460 
Reviews,  etc. 
f  Am.  Jour.  Fhana. 
t       Sept.,  1885. 
EDITORIAL  DEPARTMENT. 
Credit.  The  paper  entitled  "  Analysis  of  Ilex  Cassine  "  which  was  pub- 
lished in  our  last  number  page  389,  was  read  before  the  American  Chemical 
Society,  April  3,  1885,  and  appeared  in  the  April  number  of  the  Journal 
of  that  Society,  from  which  it  was  transferred  to  our  pages. 
Reduced  Railroad  Fares  have  been  secured  over  most  railways  for  the 
meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  to  be  held  at  Pitts- 
burg, September  8.  Members  residing  east  of  Pittsburg  and  Erie  will  have 
to  procure,  prior  to  September  4,  certificates  from  Mr.  T.  J.  Macmahan, 
142  Sixth  Avenue,  New  York  ;  paying  full  fare  to  Pittsburg  they  will  be 
returned  at  one-third  fare  from  Pittsburg,  or  if  returning  via  Washington 
or  Baltimore,  the  return  tickets  will  be  sold  from  these  cities. 
Similar  arrangements  have  also  been  made  for  the  Western  members, 
who  may  procure  the  necessary  certificates  from  either  one  of  the  following 
gentlemen  :  George  W.  Sloan,  Indianapolis  ;  Lucius  Lybrand,  Noblesville, 
Indiana  ;  J.  W.  Tomfohrde,  Twenty-second  and  Benton  streets.  Sc.  Louis  ; 
E.  H.  Sargent,  125  State  street,  Chicago,  or  T.  H.  Patterson,  3640  Cottage 
Grove  avenue,  Chicago. 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
Fourteenth  Annual  Report  of  the  Alumni  Association  of  the  College  of 
Pharmacy  of  the  Oity  of  New  York,  1885.  Published  by  the  Association. 
Pp.  94. 
The  pamphlet  contains  the  minutes  of  the  various  meetings,  the  papers 
read,  account  of  the  commencement  exercises,  rolls  of  graduates  and  mem- 
bers, etc. 
Contributions  from  the  Department  of  Pharmacy  of  the  University  of  Wis- 
consin.   Madison,  Wisconsin,  1885.    8vo,  pp.  61. 
The  papers  comprise  several  essays  by  Professor  Power,  and  others  by 
students  on  investigations  made  by  tbem  under  the  guidance  of  Professor 
Power.    We  shall  refer  to  several  of  these  papers  in  another  place. 
Jahreshericht  iiher  die  Fortschritte  auf  clem  Oesammtgebiete  der  Agricul- 
tur-Chemie.    Neue  Folge,  vi  (Das  Jahr  1883).    Herausgegeben  von  Dr. 
A.  Hilger,  Professor  der  angewandten  Chemie  an  der  Universitat  Erlan- 
gen.    Berlin  :  Paul  Parey,  1884.    8vo,  pp.  613. 
Annual  report  on  the  progress  upon  the  entire  domain  of  Agricultural 
Chemistry.    New  Series,  vol.  vi.    For  the  year  1883.    Price,  in  paper 
cover,  22  marks. 
The  volume  before  us  is  the  twenty-sixth  of  the  series  and  has  been  pre- 
pared by  a  number  of  collaborators  and  edited  by  Prof.  Hilger.  The  vast 
amount  of  material  is  arranged  under  the  following  general  headings,  each 
