I  10 
Reviews. 
/Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
I    Februarj%  1895. 
than  potassium  chlorate.  The  book,  however,  is  especially  valuable  for 
reference. 
Kola  Nut,  a  working  bulletin  reprinted  from  the  Pharmacology  of  the 
Newer  Materia  Medica.    By  Parke,  Davis  &  Co. 
It  is  of  interest  to  observe  the  recent  revival  in  the  use  of  this  product ;  for, 
though  first  mentioned  in  this  country  in  1S65,  in  the  American  Journal  of 
Pharmacy,  and  later  in  medical  journals,  it  failed  to  excite  any  special 
interest. 
We  hope  that  kola  will  receive  the  investigation  its  merits  seem  to  demand. 
At  present  it  is  largely  on  trial  as  a  therapeutical  agent,  and  any  extravagant 
claims  made  in  its  behalf  by  interested  manufacturers  should  be  taken  cum 
grano  sal  is.  J.  W.  E. 
Erdmann-Koxig's  grundriss  der  Aeegemeinen  Waarenkunde,  unter 
Berucksichtigung  der  Technoeogie.  i2te  Auflage,  von  Prof.  Edward 
Hanausek.    Leipzig,  1S95.    Large  Svo.    Pp.  570. 
This  is  a  new  and  revised  edition  by  Prof.  Hanausek,  of  the  Vienna  School 
of  Commerce,  of  the  well-known  work  founded  by  Otto  Linne  Erdmann.  It  has 
long  been  a  standard  work,  for  commercial  and  technical  schools,  on  the  raw 
materials  of  commerce  and  the  manufacturing  arts.  The  ground  covered  is 
necessaril}7  very  extensive,  embracing  both  inorganic  and  organic  materials,  and 
including  the  substances  used  in  a  wide  range  of  the  arts.  Nevertheless,  most 
valuable  information  is  given,  the  microscopic  structure  of  fibres,  cereals  and 
fruits  being  given,  as  well  as  the  methods  of  preparing  the  raw  materials  for 
their  technical  applications. 
The  illustrations  are  numerous  and  in  general  of  excellent  quality,  especially 
the  many  microscopical  sections  of  plant  and  animal  tissues.  While  the  book 
is  much  more  general  in  its  character  than  "  Berg's  Pharmaceutische  Waaren- 
kunde,"  as  now  edited  by  Dr.  Garcke,  it  possesses  much  of  interest  for  the 
well-informed  pharmacist  or  chemist. 
The  extensive  bibliography  of  special  and  general  works  on  the  subjects 
covered  in  the  work  is  also  a  valuable  feature,  as  it  points  out  to  the  student 
the  sources  of  additional  and  more  detailed  information  on  many  points. 
S.  P.  S. 
Zur  Kenntniss  in  der  echten  Cotorinde  enthaltenen  krystaluisir- 
baren  Stoffe.  Von  O.  Hesse.  Reprint  from  Liebig's  Annate?!,  282,  191. 
Revised  by  the  author. 
Bericht  lber  die  dreizehnte  Versammeung  der  Freien  Vereinigung 
bayerischer  Vertreter  "der  angewandten  Chemie"  in  Aschaffenburg 
am  5.  uud  6.  August  1894.    Munich,  1894. 
The  Chemists'  and  Druggists'  Diary  for  1895.  Received  from  the 
Chemist  and  Druggist  of  London. 
In  addition  to  containing  space  in  which  to  write  memoranda,  or  the  events 
of  each  day  in  the  year,  this  volume  contains  much  compact  valuable  infor- 
mation about  such  subjects  as  Laws  Affecting  Chemists  and  Druggists,  Postal 
and  Telegraphic  Information,  the  Sale  of  Spirits  and  Wines,  Water  Analysis, 
etc.  It  is  likewise  a  marvel  in  the  line  of  advertising,  as  it  shows  what  one  can 
do  in  that  direction  in  the  great  city  of  London. 
