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Reviews. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
April,  1896. 
Contributions  to  a  Knowledge  of  Australian  Vegetable  Exuda- 
tions, No.  i.    By  J.  H.  Maiden  and  H.  G.  Smith. 
On  a  Natural  Deposit  of  Aluminum  Succinate  in  the  Timber  of 
GrEVILLEA  Robusta,  R.  Br.    By  J.  H.  Maiden  and  Henry  G.  Smith. 
The  Relationship  of  the  Heat  of  Vaporization  of  Gases  to  Their 
Density  and  also  to  Their  Boiling  Point.  By  Wm.  L.  Dudley.  Reprint 
from  the  Journal  of  the  American  Chemical  Society,  December,  1895.  From  his 
investigations  the  author  enunciates  the  following  law  :  "In  any  homologous 
series,  the  heat  of  vaporization  in  a  unit  of  volume  of  the  vapor,  under  the 
same  conditions  as  to  temperature  and  pressure,  is  proportional  to  the  density 
and  also  to  the  absolute  boiling  point." 
Soluzione  Ferruginosa  A.rsenicalE.  By  Dr.  G.  Siboni.  Reprint  from 
the  Bollettino  Chimico-Farmaceutico,  November,  1895. 
Prospectus  of  the  Twenty-fourth  Annual  Session  of  the  Califor- 
nia College  of  Pharmacy.  San  Francisco,  California,  1896.  Unlike  the 
Eastern  colleges,  the  session  of  this  Institution  commences  April  14th  and 
closes  October  28th. 
Botanical  Products  of  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia,  1890 
(particularly  of  plants  found  in  Indiana).  By  John  S.  Wright.  Botanical 
Department  of  Bli  Lilly  &  Co.,  Indianapolis,  Indiana. 
Dist  of  Publications  of  the  U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture, 
from  1841  to  June  30,  1895,  inclusive.    Washington,  1896. 
Merck's  1896  Index.  An  encyclopaedia  for  the  physician  and  pharmacist, 
stating  the  names,  synonyms,  source  or  origin,  chemical  nature  and  formulas, 
physical  form,  appearance,  properties,  melting  and  boiling  points,  solubilities, 
gravities,  percentage  strength,  physiological  effects,  therapeutic  uses,  modes  of 
administration,  doses,  incompatibilities,  antidotes,  and  market  values  of  the 
chemicals  and  drugs  used  in  medicine,  chemistry  and  the  arts. 
The  Pharm ac al  Gazette.  A  monthly  journal  devoted  to  the  interests  of 
pharmacy.    J.  B.  Morrison,  editor  and  publisher. 
Volume  I,  No.  1,  of  this  new  publication  presents  a  creditable  appearance, 
and  it  offers  a  large  amount  of  valuable  reading  matter,  covering  a  wide  range 
of  pharmaceutical  subjects.  We  hope  the  editor  will  be  able  to  continue  to 
give  as  much  in  each  succeeding  number. 
The  Iconoclast,  an  ephemeris  issued  at  intervals.  By  Herbert  B.  Harrop 
and  Iyouis  Wallis.    Columbus,  O.    January  and  February,  1896. 
Report  of  the  Proceedings  of  the  Illinois  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation.   Sixteenth  Annual  Meeting,  1895. 
The  Common  School  Laws  of  Pennsylvania.  Revised  and  arranged  by 
Nathan  C.  Schaffer.    Harrisburg,  Pa.    Pp.  395. 
