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Editorial. — Reviewi<,  etc. 
f  Am.  Jour.  Pharm, 
\      May,  1882. 
entirely  removed,  and  it  is  hereby  earnestly  requested  that  every  pharma- 
cist will  send  a  copy  of  the  resolution  to  his  Representative  at  Washington 
and  request  him  to  advocate  its  jDassage. 
That  this  resolution  will  be  unsatisfactory  to  some,  from  the  fact  that  it 
does  not  urge  the  removal  of  the  tax,  is  fully  understood  by  the  committee^ 
but  in  view  of  the  undeniable  fact  that  many  in  our  profession  do  sell 
spirituous  liquors  for  other  than  medicinal  purposes,  they  could  not.  with 
any  hope  of  success,  ask  for  its  absolute  removal. 
Whereas,  Apothecaries  or  pharmacists,  in  the  regular  prosecution  of 
their  business,  are  compelled  to  sell  in  combination  or  in  their  pure  form 
the  various  spirituous  liquors,  for  the  sale  of  which  by  this  act  a  retail 
liquor  dealer's  license  is  required,  It  is  /iered^/^romded  that  any  apothe- 
cary or  pharmacist,  who  upon  oath  or  aflfirmation  declares  that  he  does  not 
propose  or  intend  to  sell  such  spirituous  liquors  as  a  beverage  but  only  for 
medicinal  purposes,  shall  upon  the  annual  payment  of  a  sum  equal  to  the 
sum  required  for  the  retail  liquor  dealer's  license,  be  exempt  from  taking 
out  such  license,  and  shall  receive  from  the  Collector  of  Internal  Revenue 
a  receipt  setting  forth  this  exemption.  Said  receipt  need  not  be  publicly 
exposed  at  his  place  of  business,  but  must  be  shown  to  any  internal  reve- 
nue officer  upon  demand. 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
Year-Book  of  Pharraaey,  comprising  Abstracts  of  Papers  relating  to- 
Pharmacy,  Materia  Medica  and  Chemistry  contributed  to  British  and' 
Foreign  Journals  from  July  1,  1880,  to  June  30,  1881,  with  the  Transac- 
tions of  the  British  Pharmaceutical  Conference  at  the  Eighteenth 
Annual  Meeting,  held  at  York,  August,  1881.  London :  J.  &  A.  Chur- 
chill.   8vo,  pp.  560. 
This  valuable  annual  is  in  appearance  and  arrangement  similar  to  the 
previous  volumes.  The  first  290  pages  are  occupied  by  the  "  Year-Book  "  ; 
then  follows,  upon  26  pages,  a  list  of  titles  of  pharmaceutical  and- allied 
books  which  have  been  published  during  the  year  ;  next  the  roll  of  mem- 
bers, and  the  "minutes  of  and  papers  read  at  the  last  Conference  meeting^ 
of  which  a  synopsis  will  be  found  on  page  529  of  our  last  volume. 
Proceedings  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  at  its  Twenty- 
ninth  Annual  Meeting,  held  in  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  August,  1881 ;  also,  the 
Constitution  and  Roll  of  Members.  Philadelphia:  Sherman  &  Co., 
Printers.    8vo,  pp.  612. 
As  we  go  to  press  we  learn  that  this  volume  will  soon  be  distributed  to 
all  entitled  to  receive  it.  The  report  on  the  Progress  of  Pharmacy  occu- 
pies 350  pages,  the  committee  reports  34  pages,  the  papers  read  74  pages- 
and  the  minutes  50  pages.  The  price  for  the  volume  bound  in  cloth,  by 
mail,  will  be  $6;  full  sets  of  bound  volumes,  $68.  In  order  to  induce 
members  to  complete  their  sets,  all  the  volumes,  bound,  up  to  1872,  inclu- 
sive, are  offered  for  $20,  and  up  to  1875,  inclusive,  for  |30.  Orders  for  Pro- 
ceedings should  be  addressed  to  Prof.  J.  M.  Maisch.  It  should  be  stated 
yet  that  the  new  volume  will  be  embellished  by  a  handsome  portrait  of 
the  late  Chas.  W.  Badger. 
