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Sleep,  but  mainly  confined  to  opium  and  its  abuses.  The  drug  is  considered 
in  its  historical,  commercial,  pharmacological,  physiological,  pathological,  &c. 
relations,  and  the  efi'ects  of  its  popular  use  are  afterwards  contrasted  with  those 
of  the  other  stimulants  mentioned  in  the  title.  The  legislation  against  stimuli 
is  finally  considered,  and,  after  a  historical  review,  the  author  pronounces 
against  any  attempt  at  prohibitory  laws  and  in  favor  of  a  regulative  system. 
The  enormous  consumption  of  stimulants  by  the  inhabitants  of  all  countries  is 
graphicallj  sketched,  and  the  beneficial  influence  of  some  as  contrasted  with 
others  dwelled  upon.  Thus  we  find  in  Chapter  XXIY,  entitled  The  Alterna- 
tive— the  Poppy  or  the  Vine — Which?  the  following  paragraph:  "The  main 
conclusion  fairly  deducible  from  such  a  chain  of  correlative  facts  as  has  just 
been  adduced  is  undoubtedly  and  unmistakably  this  :  that  when  pure  wine,  made 
in  harmony  with  nature's  teachings,  shall  have  superseded  the  animalizing  pro- 
ducts of  the  still  and  those  more  poisonous  liquids  from  the  chemical  labora- 
tory, then  shall  sobriety  universally  prevail  and  '  the  land  have  rest.'  .  .  The 
importation  of  wines  into  Great  Britain  for  the  year  1857  were  6,600,000  gallons . 
for  1867,  13,750,000  gallons.  The  amount  in  gallons  of  alcoholic  liquors  con- 
sumed in  the  kingdom  was,  for  1857,  24,150,000;  for  1867,  21,200,000.  As  wine 
increases  whiskey  declines." 
The  author's  diction  is  piquant,  almost  aphoristical,  and  sometimes  poetical, 
but  always  clear.  The  text  is  frequently  interspersed  with  historical  and  myth- 
ological anecdotes,  and  with  quotations  from  English  and  French  literature  and 
the  classics.  Some  incongruities  and  errors  have  been  observed  in  Chapter 
lY  :  The  Pharmacology  of  Opium,  where  (on  page  43)  opium  is  termed  a 
crystalline  liquid,"  a  "gum,"  and  an  "extract."  On  page  49,  one  grain  of 
opium  is  said  to  be  equal  to  l-5th  grain  morphia  (should  be  1-lOth  to  l-8th  gr.) 
and  to  24  minims  (should  be  drops)  of  laudanum.  On  pages  36  and  43  the 
erroneous  statement  is  made  that  Europe  and  America  are  mainly  supplied 
with  opium  from  India. 
The  general  getting  up  of  the  work  is  creditable  to  the  publishers,  and  we 
heartily  commend  its  perusal  to  those  who  feel  an  interest  in  discouraging  the 
use  of  opium  and  other  stimulants  as  means  of  intoxication. 
Thirteenth  Annual  Report  of  the  Corporation  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of 
the  State  of  New  York  for  the  Year  1870-71.  In  two  parts.  Compiled  by 
George  Wilson,  Secretary.  New  York  :  Press  of  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce.   1871.    One  volume.  8vo,  368  pages. 
The  first  part  contains,  upon  153  pages,  the  transactions  of  the  Chamber; 
the  second  part,  upon  207  pages,  the  special  reports  on  the  various  branches  of 
coramerce. 
The  report  of  the  drug  trade  has  been  prepared  by  Mr,  Daniel  C.  Bobbins, 
and  consists  of  a  review  of  the  drug  trade  of  the  United  States  for  the  year 
1870;  a  statement  of  the  average  annual  import  of  drugs,  &c.,  for  the  past 
three  years,  including  former  and  present  duty;  a  review  of  the  New  York 
market  and  a  tabular  statement  of  the  monthly  fluctuations  of  drugs  and  chera. 
icals  during  1870. 
