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work  by  the  student  are  very  helpful  and  the  number  of  these  might 
have  been  increased  with  profit. 
Professor  Stunner's  arrangement  in  presenting  first  the  nomina- 
tive and  genitive  cases  as  the  forms  most  used  in  the  nomenclature, 
while  the  full  declension  is  deferred  until  these  forms  have  been 
mastered,  is  also  to  be  commended.  In  fact,  the  book  shows  that 
it  is  the  work  of  an  experienced  teacher,  who  places  stress  at  the 
proper  points  and  who<  presents  the  essential  facts  with  force  and 
clearness.  W.  S.  Truesdell. 
The  Study  of  Nature.  By  Samuel  C.  Schmucker,  A.M., 
Ph.D.,  Professor  of  Biological  Sciences  in  the  West  Chester  (Pa.) 
State  Normal  School.  With  illustrations  by  Katharine  E.  Schmucker. 
J.  B.  Lippincott  Company,  Philadelphia  and  London,  1908. 
This  book  is  one  of  Lippincott's  Educational  Series  edited  by 
Martin  G.  Brumbaugh,  Superintendent  of  Schools,  Philadelphia, 
and,  having  in  addition  been  written  by  a  teacher  of  biology  in  a 
State  normal  school,  we  would  expect  that  the  rules  given  for  guid- 
ing the  pupils  would  be  models  of  their  kind,  and  indeed  this  appears 
to  be  the  case.  The  key-note  of  the  book  is  given  in  the  very  first 
paragraph,  where  the  author  says,  "  Nature  study  is  the  study  of 
nature." 
The  book  comprises  315  pages,  including  index,  and  is  divided 
into  three  sections,  the  first  being  devoted  to  theoretical  considera- 
tions;  the  second,  to  the  materials  which  are  typical  and  available 
for  study,  including  seven  chapters  on  animals,  two  on  plants,  and 
one  on  "  The  Heavens  " ;  and  the  third,  to  suggestions  on  a  course 
of  nature  study  covering  the  first,  second,  third,  and  fourth  grades. 
In  this  latter  section  a  list  of  nature  study  books  is  given,  together 
with  comments  on  each.  F.  Y. 
Experimental  Pharmacology.  By  Charles  W.  Greene,  Uni- 
versity of  Missouri.  Third  edition,  revised,  with  37  new  illustra- 
tions.   Philadelphia:  P.  Blakiston's  Son  &  Co.  $1.00. 
Professor  Greene's  work  is  intended  as  a  laboratory  guide  for 
the  study  of  the  physiological  action  of  drugs.  The  action  of  a 
number  of  drugs  is  considered ;  as  on  the  frog,  on  the  ventricular 
muscle,  on  the  frog's  heart,  on  the  isolated  mammalian  heart,  on 
the  frog's  gastrocnemius  muscle,  human  muscle,  circulatory  and 
respiratory  system  of  the  mammal,  and  as  influencing  the  reaction 
