Am.  Juur.  Pliarni.  \ 
M'y,  1885.  i 
Reviews,  etc. 
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xviii  to  XXX  (1880  to  1882),"  covering  174  pages.  Accounts  of  the  meetings 
of  botii  Societies,  with  brief  abstracts  of  the  papers  read,  will  be  found  in 
the  October  number,  1884,  of  tliis  Journal.  The  "Year-Book"  occupies 
326  pages,  in  addition  to  wliich  28  pages  give  the  titles  of  new  publications 
relating  to  pharmaceutical  subjects.  The  "Report  on  the  Progress  of  Phar- 
macy "  embraces  363  pages,  or  more  than  one-half  of  the  second  volume 
mentioned  above.  As  usual,  the  "  Year- Book  "  and  the  "  Report  "  contain 
abstracts  of  most  papers  of  pharmaceutical  interest  published  during  the 
year  in  Europe  or  America. 
The  Proceedings  of  the  following  State  Pharmaceutical  Associations  for 
1884  have  not  been  previously  noticed  : 
Illinois. — Fifth  meeting  held  at  Bloomington,  on  Sept.  30,  1884.  8vo,  pp. 
128.  IMext  meeting  in  Chicago,  on  first  Tuesday  (1st  day)  of  September 
next.    T.  H.  Patterson,  Secretary. 
Iowa—¥\f[h  meeting  held  at  Marshalltown,  May  27,  1884.  8vo,  pp.  160. 
With  phototy})e  of  J.  H.  Harrison,  of  Davenport,  who  was  President  of 
the  Association  fur  1883-84.  Next  meeting  in  Council  Bluffs,  May  12,  1885. 
Local  Secretary,  J.  B.  Atkins. 
Michigan. — Second  meeting  held  at  Detroit,  Sept.  9,  1884.  8vo,  pjj.  227. 
Next  meeting  in  Detroit,  Oct.  13,  1885.    Local  Secretary,  A.  W.  Allen. 
Review  of  the  Drug  trade  of  New  York  for  the  year  1884.  Prepared  by  D. 
C.  Robbins,  Esq.,  for  the  29th  annual  report  of  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce of  the  State  of  New  York.    8vo,  pp.  12. 
During  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1884,  as  compared  with  the  pre- 
ceding year,  the  importation  of  cinchona  barks  has  decreased  over  one  mil- 
lion pounds,  while  the  quinine  imported  has  increased  over  200,000  ounces, 
the  amounts  being  respectively  2,588,307  lbs.,  and  1,263,732  oz.  The  impor- 
tation of  opium  during  the  same  period  has  reached  264,746  lbs.,  an  increase 
over  the  preceding  year  of  35,734  lbs.  In  consequence  of  the  advance  in 
the  Customs  rate  from  ^56  to  |10  per  lb.,  only  1,066  lbs.  of  opium  prepared 
for  smoking  was  imported,  but  the  importation  of  the  same  commodity 
during  the  preceding  fiscal  year  was  unusually  large,  having  reached  298,- 
153  lbs. 
An  Introduction  to  the  Study  of  the  compounds  of  Carbon^  or  Organic 
Chemistry.  By  Ira  Remsen,  Professor  of  Chemistry  in  the  Johns  Hop- 
kins University.  Boston  :  Ginn,  Heath  &  Co.,  1885.  12mo,  pp.  364. 
Price,  by  mail,  $1.30. 
As  stated  on  the  title-page,  this  book  is  intended  for  beginners,  as  an 
introduction  to  the  study  of  the  subject,  and  it  therefore  deals  not  so  much 
with  special  facts,  but  rather  with  the  fundamental  principles  underlying 
the  compounds  of  this  class.  These  principles  are  illustrated  by  special 
cases,  and  the  general  relations  are  discussed  more  fully  than  is  usual  in 
elementary  works,  and  in  a  clear  and  attractive  manner,  well  calculated 
for  aiding  the  student  in  grasping  the  fundamental  laws  preparatory  to  the 
