Reviews^  etc. 
f  Am.  Jour.  Pharm, 
i       Mar.  1875. 
one  lecture  will  be  published  every  month,  at  a  price  not  exceeding  fifty  cents  each  -y 
but  if  sufficient  encouragement  be  received  it  is  proposed  to  make  the  issue  semi- 
m.onthly.  Some  of  the  first  teachers  in  New  York  have  already  promised  their 
assistance,  and  there  seems  to  be  no  reason  why  such  an  enterprise  should  not  meet 
with  the  hearty  support  of  the  intelligent  medical  practitioners.  The  number  before 
us  is  gotton  up  in  a  veiy  creditable  style. 
A  Statement  of  the  Theory  of  Education  in  the  United  States  of  America^  as  Approved 
hy  many  Leading  Educators.  Washington:  Government  Printing  Office.  1874. 
8vo,  pp.  22. 
Since  there  is  no  national  system  of  education  under  control  of  the  general  Gov- 
ernment, it  became  of  importance  to  study  the  systems  adopted  by  the  different 
States,  and  to  deduce  therefrom  a  national  theory  of  education.  This  task  has  been 
well  accomplished  by  Hon.  Duane  Doty,  Superintendent  of  City  Schools,  Detroit  j 
in  conjunction  with  Hon.  W.  T.  Harris,  holding  the  same  position  in  St.  Louis. 
There  is  scarcely  a  sentence  with  which  fault  world  be  found  on  critical  analysis, 
although  some  portions  might  have  been  more  minutely  elaborated :  as,  for  instance, 
the  system  of  instruction^  which  we  consider  entirely  too  brief. 
The  National  Bureau  of  Education :  its  History,  JVork  and  Limitation.  Prepared 
under  the  direction  of  the  Commissioner  of  Education,  by  Alexander  Shiras, 
D.  D.    Washington  :  Government  Printing  Office.     1875.    8vo,  pp.  16. 
We  have  repeatedly  had  occasion  to  refer  to  publications  of  this  bureau,  and  we 
now  take  occasion  to  recommend  this  one  to  the  careful  consideration  of  our  intel- 
ligent readers.  While  much  has  been  accomplished  with  us  in  the  matter  of  educa- 
tion, more  remains  to  be  done  \  and  with  the  comparatively  very  limited  influence, 
such  a  bureau  can  exert  under  existing  circumstances,  it  is  the  more  praiseworthy 
to  notice  its  persistent  efforts  towards  not  merely  the  collection  of  statistics,  but 
likewise  the  improvement  in  the  education  of  the  masses. 
A  Retrospect  of  the  Struggles  and  Triumph  of  O  variotomy  in  Philadelphia,  With  some 
^.  Remarks  on  Allied  Subjects.    By  Washington  L,  Atlee,  M.  D. 
This  is  the  Annual  Address  delivered  by  the  retiring  President  before  the  Phila- 
delphia County  Medical  Society,  February  i,  1875,  and  is  publisned  by  order  of 
the  Society.  It  gives  a  history  of  this  operation,  with  which  the  author's  name  is 
prominently  connected. 
Near  Sight,  Treated  by  Atropia,  ^ith  Tables.  By  Hasket  Derby,  M.  D.,  Surgeon 
to  the  Massachusetts  Charitable  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary  at  Boston,  etc.  New 
York.  1875. 
The  reception  of  this  essay  is  hereby  acknowledged  5  also  of  the  following  pub- 
lication : 
The  Illustrated  Annual  of  Phrenology  and  Physiognomy.    New  York.  1875. 
