Read the preceding title and description carefully: It tells all about the nature of the book. Then take our word for it that the book is really very funny; the illustrations are unique, odd, totally unlike anything ever supplied by a comic artist, wholly original; and if you want something odd and unique, to read and to show to professional and lay friends as a curiosity, send 50 cents to the publishers and get a copy by return mail. You’ll get more than 50 cents’ worth of fun out of the book. * * * * * The Antikamnia Visiting List is a neat and practical account book, of convenient size, and fitted into a durable leather cover. We have received one of these lists from the Antikamnia Chemical Co., St. Louis, Mo., and have no doubt that any physician who will write to the firm can obtain the same—and make good use of it. BOOK NOTES. The Funk & Wagnalls Co. (18 and 20 Astor Place, New York) announce that Vol. I of their new “Standard Dictionary” was issued in December, but the first edition was not large enough to fill all orders booked before publication. A new edition is in press, and will be ready shortly. The second volume of the work will be ready in a month or two, and simultaneously the single volume edition of the entire work will be ready. Write for a prospectus: this Standard Dictionary is a wonderful book, and if you make yourself familiar with its features—as comprehensively shown in the prospectus—you are bound to secure a copy for your library. Write to the publishers at once. E. B. Treat (5 Cooper Union, New York) has just issued two new volumes: Landis “How to Use the Forceps”, revised and enlarged by Chas. H. Bushong, M. D. (price, $1.75); and Beard’s standard work on “Nervous Exhaustion” (price, $2.75). Both books are issued in the familiar style of the publisher, and form necessary additions to available reference books on important specialties. E. B. Treat also announces the early publication of his “International Medical Annual” for 1894 (the 14th year of publication). From the prospectus we note that the staff of editors and collaborators remains at the same high standard as heretofore, and hence the usual excellent annual review of medical progress in all branches is ensured. Write for prospectus; the book is sold at $2.75, and is cheap and indispensable.