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Book  Reviews. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
May,  1906. 
Winton.  It  is  a  beautiful  acknowledgment  of  their  confidence  in 
each  other  and  we  have  seldom  seen  the  work  of  two  men  that  is 
so  much  alike,  in  both  drawings  and  descriptions,  as  in  this  instance. 
The  work  is  divided  into  ten  parts,  as  follows:  (i)  Equipment, 
methods  and  general  principles ;  (2)  grain,  its  products  and  impuri- 
ties; (3)  oil  seeds  and  oil  cakes;  (4)  legumes;  (5)  nuts;  (6)  fruit 
and  fruit  products ;  (7)  vegetables ;  (8)  alkaloidal  products  and  their 
substitutes;  (9)  spices  and  condiments ;  (10)  commercial  starches. 
There  is  in  addition  a  general  bibliography,  a  useful  glossary,  and 
a  good  index. 
The  microscopical  characteristics  of  not  less  than  300  different 
substances  are  considered.  The  illustrations  number  nearly  600  and 
are  very  well  done.  It  is  the  most  elaborate  book  of  the  kind  which 
has  thus  far  appeared  in  the  English  language  and  is  to  be  recom- 
mended for  its  completeness  and  accuracy. 
Elements  of  Applied  Microscopy,  a  text-book  for  beginners. 
By  Charles  Edward  Amory  Winslow,  Massachusetts  Institute  of 
Technology.  i2mo,  xii  -f  183  pages,  60  figures.  Cloth,  $1.50. 
New  York  :  John  Wiley  &  Sons.    London :  Chapman  &  Hall,  Ltd. 
This  is  an  excellent  little  book,  and  while  the  author  modestly 
states  that  "  it  contains  very  few  original  data  and  treats  no  single 
subject  with  completeness,"  it  has  required  a  large  amount  of  work 
on  his  part  to  get  the  material  together.  The  following  subjects  are 
discussed :  I.  Function  and  Parts  of  the  Microscope.  II.  Manipula- 
tion of  the  Microscope.  III.  The  Mounting  and  Preparation  of 
Objects  for  the  Microscope.  IV.  Micrometry,  and  the  Camera 
Lucida.  V.  The  Microscopy  of  the  Common  Starches.  VI.  Foods 
and  Drugs  and  their  Adulterants.  VII.  The  Examination  of  Textile 
Fibres.  VIII.  The  Microscopy  of  Paper.  IX.  The  Microscope  in 
Medicine  and  Sanitation.  X.  Forensic  Microscopy.  XI.  Micro- 
chemistry.    XII.  Petrography  and  Metallography. 
A  course,  such  as  is  indicated  in  this  book,  would  be  found  very 
useful  to  the  analyst,  and  we  wonder  that  work  of  this  kind  has  not 
been  made  an  essential  part  of  the  training  of  chemists. 
Methods  of  Organic  Analysis.  By  Henry  C.  Sherman,  Colum- 
bia University.  New  York:  The  Macmillan  Company,  66  Fifth 
Avenue.  $175. 
This  is  an  excellent  book  treating  of  the  quantitative  analysis  of 
