C. U. C. p. ALUMNI JOURNAL 



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Ft^OJVI THE lilBt^flt^V 



ADELAIDE RUDOLPH 

 Assistant Librarian 



August, being the vacation month, is 

 an "off month" in more senses than one. 

 To this is probably due the printer's slip 

 in setting up "there has been mitiga- 

 tions" for there Jiave been mitigations. 

 (See C. U. C. P. Alumni Journal, 

 page 184.) 



The bindery mills were grinding, 

 however, all this time, so that we are 

 able to report the accession of the thirty- 

 six newly bound volumes of The Phar- 

 maceutical Era. Also we have received 

 the three already published volumes of 

 the A. Ph. A. Year Book, and last, but 

 not least, a copy of the new U. S. Phar- 

 macopoeia, ninth revision. 



As our appeals in the Book Exchange 

 Column, and also in the August number 

 of The Pharmaceutical Era, did not meet 

 with any response, we have sent to the 

 bindery those other volumes that lacked 

 only indexes and title-pages ; but we are 

 still advertising our wants in regard to 

 the volum.es having missing numbers, 

 giving at the same time a list of a few 

 of the duplicates that we have on hand 

 for exchange. The attention of readers 

 is especially directed to the Book Ex- 

 change Column this month. 



An addition to the historical material 

 of the Library was made by Mr. Albert 

 A. Merritt of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. It 



is a list of prices current for druggists' 

 and perfumers' glassware, manufactured 

 by Slane & Burrell's "American Glass 

 Company, No. 8 Piatt St., New York." 

 Though undated, Mr. Merritt thinks it 

 belongs to the year 1851, because he 

 found it among some old papers of that 

 date. 



The conclusion of Professor Amy's 

 letter of thanks to Mr. Merritt is worth 

 quoting, as a concise expression of the 

 Library's sentiments and ambitions in 

 regard to such material : 



"We are desirous of making a collec- 

 tion of just such historical matter, and 

 hope that if you run across other things 

 of the sort — price lists or old books — 

 you will kindly remember us." 



Library hours, from 10 a. m. to 2 

 p. m., and from 3 to 5 afternoons, except 

 on Saturdavs. 



A FACT AS TO EDITORS. 



On rainy days, and also on other oc- 

 casions wdiich are not unconnected with 

 the postman's visits, we find the whole 

 of a truth in this from the Thomasville 

 (Ga.) "Times" : 



If you see an editor who pleases 

 everybody, there will be a glass plate 

 over his face and he will not be stand- 

 ing up. 



