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croscopic  Technique  and  Reagents.  The  latter  chapter  is  distinctly 
unique  and  one  of  the  best  in  the  book,  as  it  presents  in  a  compact 
yet  sufficiently  comprehensive  way  the  information  needed  by  the 
isolated  worker  to  give  him  a  good  grasp  on  the  technique  necessary 
for  the  microscopic  study  of  cells  and  cell-contents.  In  addition, 
much  valuable  information  on  microscopical  technique  is  to  be  found 
wherever  needed  throughout  the  text-book.  This  is  especially  true 
of  the  chapter  on  cell-contents  and  forms  of  cells. 
This  book  must  be  recognized  as  being  in  the  nature  of  a  pioneer 
in  a  field  that  in  the  very  near  future  must  receive  the  recognition 
and  attention  that  is  properly  due  it.  As  a  pioneer  in  this  important 
field  the  book  deserves  recognition  on  the  part  of  all  who  are  inter- 
ested, directly  or  indirectly,  in  the  economic  application  of  a  practical 
knowledge  of  botany  to  the  everyday  needs  of  the  human  race. 
M.  I.  W. 
Compte  Rendu  de  XIme  Congres  International  de  Phar- 
macie.  Tenu  a  La  Haye-Scheveningue  du  17  au  21  Septembre, 
1913.   La  Haye,  De  Avondpostdrukkerij,  1913. 
The  Proceedings  of  the  Eleventh  International  Congress  of 
Pharmacy,  held  at  The  Hague,  Holland,  September  17  to  21,  191 3, 
have  finally  been  published  in  two  large  octavo  volumes,  containing  a 
total  of  1352  pages,  32  of  which-are  devoted  to  the  index.  Many  of 
the  papers  presented  at  the  several  sections  of  the  Congress  have 
been  previously  published  in  pharmaceutical  and  chemical  journals, 
but  their  collective  presentation  in  the  handsome  form  in  which  the 
Dutch  Pharmaceutical  Association  finally  publishes  them  will  be 
appreciated  by  all  of  the  members  of  the  Eleventh  International 
Congress..  It  may  be  said,  without  fear  of  contradiction,  that  these 
volumes  present,  perhaps,  the  most  comprehensive  and  complete 
record  of  the  proceedings  of  an  international  congress  of  pharmacy 
that  has  been  published  up  to  the  present  time.  M.  I.  W. 
Year-Book  of  Pharmacy,  Comprising  Abstracts  of  Papers  Re- 
lating to  Pharmacy,  Materia  Medica,  and  Chemistry  Contributed  to 
British  and  Foreign  Journals  from  July  r,  1913,  to  June  30,  1914, 
with  the  Transactions  of  the  British  Pharmaceutical  Conference  at 
its  Fifty-first  Annual  Meeting,  held  in  Chester,  July  20-23,  1914. 
London,  J.  and  A.  Churchill,  7,  Great  Marlborough  Street,  1914. 
This  well-known  Year-Book  of  Pharmacy  comprises  a  total  of 
