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As  has  already  been  stated  in  previous  reviews  of  the  second 
revised  and  enlarged  edition  of  Wiesner's  "  Raw  Materials  of  the 
Plant  Kingdom,"  it  is  not  only  the  production  of  Dr.  Wiesner,  but  of 
twelve  other  collaborators.  Most  of  Parts  VII  and  VIII  are  devoted 
to  the  consideration  of  the  fibres.  A  small  portion  of  Part  VII  con- 
tains the  end  of  the  chapters  on  Woods  and  a  few  pages  of  Part 
VIII  contain  an  introduction  to  the  root  and  rhizome  products  of 
plants. 
The  fibres  are  treated  as  follows:  (i)  Anatomischer  Bau  der 
Fasern ;  (2)  Die  physikalischen  Eigenschaften  der  Fasern ;  (3) 
Chemische  Eigenschaften  der  Fasern  ;  (4)  Die  Kennzeichen  der 
Fasern  ;  (5)  Uebersicht  der  Faserpflanzen  ;  (6)  Uebersicht  der  nach. 
folgend  abgehandelten  technisch  verwendeten  Pflanzenfasern. 
These  parts,  like  those  previously  reviewed  in  this  Journal,  reflect 
great  credit  upon  the  authors,  and  the  work  when  complete  will  be 
indispensable  to  all  those  interested  in  the  technical  products  of  the 
plant  kingdom. 
Digest  of  Criticisms  on  the  United  States  Pharmacopceia. 
Seventh  Decennial  Revision  (1900).  Part  III,  comprising  abstracts 
of  papers  up  to  May  15,  1901. 
Part  II  of  the  Digest  ot  Criticisms  contained  abstracts  from  ac- 
cessible literature  to  January  1,  1898.  This  part  was  the  last  com- 
piled by  the  late  Hans  M.  W  ilder.  Shortly  after  Mr.  Wilder's 
death  (January  25,  1901),  the  late  Dr.  Charles  Rice,  Chairman 
of  the  Committee  of  Revision,  requested  Prof.  Henry  Kraemer  to 
take  charge  of  the  preparation  of  Part  III,  the  work  to  be  done  by 
Florence  Yaple,  Ph.G  .  Philadelphia.  This  part  includes  the  abstracts 
of  pharmaceutical  literature  during  the  years  1898,  1899  and  1900, 
and  as  much  of  the  literature  of  1901  as  could  be  arranged  by  May 
15th  without  further  delaying  the  work,  and  was  prepared  in  less 
than  four  months.  Any  one  desiring  a  copy  of  Part  III  of  the  Digest 
of  Criticisms  may  obtain  the  same  by  addressing  Prof.  Joseph  P. 
Remington,  Chairman  of  the  Revision  Committee,  and  forwarding 
six  cents  per  copy  to  cover  the  amount  of  postage. 
PHARMACEUTICAL  MEETING. 
The  seventh  of  the  series  of  pharmaceutical  meetings  of  the  Phila- 
delphia College  of  Pharmacy  for  1901-1902  was  held  on  Tuesday, 
