BIBLIOGRAPHY. 
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Committee, was heels-over-head in the business of the associa¬ 
tion, and the only other member was upon his back with urgent 
indisposition. Having given his word that the “ Proceedings 
would be ready for the printer a few hours after the close of the 
meeting, he set about the gigantic task single-handed, and^ 
although he had to forego the profit and pleasure of participat¬ 
ing in the programme, eschew the social pleasure of the Expo¬ 
sition City, curtail his intercourse with his friends to a nod of 
the head, and write like a steam engine in his room to the 
strains of sweet music wafted up from the banquet hall, he 
stuck to his self-imposed task with a heroism seldom seen in 
associational work, and being ably seconded later by the inde¬ 
fatigable Secretary and prompt printers, he has been enabled to 
fulfil his promise to the letter. Even with such dispatch, and 
with a direct saving to the association of thirty cents on each 
page of the book, it is not a “ rush job,” but is in every way as 
handsome and complete as any of its predecessors. The price 
has been brought down this year to $1.03 per page, against $1.33 
last year, and $1.60 and upwards in previous years. It was ready 
for delivery in forty-five days after the meeting, against one 
hundred and twenty days last year, and from six to eighteen 
months in previous years. 
It contains a list of the officers for 1896-97, the committees^ 
resident State secretaries, officers and committees for 1897-98, 
a list of the regular members (numbering 312), those elected at 
Nashville (24), honorary members (24), the welcoming addresses 
and the response, the President’s address, members and visitors 
present, reports of the various sessions of the Executive Com¬ 
mittee, Finance Committee, Secretary, Publication Committee, 
Intelligence and Education, Diseases, Army Legislation, the 
various State Secretaries, and the Proceedings in detail of each 
day’s session, with the papers and discussions in full. Aside 
from this, there is incorporated in this year’s volume the delib¬ 
erations of the Association of Veterinary Faculties of North 
America, and the proceedings of the first annual meeting of the 
United States Experiment Station Veterinary Association, with 
the papers presented at each. The whole is completed with a 
very comprehensive and well-arranged “ Index,” enabling the 
reader to find at a glance any topic he may be interested in. 
The association may well be congratulated on the energy, 
economy, and completeness of the work performed by its Publi¬ 
cation Committee of 1897, and the chairman of that committee 
is entitled to much consideration for his devotion to its interest 
