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Kelly,  secretary-treasurer,  and  addressed  to  him  at  Lombard  and 
Greene  Streets,  Baltimore,  Maryland. 
Respectfully, 
John  F.  Hancock,  Chairman, 
D.  M.  R.  Culbreth, 
John  B.  Thomas, 
A.  R.  L.  Dohme, 
John  C.  Muth, 
E.  F.  Kelly, 
Committee. 
BOOK  REVIEWS. 
Elementary  Lessons  in  Latin,  by  Otto  A.  Wall,  M.D.,  Ph.G., 
Professor  of  Materia  Medica,  Pharmacognosy  and  Botany  in  the 
St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy. 
Professor  Wall  states  in  the  preface  of  this  volume  that  "the 
elementary  principles  of  the  Latin  language  contained  in  this  little 
book  are  sufficient  to  enable  the  student  to  read  the  Latin  edition  of 
the  German  pharmacopoeia,  which  is  as  much  Latin  as  is  necessary 
for  the  pharmaceutical  or  medical  student."  He  might  have  added 
that  it  is  far  more  than  the  average  student  of  these  professions  ever 
acquires.  The  majority  of  pharmaceutical  students  and  many  med- 
ical students  enter  college  with  no  training  at  all  in  Latin,  and  in  the 
limited  time  which  can  be  devoted  to  this  subject  in  college  a  knowl- 
edge of  only  a  small  portion  of  the  grammar  can  be  gained,  and 
the  study  of  Latin  is  limited  to  those  forms  and  principles  which 
are  absolutely  essential  to  enable  the  student  to  understand  Latin 
titles  and  prescriptions.  Professor  Wall's  treatment  of  the  subject 
is  therefore  much  more  complete  than  is  found  in  the  ordinary  text- 
book on  pharmaceutical  Latin. 
The  book  is  divided  into  three  parts  ;  Part  I  includes  eighty  pages 
and  is  devoted  entirely  to  the  forms  and  principles  of  grammar. 
The  verb  forms,  active  and  passive,  are  given  in  full  although  all 
tenses  of  the  indicative  and  subjunctive  except  the  present  are  placed 
in  an  appendix.  Many  of  the  irregular  verbs  are  also  given  and 
the  uses  of  moods  and  of  the  verbal  noun  and  adjective  forms  are 
explained.  The  declension  of  nouns,  pronouns,  and  adjectives  and 
the  rules  for  their  use  receive  liberal  treatment  and  enough  syntax 
