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EDITORIAL. 
Proximate  Analysis  of  Plants  and  Vegetable  Substances.  By  Frederick 
Eochleder,  M.  D.,  Professor  of  Chemistry  in  the  University  of  Prague. 
Philadelphia,  1862.  Pp.  80,  octavo. 
The  above  work  of  Dr.  Eochleder  was  originally  published  in  Germany, 
at  Wurzburg,  by  Stahel,  in  1858. 
In  1859,  Mr.  John  M.  Maisch,  now  Professor  of  Materia  Medica  and 
Pharmacy  in  the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy,  made  a  translation,  and 
offered  it  for  publication  in  this  city,  but  it  was  declined  by  the  Publisher, 
owing  to  the  limited  number  of  persons  by  whom  such  a  work  is  sought. 
In  May,  1860,  the  Editors  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Journal,  of  London, 
commenced  the  publication  of  a  translation  by  Mr.  William  Bastick, 
Pharmaceutical  Chemist  of  that  city,  in  parts  of  a  few  pages,  which  con- 
tinued with  occasional  interruption,  until  March,  1861.  Notwithstanding 
this  translation  had  several  defects,  it  was  determined  to  adopt  it  as  a 
basis  of  a  reprint,  in  parts,  in  the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy,  Mr. 
Maisch  having,  very  liberally,  agreed  to  carefully  revise  the  pages,  before 
they  were  submitted  to  the  printer,  by  a  comparison  with  the  original 
text.  Its  publication  commenced  in  that  Journal  in  January,  1860,  and 
was  continued  until  September,  1862,  with  but  one  interruption.  The 
work  as  here  presented  will  be  found  to  vary  somewhat  from  the  transla- 
tion of  Mr.  Bastick,  and  it  is  believed  has  been  rendered  clearer. 
The  subject  is  exceedingly  difficult  to  convey  in  the  abstract  way  in 
which  the  Author  has  seen  fit  to  present  it,  and  involves  a  constant  repe- 
tition of  terms  that  might  perhaps  have  been  partially  avoided,  and  ren- 
dered more  interesting  to  the  student,  if  he  had  adopted  the  plan  of  giving 
actual  examples  of  proximate  analysis. 
The  work  is  particularly  recommended  to  students  of  pharmacy,  who 
seek  information  in  preparing  their  theses,  and  deserves  a  place  in  every 
chemical  and  pharmaceutical  library.  It  is  for  sale  by  Charles  Ellis  & 
Co.,  724  Market  Street,  Philadelphia.  Price  60  cents,  or  post-paid  70  cts. 
when  ordered  by  mail. 
The  Phantom  Bouquet:  a  popular  treatise  on  the  art  of  skeletonizing  leaves 
and  seed-vessels,  and  adapting  them  to  embellish  the  home  of  taste. 
By  Edward  Parrish,  of  Philadelphia,  Member  Acad.  Nat.  Science,  &c, 
Philadelphia,  J.  B.  Lippincott  &  Co.,  1862.  Pp.  47,  16mo. 
This  little  volume  is  intended  as  a  practical  manual  for  those  interested  in 
the  beautiful  art  of  skeletonizing  leaves.  It  is  illustrated  with  several  ex- 
quisite wood  engravings.  After  general  remarks  on  the  structure  of  leaves 
and  their  relations  to  the  tree  or  plant,  in  which  the  author  considers  the  leaf 
as  a  type  of  the  tree  in  its  venation,  he  proceeds  to  tell  us  how  and  what  to 
collect.  The  first  and  important  process  of  maceration  is  then  explained  ; 
other  processes  to  meet  particular  cases  then  follow,  including  the  natural 
process  of  skeletonizing  by  certain  insects,  as  the  "  Caddice  Worm."  After 
