Am.  Jour.  Pharin. 
Dec,  1890. 
Reviezvs. 
633 
the  tablets  that  set  the  paper  bag  containing  the  anise  seed  on  fire,  which 
continued  to  smoulder  until  extinguished  by  the  chlorine  gases." 
The  American  Chemical  Society  will  hold  a  general  meeting  in  the  Uni- 
versity of  Pennsylvania,  West  Philadelphia,  December  30  and  31  next.  All 
chemists,  whether  members  of  the  Society  or  not,  are  cordially  invited  to  be 
present  and  to  take  part  in  the  proceedings.  Chemical  manufacturers  and  all 
persons  interested  in  chemistry  will  be  heartily  welcomed  at  the  meetings. 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
The  Student's  Course  in  Pharmacy.  A  Series  of  Lectures  for  the  Use  of 
Drug  Clerks  and  Home  Students  in  Pharmacy.  By  W.  H.  Watson.  Nashville, 
Tenn.  :  Franc.  M.  Paul,  publisher.    1890.    i6mo.    pp.  312. 
Essentials  of  Practice  of  Pharmacy,  arranged  in  the  form  of  Questions  and 
Answers.  Prepared  especially  for  the  Use  of  Pharmaceutical  Students  by 
Lucius  E.  Sayre,  Ph.G.,  Professor  of  Pharmacy  and  Materia  Medica  of  the 
School  of  Pharmacy  of  the  University  of  Kansas.  Philadelphia  :  W.  B. 
Saunders.    1890.    i2mo.    pp.  179.    Price,  cloth,  $1  ;  interleaved,  $1.25. 
These  two  little  works  have  made  their  appearance  about  the  same  time  and 
are  intended  for  the  use  of  students,  serving  in  the  place  of  lecture  notes,  and 
as  aids  in  reviewing  the  subject  matters  pertaining  to  pharmacy.  Obviously, 
they  are  merely  skeletons  that  may  be  utilized  partly  as  a  basis  for  studying 
theoretical  pharmacy,  but  more  especially  for  re-surveying  the  field  previously 
gone  over.  They  will  both  serve  a  useful  purpose  in  the  direction  indicated, 
particularly  if  supplemented  by  as  many  experiments  as  can  be  made  by  the 
student  with  the  means  at  his  command.  Suggestions  in  this  direction  might, 
we  think,  be  incorporated,  rendering  the  books  still  more  useful  than  they  will 
prove  with  the  present  scope.  In  some  respects,  a  little  more  care  bestowed 
upon  the  proof-reading  would  have  prevented  certain  inaccuracies  or  incon- 
sistencies ;  thus  we  find  in  the  first-named  work  the  plant  names  given  indis- 
criminately with  capital  and  small  initial  letters ;  and  in  the  second  work 
hydrochloric,  instead  of  chloric  acid  is  mentioned  as  an  oxidizing  agent,  and 
the  list  of  glucosides  includes  several  principles  not  belonging  to  that  class  of 
compounds. 
A  Compend  of  Pharmacy.  By  F.  E.  Stewart,  M.D.,  Ph.G.,  Demonstrator 
in  Materia  Medica  and  Pharmacy,  Jefferson  Medical  College,  etc.  Third 
revised  edition.  Philadelphia  :  P.  Blakiston,  Son  &  Co.  1890.  i2tno.  pp.171. 
Price,  cloth,  $1  ;  interleaved,  $1.25. 
This  quiz-compend  has  come  to  hand  since  the  preceding  notice  was  written. 
The  little  work  is  similar  in  scope  and  object  to  the  two  preceding  ones,  and  is 
now  in  its  third  edition,  a  former  one  having  been  noticed  in  this  Journal  four 
years  ago.  The  tables  for  converting  U.  S.  weights  and  measures — customary 
to  metric,  and  metric  to  customary — issued  by  the  U.  S.  Coast  and  Geodetic 
Survey  Office,  have  been  published  in  an  appendix,  and  will  be  found  useful 
for  reference. 
Commentar  zum  Arzneibuch  fur  das  Deutsche  Reich  (Pharmacopcea  Ger- 
manica,  editio  iii),  mit  vergleicheuder  Beriicksichtigung  der  friiheren  deut- 
schen  u.  a.  Pharmakopoen,  von  Dr.  Bruno  Hirsch,  Apotheker  in  Berlin,  und 
