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of  the  Journals  they  receive,  that  neither  Dr.  Carson,  Dr.  Parrish,  nor  Dr. 
Procter,  has  charge  of  the  Editorial  department  of  this  Journal,  but  simply 
William  Procter,  Jr.,  and  that  by  crediting  accordingly  they  may  save 
those  gentlemen,  as  well  as  the  Editor,  some  trouble  at  the  Post  Office. 
Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy. — We  extract  the  following  state- 
ment regarding  the  above  institution  from  the  Boston  Medical  and  Surgical 
Journal  for  March  16th,  1853  : 
"  At  the  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy,  held 
at  the  rooms  of  the  College  in  Masonic  Temple,  on  Monday,  March  9th,  the 
following  members  were  elected  the  officers  for  the  ensuing  year. 
u  President t,  Daniel  Henchman.  1st  Vice  President,  Thomas  Restieaux. 
2d  Vice  President,  Samuel  M.  Colcord.  Corresponding  Secretary,  William 
A.  Brewer.  Recording  Secretary,  Henry  W.  Lincoln.  Treasurer,  Samuel 
N.  Brewer.  Auditor,  Joseph  Burnett.  Trustees,  Thomas  Farrington,  A?hbe  1 
Boyden,  Henry  D.  Fowle,  Andrew  Geyer,  Joseph  T.  Brown,  Samuel  R. 
Philbrick,  T.  Larken  Turner,  William  Brown. 
Henry  W.  Lincoln^  Secretary. 
Hand-Books  of  Natural  Philosophy  and  Astronomy.     By  Dionysius  Lard- 
ner,  D.  C.  L.,  &c.    Second  Course.     Heat — Magnetism — Common  Elec- 
tricity— Voltaic  Electricity.     Illustrated  by  upwards  of  200  Engravings 
on  Wood.    Philadelphia.    Blanchard  &  Lea,  1853.  pp.  451,  12mo. 
These  works  are  written  with  a  view  to  simplify  and  render  practical  the 
import  truths  of  physical  science,  without,  at  the  same  time,  omitting 
those  details  in  the  absence  of  which  they  would  convey  but  a  smattering 
of  the  subject;  and  will  very  much  facilitate  their  comprehension  and  ac- 
quisition by  those  readers  who  seek  in  physics  a  collateral  aid  in  the 
prosecution  of  their  professional  or  general  studies. 
The  first  part  of  the  present  volume  is  devoted  to  Heat,  the  laws  of  which 
are  very  thoroughly  elucidated,  and  applied  to  ordinary  phenomena.  As 
regards  Pharmacy,  it  is  not  too  much  to  say  that  the  principles  set  forth  in 
this  part  of  the  book  have  a  bearing  and  influence  of  the  very  first  import- 
ance. The  most  valuable  and  indispensable  processes  of  the  apothecary's 
art  are  based  on  these  laws,  and  it  is  only  when  the  operator  is  acquainted 
with  them  that  he  can  conduct  operations  in  the  most  enlightened  and 
eligible  manner.  The  second  portion  of  the  book  is  devoted  to  Magnetism 
and  Electricity,  and  includes  notices  of  electro-metallurgy  and  electro-tela- 
graphy.  The  principles  and  construction  of  galvanic  apparatus  are  exten- 
sively treated  of  and  illustrated.  The  conspicuous  position  occupied  by  Elec- 
trical Science,  since  the  wonderful  developments  that  have  grown  out  of  Gal- 
vani's  experiments,  is  due  to  the  vast  influence  these  discoveries  have  had  on 
general  science,  and  the  arts  that  administer  to  the  comfort  and  pleasure 
of  man.  The  connection  between  electricity  and  meteorological  phenomena, 
and  its  influence  on  climate,  is  interesting  to  every  man  who  is  accustomed 
to  ask  the  cause  of  those  changes  which  daily  affect  his  comfort,  and  even 
to  such  is  the  volume  before  us  possessed  of  deep  instruction.     It  is  little 
