590  Reviews  and  Bibliographical  Notices.  {Am^oZ'i88tm' 
51)  decomposed  ;  potassium  iodide  (10  of  17)  excess  of  alkali,  etc.;  and  washed 
sulphur  (10  of  26),  excess  of  acid,  and  in  7  cases  milk  of  sulphur  had  been 
sold. 
Food  and  Food  Adulterations.  Part  IV.  Lard  and  Lard  Adulterations.  By  H. 
.   W.  Wiley.    Washington.  1889.  Pp.  401-554. 
A  full  exposition  of  the  manufacture,  quality  and  analysis  of  commercial 
lard.  The  pamphlet  forms  part  of  Bulletin  No.  13,  Division  of  Chemistry,  TJ.  S. 
Department  of  Agriculture. 
Bulletin  No.  21  of  the  same  series  is  devoted  to  sugar  manufacture,  and  is 
entitled, 
Report  of  Experiments  in  the  Manufacture  of  Sugar  by  Diffusion,  at  Magnolia  Sta- 
tion, Lawrence,  La.,  season  of  1888-89.  By  Guilford  L.  Spencer.  8vo. 
Pp.  67. 
The  English  Sparrow  (Passer  domesticus)  in  North  America,  especially  in  its 
relations  to  agriculture  Prepared  under  the  direction  of  Dr.  C.  Hart  Mer- 
riam,  Ornithologist,  by  Walter  B.  Barrows,  Assistant  Ornithologist.  Wash- 
ington.   1889.  Pp.  405. 
The  pamphlet  gives  the  history  of  the  sparrow's  introduction  and  spread  in 
North  America,  and  collects  and  arranges  a  vast  amount  of  evidence  relating  to 
the  habit  and  food  of  the  sparrow,  the  injury  done  to  various  kinds  of  crops, 
the  consumption  of  insects,  the  relation  to  other  birds,  etc.  The  pamphlet  is 
Bulletin  1,  Division  of  Economic  Ornithology  and  Mammology,  U.  S.  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture. 
Agricultural  Experiment  Stations. — The  receipt  of  pamphlets  from  the  following 
stations  is  acknowledged : 
Ottowa,  Canada,  Bulletin  No.  4  and  5. 
Massachusetts  (Amherst),  Bulletin  No.  34. 
Minnesota  (St.  Anthony's  Park),  Bulletin  No.  7. 
Pennsylvania  State  College,  Bulletin  No.  7. 
Chemistry  :  General,  Medical  and  Pharmaceutical,  including  the  chemistry  of  the 
TJ.  S.  Pharmacopoeia.  A  manual  on  the  general  principles  of  the  science,  and 
their  applications  in  medicine  and  pharmacy.  By  John  Attfield,  F.  R  S-, 
M.  A.,  Ph.  D.,  etc.  Twelfth  edition.  Philadelphia:  Lea  Brothers  &  Co.', 
1889.  12mo,  pp.  770.   Price,  cloth,  $2.75  ;  leather,  $3.25. 
Attfield 's  Chemistry  has  become  so  well  known  throughout  the  United 
States,  that  it  is  probably  the  best  known  chemical  work  among  students  of 
pharmacy  and  medicine  at  the  present  time.  Its  success  is  due  to  the  author's 
clear  conception  of  the  wants  of  the  students,  and  to  the  lucid  and  practical 
manner  in  which  this  want  has  been  supplied.  When  about  twenty  years  ago 
the  first  American  edition  made  its  appearance,  it  at  once  secured  for  itself  the 
favorable  opinion  of  the  teachers,  as  well  as  of  the  students ;  and  with  each 
subsequent  edition  this  has  been  retained  and  confirmed.  The  one  now  before 
us  will  make  no  exception  to  this  general  rule.  The  book  retains  all  its  attrac- 
tive features,  and  since  it  has  been  thoroughly  revised,  the  information  imparted 
