'^%iS-ch,?m'"'}    Beviews  and  BihUographical  Notices.  153 
The  second  volume  is  devoted  to  the  carbon  compounds  which  are  divided 
into  non-aromatic  and  aromatic  compounds,  the  former  including  carbon  di- 
sulphide,  cyanogen  compounds,  derivatives  of  methane,  alcohols  and  derivatives, 
non-aromatic  acids,  fats,  soaps,  waxes,  lanoliu,  carbohydrates  and  glucosides. 
The  second  portion  treats  of  the  derivatives  of  benzol,  naphthalin  and  anthra- 
cene, volatile  oils,  resins,  caoutchouc  and  guttapercha,  vegetable  alkaloids  and 
artificially  prepared  alkaloids,  like  pyridine,  thalline  and  antipyrine. 
The  clear  and  precise  but  comprehensive  manner  in  which  the  different  sub- 
jects are  treated,  and  the  numerous  statements,  based  upon  the  results  of  per- 
sonal observations  and  researches,  render  the  work  a  most  valuable  one  for  the 
pharmaceutical  student  and  for  the  pharmacist,  covering  as  it  does  completely 
the  pharmaceutical  field  of  these  preparations,  in  relation  to  origin,  preparations, 
properties,reactions,tests  of  identity  and  purity,  etc.  It  is  intended  for  the  study,  not 
of  general  chemistry,  but  of  chemistry  in  its  application  to  pharmacy,  and  there- 
fore, presupposes  a  knowledge  of  the  general  principles  of  the  science ;  to  such 
students  it  will  be  a  reliable  guide,  inciting  to  habits  of  observation  and  investi- 
gation. 
A  very  valuable  and  interesting  feature  is  found  in  the  historical  notes  which 
iire  appended  to  each  article,  and  in  the  appendix  containing  brief  biographi- 
cal notices  of  the  authors,  whose  names  have  been  mentioned  in  the  body  of 
the  work  in  connection  with  the  various  medicinal  compounds. 
We  are  glad  to  learn  that  Professor  F.  B.  Power  is  engaged  in  preparing  an 
edition  of  this  valuable  work  in  the  English  language,  embracing  also  the  chemi- 
cal compounds  of  the  British  and  United  States  pharmacopoeias,  so  that  before 
long  it  may  also  be  consulted  by  those  not  conversant  with  the  German  idiom . 
Manual  of  Pharmacy  and  Pharmaceutical  Chemistry,  designed  especially  for  the 
use  of  the  pharmaceutical  student  and  for  pharmacists  in  general.  By  Chas. 
F.  Heebner,  Ph.  G.,  instructor  in  Theory  and  Practice  of  Pharmacy  at  the  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacv  of  the  City  of  New  York.  Published  by  the  author.  12mo., 
pp.  213. 
This  useful  book  is  divided  into  three  parts,  the  first  of  which  is  devoted  to 
apparatus  and  processes,  the  former  being  briefly  described,  and  the  latter  con- 
cisely explained,  as  well  as  can  be  expected  from  the  limited  space — about  forty- 
six  pages— allotted  to  it.  This  part  concludes  with  two  lists  of  alphabetically 
arranged  classes — liquid  and  solid — of  pharmaceutical  preparations,  each  class 
being  defined  and  the  number  mentioned  of  such  as  have  been  admitted  into 
the  pharmacopoeia,  but  without  naming  them  or  classifying  them  according  to 
the  officinal  processes,  menstruums  or  proportions,  their  composition  being  con- 
sidered under  the  head  of  the  more  important  constituent  in  one  of  the  subse- 
quent parts. 
Though  part  II  is  designated  as  "  inorganic  pharmacy,"  quite  a  number  of  or- 
ganic compounds  are  admitted  in  this  place,  such  as  the  acetates,  tartrates, 
citrates,  cyanides,  iodoform,  &c.  A  brief  chapter  on  water  opens  this  part,  and 
then  follow  the  mineral  acids,  including  acetic  acid,  alkalies,  alkaline  earths  and 
earths,  halogens  and  their  salts,  including  iodoform,  and  finally  the  remaining 
non-metallic  and  metallic  elements  and  their  compounds. 
Part  III  contains  "  organic  pharmacy,"  commencing  with  cellulose  and  the  de- 
rivatives by  destructive  distillation.   Then  follow  starches  and  sugars,  includ- 
