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The facilities of American laboratories now 

 rival many of the most famous institutions in 

 Europe, but in matters relating to publication 

 American work has not been as fully recog- 

 nized as it ought. We now have a number of 

 journals which are more or less distinctively 

 bacteriological, but they are concerned more 

 particularly with certain phases of the science, 

 such as the relation of bacteriology to medicine. 

 It may not be possible, but the establishment of 

 a medium of publication that would especially 

 embrace the activity of American work would 

 undoubtedly be of great service in bringing a 

 more complete knowledge of American investi- 

 gations to all American workers as well as aid- 

 ing greatly the bibliographical labors of for- 

 eign scientists. As it is now much of this work 

 is reported in various journals and reports, 

 many of which are not accessible to the great 

 majority of other investigators. If we had in 

 bacteriology a publication that would do for 

 this science what the Experiment Sta- 

 tion Record does for the American Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station, it would be invalua- 

 ble. This publication is sustained by govern- 

 mental aid, but it has undoubtedly been not 

 only the means of widening the sphere of influ- 

 ence of American agricultural work abroad, 

 but it has greatly aided in the development of 

 experiment stations in this country. 



It is to be hoped that the representative bac- 



