Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
June,  1911. 
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BOOK  REVIEWS. 
Municipal  Chemistry.  A  series  of  thirty  lectures  by  experts 
on  the  appHcation  of  chemistry  to  the  city,  dehvered  at  the 
College  of  the  City  of  New  York.  Edited  by  Prof.  Charles  Basker- 
ville,  New  York  and  London  :   McGraw-Hill  Book  Company.  1911. 
This  book  is  the  outcome  of  a  course  of  lectures  authorized  by 
the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  College  of  the  city  of  New  York, 
which  were  intended  to  enlighten  the  public  as  to  what  is  being 
done  for  the  municipality  of  the  city  of  New  York  to  safeguard 
health,  facilitate  traffic  and  add  to  the  pleasures  and  comforts  of 
life.  While  the  lectures  were  open  to  the  students  of  the  college 
as  well  as  the  public,  a  laboratory  course  of  instruction  was  provided 
for  the  senior  student  who  elected  the  course,  thus  making  it  one 
of  the  most  fruitful  of  instructive  courses  that  have  heretofore 
been  attempted.  At  first  glance  the  book  would  seem,  tO'  be  of  more 
special  interest  to  the  chemist,  but  it  will  be  found  of  very  great 
value  also  to  pharmacists,  physicians,  leaders  in  civic  movements 
and  all  those  who  desire  correct  information  on  the  scientific  work 
which  is  being  done  in  New  York  City  and  its  application  in  raising 
the  efficiency  of  the  people  and  saving  the  lives  especially  of  the 
innocent. 
Allen's  Commercial  Organic  Analysis.  Vol.  iv.  Resins, 
india-rubber,  rubber  substitutes  and  gutta-percha,  hydrocarbons  of 
essential  oils,  ketones  of  essential  oils,  volatile  or  essential  oils, 
special  characters  of  essential  oils  and  tables  of  essential  oils. 
Fourth  edition,  entirely  rewritten.  Edited  by  W.  A.  Davis  and 
Samuel  S.  Sadtler.    Philadelphia:  P.  Blakiston's  Son  &  Co.    191 1. 
This  is  another  of  the  volumes  of  Allen's  Commercial  Organic 
Analysis  that  will  be  welcomed  by  pharmacists  who  desire  to  be 
kept  informed  on  the  newer  analytical  methods  which  may  be 
employed  in  the  testing  of  the  products  which  they  handle.  The 
monograph  on  the  Resins."  is  the  work  of  Dr.  M.  Bennett  Black- 
ler  and  in  it  will  be  found  very  many  useful  hints  regarding  the 
examination  of  such  commercial  products  as  asafetida,  turpentine, 
colophony,  mastic,  etc.  The  chapter  on  "  India-rubber,  Rubber- 
substitutes  and  gutta-percha  "  has  been  written  by  E.  W.  Lewis 
and  of  course  will  be  especially  valuable  to  the  analyst  who  engages 
in  the  somewhat  difficult  work  of  examining  rubber  compounds. 
