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Reviews,  etc. 
f  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
\       April,  1878. 
in  1876.  The  publications  on  toxicology  and  forensic  medicine  have  been  reported 
on  in  the  sixth  division. 
The  former  reports  of  this  work  are  so  favorably  known  that  it  is  unnecessary  to 
enlarge  upon  the  merits  of  the  volume  before  us.  The  abstracts  have,  as  usual, 
been  made  with  great  care ;  sufficient  details  are  given  to  enable  the  reader  to  work 
by  or  identify  the  bodies  treated  of,  references  being  frequently  made  to  reports  of 
former  years  or  to  other  papers  published  in  the  same  volume,  the  consultation 
of  which  is  very  much  facilitated  by  the  thorough  systematic  arrangement.  Papers 
which  are  not  suited  for  abstracts  are  enumerated,  with  the  source  where  published, 
and  a  general  statement  of  their  contents.  A  good  index  of  authors  as  well  as  of 
subjects  likewise  renders  the  report  very  serviceable. 
A  Handbook  of  Volumetric  Analysis  $  designed  for  the  use  of  Classes  in  Colleges  and 
Technical  Schools.  By  Edward  Hart,  S.  B  ,  Fellow  of  Chemistry  in  the  John 
Hopkins  University.  New  York:  John  Wiley  &  Sons,  1870.  i2mo,  pp.  326. 
Bound.    Price,  $2.50 
We  have  been  very  much  pleased  in  finding  this  work  so  well  adapted  for  the  use 
of  the  student  and  at  the  same  time  as  a  book  for  ready  reference.  It  is  divided 
into  three  parts,  Part  I  being  devoted  to  the  instruments,  the  sources  of  error,  pre- 
paration of  the  solutions  and  the  general  methods  of  volumetric  analysis,  namely 
those  of  saturation,  oxidation,  reduction  and  precipitation. 
Part  II  treats  of  the  estimation  of  the  different  metals  and  the  non-metallic 
elements  and  their  compounds.  Some  special  subjects,  such  as  steel,  oxygen  in 
water,  urine,  water  and  indigo,  have  been  reserved  for  Part  III,  though  the  last  sub- 
ject is  scarcely  more  than  alluded  to,  no  details  being  given 
As  far  as  we  have  examined  it,  we  have  found  the  descriptions  clear  and  precise, 
the  methods  well  selected  and  the  illustrations  good  and  characteristic.  We  have 
observed  little  that  we  would  desire  to  have  altered  In  some  cases,  the  methods 
might,  perhaps,  have  been  described  more  in  detail,  but  as  they  are,  they  are  quite 
sufficient  for  those  who  understand  the  reactions,  and  no  others  should  attempt  to 
work  by  a  complicated  process.  We  prefer  the  term  "  neutralization,"  though  we 
know  that  "saturation"  is  much  more  generally  employed  for  the  methods  depend- 
ing upon  the  neutralization  of  an  acid  by  an  alkali,  and  vice  -versa.  On  p.  45  it  is 
directed  to  remove  excess  of  baryta  by  £i  Seltzer  water  "  $  carbonic  acid  water,  of 
course,  is  meant. 
Report  on  Adulteration  of  Food;  being  Supplement  No.  Ill  to  the  Report  of  the 
Department  of  Inland  Revenue.  Ottawa:  Maclean,  Roger  &  Co.,  printers, 
1878. 
This  report  has  been  printed  by  order  of  the  Parliament  of  the  Dominion  of 
Canada.  The  report  itself  is  brief,  giving  merely  a  summary  of  the  results  and  the 
proportion  of  the  examined  samples  adulterated  It  shows  the  value  of  the  law  in 
exposing  dishonesty  and  protecting  the  consumer,  and  argues  in  favor  of  extending 
its  provisions  to  the  whole  Dominion.    It  is  followed  by  25  plates,  containing  60 
