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tional  Association,  in  September  next  ;  more  youthful  bodies  have  presented 
themselves,  and  were  pleased  with  their  reception. 
Tenth  Annual  Report  of  the  Alumni  Association,  with  the  exercises  of  the  53d 
commencement  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  and  the  Prospectus 
for  the  ensuing  course  of  Lectures     Philadelphia  :  1874.    8vo,  pp.  76. 
At  the  last  annual  meeting  a  change  was  made  in  the  admission  to  member- 
ship ;  every  graduate  of  the  College  becomes  a  member  of  the  Alumni  Associ- 
ation by  virtue  of  the  Diploma  granted  by  the  College,  and  without  paying  any 
fee.  Certificates  of  membership  are  issued  and  the  printed  annual  reports  are 
sent  to  those  members  only  who  pay  the  sum  of  $5,  no  further  payment  being 
required.  This  money  is  used  for  printing  the  annual  reports,  the  one  before 
us  containing  the  minutes  of  the  Association  and  its  Executive  Board,  reports 
of  the  different  officers  and  committees,  the  commencement  and  the  reception 
of  the  graduating  class,  the  latter  having  for  the  first  time  been  graced  by  the 
presence  of  ladies — and  the  following  addresses :  Introductory  to  the  last  Course 
of  Instruction,  A  Historical  Review,  by  Mr.  W.  C.  Bakes;  and  an  eulogy  on 
the  late  Professor  Procter,  by  Mr.  Jos.  P.  Remington. 
A  Manual  of  Botany  ;  including  the  Structure,  Functions,  Classification,  Pi  o- 
perties  arid  Uses  of  Plants.  By  Robert  Bentley,  F.  L.  S.,  M.  K.  C.  S.  Eng., 
Professor  of  Botany,  etc.  Third  edition.  Loudon  :  J.  &  A.  Churchill.  1873. 
12mo,  pp.  815. 
An  excellent  work,  which  is  particularly  adapted  to  the  pharmaceutical  and 
medical  student,  and  well  calculated  to  serve  as  an  introduction  to  the  study  of 
materia  medica,  since  the  plants  which  are  useful  either  medicinally  or  economi- 
cally, are  treated  of  somewhat  in  detail,  and  many  references  descriptive  of 
their  use  have  been  attached.  The  extensive  material  is  well  and  practically 
arranged,  and  its  adaptation  and  usefulness  for  the  beginner  and  more  advanced 
student  is  conclusively  proven  by  its  extensive  sale,  which  rendered  this  revised 
edition  necessary,  only  three  years  after  the  publication  of  the  second  edition. 
The  work  is  embellished  with  1138  wood-cuts  illastrative  of  the  matter  treated. 
Proceedings  of  the  American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences,  Yol.  viii.  From 
May,  1866  to  May,  1873.  Boston  and  Cambridge  :  Welch,  Bigelow  &  Co., 
1873.    8vo,  680  pages. 
A  handsome  volume,  containing  many  valuable  essays  and  memoirs  upon 
scientific  subjects.  If  we  should  wish  for  any  improvement,  it  is  the  addition 
of  a  table  of  contents,  which,  we  think,  is  not  rendered  unnecessary  even  by 
such  a  copious  index  as  the  one  appended  to  this  volume. 
Half  Yearly  Compendium  of  Medical  Science.  Edited  by  S.  W.  Butler,  M.  D., 
and  D.  G.  Brinton,  M.  I).  Part  xiii,  January,  1874.  Philadelphia:  Office 
of  the  Medical  and  Surgical  Reporter.    8vo,  pp.  298.    $3  per  year. 
Braithwaite's  Retrospect  of  Practical  Medicine  and  Surgery.  Part  lxviii, 
January,  1874.  American  edition.  New  York  :  W.  A.  Townsend.  8vo, 
pp.  324.    Price,  $2-50  a  year. 
