains  the  best  combination  of  Chemistry,  Pharmacy, 
and  Materia  Medica  ;  of  which  perhaps  there  is  no  better  speci- 
men than  Pereira's  Elements.  If  it  be  possible,  borrow  it :  if  not, 
club  together  and  buy  it,  for  it  must  be  had.  The  three  alternate 
days  still  remain  for  disposal.  For  the  second  year  it  would  be 
an  useful  variety  to  allot  one  hour  a  week  to  German,  the  other 
two  being  claimed  by  French  as  usual.  One  of  the  best 
Grammars  is  by  Dr.  Tiarks,  price  six  shillings ;  but  Dictionaries, 
Manuals,  and  all  sorts  of  foreign  books  may  be  picked  up  for  a 
very  little  at  a  bookstall.  Personal  reserve  is  the  only  hindrance 
to  companionship  with  some  of  the  numerous  resident  Germans. 
Need  it  be  mentioned  that  the  best  aid  to  study  is  at  your  own 
disposal.  Buy  any  foreign  work  and  its  English  version,  then 
constantly  translate  and  retranslate  alternately  from  one  to  the 
other,  correcting  your  attempts  afterwards  by  the  book  in  hand 
— for  instance,  Les  Confidences,  by  Lamartine,  or  Undine,  by 
De  La  Motte  Fouqud.  Children's  books  are  not  to  be  despised ; 
they  are  at  first  of  greater  service  than  Racine  or  Schiller. 
The  prospect  brightens  as  the  drudgery  of  elementary  study 
is  gradually  left  behind,  and  on  the  third  year  it  would  be  no 
presumption  to  enter  at  once  on  those  works  in  which  the  first 
principles  of  Pharmacy  are  carried  out  to  their  legitimate  applica- 
tion, such  as  Watson's  Principles  and  Practice  of  Physic,  or 
Bowman's  Practical  and  Medical  Chemistry.  Perhaps  now  is 
the  best  opportunity  of  understanding  and  tracing  out  the 
different  preparations  included  in  the  various  Pharmacopoeias, 
for  which  the  summary  presented  by  Mr.  Squire  will  be  no 
small  assistance.  The  two  languages  may  also  be  studied 
together,  but  by  this  time  they  will  have  become  an  integral  part 
of  reading,  not  a  separate  branch.  To  gain  this  point  will  amply 
compensate  for  the  hardships  of  the  struggle,  nor  can  we  express 
a  kinder  wish  for  the  student  than  the  inheritance  of  such  joy, 
recollecting  that  a  contented  mind  is  a  -continual  feast.  All 
this  may  be  realized  by  one  hour's  application.  Botany  has 
been  intentionally  omitted,  as  it  requires  for  its  right  study 
ample  leisure  and  out-door  speculations.  To  those  gentlemen, 
who  have  time  at  their  own  disposal,  who  have  free  access  to 
museums,  libraries,  and  lectures,  and  are  surrounded  by  all  the 
appliances  of  learning,  these  remarks  may  seem  absurd ;  but 
