96  Reviews  and  Bibliographical  No  tices.     { AYe^lmT' 
itself,  while  the  comments  are  uniformly  in  Latin  script,  making  a 
sharp  distinction  between  the  two. 
That  these  accompanying  comments  are  not  alone  exhaustive,  but 
also  of  a  correspondingly  high  scientific  standard,  is  assured  by  the 
reputation  and  attainments  of  the  editors  and  their  collaborators. 
At  the  close  of  the  commentary  portion  we  find  the  various  tables 
that  are  included  in  the  German  Pharmacopoeia,  including  the  table 
of  maximum  doses,  and  the  lists  of  drugs  and  preparations  that  are 
to  be  carefully  kept,  and  those  that  are  to  be  very  carefully  sep- 
arated from  other  medicinal  preparations. 
In  addition  to  this  we  find  an  appendix  containing  additions  and 
corrections  that  are  likely  to  arise  with  a  work  that  has  been  nearly 
two  years  in  process  of  publication. 
There  is  also  a  very  complete  and  exhaustive  index,  covering  24 
three-column  pages. 
Altogether  the  book  would  appear  to  bear  out  the  claim  that  is 
made  lor  it  in  the  German  pharmaceutical  journals,  that  "  it  is  gen- 
erally acknowledged  to  be  the  most  exhaustive  and  also  the  most 
complete  commentary  on  the  latest  edition  of  the  German  Pharma- 
copoeia." M.  I.  W. 
A  Course  in  Botany  and  Pharmacognosy.  By  Henry  Kraemer, 
Ph.B.,  Ph.D.,  Professor  of  Botany  and  Pharmacognosy,  and  Director 
of  the  Microscopical  Laboratory  in  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy.  Illustrated  with  plates  from  original  drawings  by  the 
author.  Philadelphia,  1902 :  8vo,  384  pages.  Cloth,  $3.50.  G.  E. 
Stechert,  agent,  9  East  Sixteenth  Street,  New  York  City. 
For  some  time  rumors  have  been  rife  that  at  least  one  new  Ameri- 
can text-book  on  botany  and  pharmacognosy  and  related  subjects 
would  make  its  appearance  almost  simultaneously  with  the  new  edi- 
tion of  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia,  consequently,  those  most 
concerned  in  these  subjects  have  been  looking  forward  to  its 
appearance  with  interest.  The  author,  having  been  a  successful 
teacher  of  botany  and  pharmacognosy  for  many  years — having  pub- 
lished elaborate  researches  in  these  branches  of  science — and  being 
chairman  of  the  Sub-committee  on  Botany  and  Pharmacognosy  of 
the  Committee  for  the  Revision  of  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia, 
is  eminently  qualified  as  an  authoritative  writer. 
This  new  book  is  about  the  size  of  the  familiar  text-book  of 
