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.
Lea Bros. & Co. (Philada) announce the publication of the new _National
Dispensatory_ on January 25th. The J. B. Lippincott Co. had advertised
the appearance of their new _U. S. Dispensatory_ for January 15th, but
some delay has apparently been caused, and the book will not appear
until the middle of February. There will be greater rivalry than ever
before between these two books; but each has its special features, and
both are valuable—so that the careful student will do well to procure
both volumes. The information in one will often amplify the other, and
neither volume alone contains all the knowledge we possess—and ought to
have at command—regarding drugs and materia medica.