Am'Siy;  i887.rm*}    Reviews  and  Bibliographical  Notices.  379 
The  book  opens  with  the  arrangements  of  the  pharmacy  for  business  pur- 
poses :  the  officine,  laboratory,  store  room,  &c.  The  various  pharmaceutical, 
chemical  and  physical  operations  are  next  considered  and  fully  described 
in  all  their  bearings,  illustrated  by  many  excellent  wood  cuts,  and  contain- 
ing numerous  practical  hints  and  observations  based  on  the  extended  prac- 
tical experience  of  the  authors. 
The  two  fascicles  now  before  us  constitute  about  the  seventh  part  of  the 
entire  work,  the  publication  of  which  will  be  completed  in  the  course  of  a 
year,  and  give  promise  that  the  work  will  be  thoroughly  accomplished,  com- 
prehensive in  scope,  convenient  in  arrangement,  precise  and  clear  in  dic- 
tion, and  reliable  and  instructive  in  detail,  thus  deserving  a  prominent  place 
in  the  pharmaceutical  library. 
A  Compend  of  Pharmacy.  By  F.  E.  Stewart,  M.  D.,  Ph.  G.,  &c.  Second 
edition,  thoroughly  revised.  Philadelphia  :  P.  Blakiston,  Son  &  Co.,  1887. 
12  mo.  pp.  184.    Price  $1. 
The  first  edition  of  this  little  work  was  noticed  in  our  June  number  last 
year.  In  preparing  the  second  edition,  it  hag  been  revised,  and  in  our 
opinion,  considerably  improved.  Its  value  as  a  note-book  by  students,  we 
think,  would  be  enhanced  by  interleafing  for  the  purpose  of  making  addi- 
tions. 
Elements  of  Botany,  including  organography,  vegetable  histology,  vegetable 
physiology,  and  vegetable  taxonomy,  and  a  glossary  of  botanical  terms. 
Illustrated  by  nearly  500  engravings  from  drawings  by  the  author.  By 
Edson  S.  Bastin,  A.  M.,  F.  It.  M.  S.,  Professor  of  Botany,  Materia  Medica 
and  Microscopy  in  the  Chicago  College  of  Pharmacy.  Chicago  :  G.  P.  En- 
gelhard &  Co.,  1887.  8  vo.  pp.  282.    Price  $2.50. 
In  writing  this  book  Prof.  Bastin  has  supplied  a  want  which  we  have  long 
felt — a  book  which  may  be  put  into  the  hands  of  the  student,  without  caus- 
ing undue  bewilderment,  and  which  would  contain  the  essential  facts  ascer- 
tained in  the  vast  domain  of  botany,  without  branching  off  into  variations 
and  details  that  would  become  confusing  to  the  beginner,  though  of  import- 
ance to  the  naturalist, 
The  arragement  of  the  various  branches  is  indicated  in  the  title  ;  the  de- 
scriptions and  explanations  are,  as  a  rule,  full  and  exact,  and  devoid  of  tedi- 
ousness,  rarely  vague.  The  plants  chosen  as  examples  are  characteristic 
and  mostly  readily  obtainable,  and  the  numerous  cuts  will  serve  the  pur- 
pose for  which  they  have  been  designed.  The  book  deserves  to  be  put  into 
the  hands  of  the  student,  and  if  intelligently  used  by  him,  will  prove  a  very 
valuable  aid. 
That  the  publishers  have  made  the  book  inviting  by  the  employment  of 
clear  types,  good  paper  and  attractive  binding  is  an  additional  recommend- 
ation. 
Lectures  on  Botany  and  Materia  Medica,  and  on  Chemistry.    By  C.  S.  Hallberg, 
Ph.  G.,  Chicago.    4o.    Pp.  196. 
This  publication  is  designed  to  furnish  those  preparing  for  the  examina- 
tions before  pharmaceutical  boards  with  a  synopsis  of  the  sciences  named 
