THE ALUMNI JOURNAL. 



should be) the notes regarding the gradu- 

 ates, students and college. The greatest 

 interest is always centered in our ' 'alma 

 mater. " To make the department 

 "Our Graduates" what it should be 

 requires the hearty cooperation of 

 all of the graduates of the N. Y. 

 C. P. No editor alone can do justice to 

 this department as he is hardly likely to 

 be in touch with all of the graduates. 



The things of value to the alumni con- 

 tained in The Alumni Journal we be- 

 lieve must consist in the original articles 

 which we have printed and propose to 

 continue printing. Our readers see that 

 no articles but those of merit are ever in- 

 serted and they may rest assured that 

 none but such will in the future be print- 

 ed. In the department of " New 

 Literature " each month is to be found a 

 list of new books with brief reviews in 

 some cases. In ' ' The Most Recent 

 Work " we have abstracts from none but 

 first-class journals of the progress con- 

 tained therein. "Notes Here and There" 

 consist of miscellaneous matter with or 

 without editorial comment, and may con- 

 sist of answers to queries, etc. Each month 

 an editorial is written upon some subject 

 that is in consonance with the progress 

 of the month and " the signs of the 

 times." These are the things of value 

 and interest to the pharmacist and we are 

 endeavoring to make it also of value to 

 the pharmacist whether he be a graduate 

 of the college or not, and render each 

 volume of sufficient value for binding. 

 The columns devoted to the " Senior and 

 Junior Notes" are not without interest 

 and spice, and the young men ought to 

 be encouraged and certainly have our 

 congratulations for their work. As we 

 are not competent to give authentic trade 

 notes and market prices, which would be 

 a guide to our readers we have refrained 

 from any attempts. 



In New York City every one is so busy 



that very few have any time to do much 

 other than is speedily remunerative. 

 Sentiment might be said rarely enters 

 into any project carried on here. What- 

 ever is done must of necessity be done. 

 The hardest kind of reason and the coldest 

 facts are always demanded. And yet 

 there is probably no place where there is 

 so much interest in reasonable projects 

 that are established and carried on as in 

 New York City. The Alumni Journal 

 is not run as a matter of sentiment or a 

 means of speculation. It is built on 

 reason and run b}' money. It is going 

 on in spite of anything and anybody. 

 We however thank our friends for their 

 hearty co-operation and encouragement 

 and feel with them that The Alumni 

 Journal can only succeed on its merits. 

 Our motto is with fear for ?io one and 

 justice to all we will endeavor to be true to 

 the duties of the hour and produce matter of 

 value and interest to the pharmacist . 



NEW LITERATURE.* 



Bacteriology. 



The Psychic Life of Micro Organisms. — Al- 

 fred Binet. Pages xii., 120. Chicago: Open 

 Court Publishing Company. 



La Batteriologia nei suoi rapporti con PAgri- 

 coltura e le Industrie Agrarie. — E. Kramer. 

 Versione Italiana del dott. C. La Marca, con 

 Aggiunte dell' Autore e del Traduttore. Parte 

 I e II. Montecassino. Figurato. 



Botany. 



Lehrbuch der Botanik. — K. Giesenhagen. 

 Miinchen: E. Wolff. 



Die Pflanzen des homoopathischen Arznei- 

 schatzes. — Bearbeitet medicinisch von v. Vil- 

 lers, botanisch von F. v. Thiiuen. Dresden: 

 Wm. Baensch. 



A Laboratory Manual in Elementary Biolo- 

 gy .—Z. R. Boyer. Boston: Heath & Co. 



This work is an inductive study in animal 



* Readers desiring any of the works contained in this 

 list can obtain them through B. Westerman & Co., 812 

 Broadway. Gustav E. Stechert, 810 Broadway, or other 

 foreign booksellers. 



