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EDITORIAL. 
Gompte  Rendu  des  Congres  Pharmaceutiques  reunis  A  out  1867,  aVecole 
superieure  de  Pharmacie  de Paris.  Douzieme  Session  du  Congres  des 
Soeietes  de  Pharmacie  de  France.  Deuxime  Session  du  Congres  In- 
ternational des  Associations  et  Soeietes  de  Pharmaciens.  Paris,  Bou- 
chard-Huzard  ;  pp.  328,  octavo  :  in  paper. 
The  conventions  of  which  this  volume  constitutes  the  proceedings  met 
in  Paris  between  the  17th  and  24th  of  August,  1867,  and  have  already 
been  alluded  to  in  previous  numbers.  The  first  128  pages  refer  to  the 
Congress  of  the  French  Societies,  whilst  the  last  200  pages  refer  to  the 
international  Congress,  to  which  delegates  were  sent  from  this  country. 
Our  notice  given  previously  will  suffice ;  but  it  is  with  regret  that  we  ob- 
serve that,  by  some  oversight,  the  name  of  our  friend  Albert  E.  Ebert, 
as  a  delegate  from  the  Chicago  College  of  Pharmacy,  does  not  appear  in 
the  proceedings.  This  must  be  accidental,  but  it  has  given  offence  to 
the  gentlemen  of  the  Chicago  College.  Our  belief  is  that  it  is  entirely 
accidental,  as  M.  Robinet,  the  Secretary,  is  beyond  all  suspicion  of  inten- 
tionally giving  cause  of  offence.  We  doubt  not  the  omission  will  be 
corrected  in  the  next  volume  issued.  The  next  Congress  will  be  in 
1869,  and  will  probably  be  held  in  Vienna,  when  the  essay  of  the  first 
authoritative  Universal  Pharmacopoeia  will  probably  be  considered,  and 
possibly  adopted.  It  will  be  long  before  the  ameliorations  sought  to  be 
introduced  into  pharmacy  by  this  Congress  will  be  able  to  assimilate  the 
practice  of  England  and  the  United  States  with  that  of  continental 
Europe.  Meanwhile,  the  intercourse  of  national  societies  will  pave  the 
way  for  mutual  good  offices,  and  whatever  is  best  and  most  desirable  in 
the  pharmacy  of  every  country  may  be  offered  in  all  for  acceptance. 
Proceedings  of  the  American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences  from  Sept. 
11,  1866,  to  June  11,  1867  :  pp.  144. 
This  continuation  of  the  proceedings  has  been  received,  and  should 
have  been  acknowledged  in  our  last  issue.  Among  the  subjects  it  treats 
of  is  an  obituary  notice  of  the  late  Prof.  A.  D.  Bache. 
Report  of  the  Commissioner  of  Agriculture  for  the  year  1866.  Washing- 
ton, Government  Printing  Office,  1867:  pp.  656,  octavo:   with  36 
illustrations.    From  Mr.  Daniel  S.  Fox,  of  Washington,  D.  C. 
Much  has  been  said  and  written  regarding  the  wastefulness  and  want 
of  utility  of  what  is  done  in  this  department  of  the  Patent  Office  opera- 
tions, and  especially  in  the  manner  of  disseminating  seeds  without  suffi- 
ciently testing  their  merit.    Be  this  as  it  may,  there  can  be  no  doubt  that 
much  good  comes  of  the  publication  of  the  annual  volume  of  the  Com- 
missioner, which  presents  in  a  permanent  and  readable  form  a  digest  of 
much  that  floats  through  the  periodicals,  and  which  may  be  passed  over. 
Among  the  items  of  interest  is  "  Pisciculture  with  reference  to  American 
waters,"  by  Theodore  Gill,  M.  D., — a  subject  of  great  interest  to  many 
persons  here,  and  which  is  attracting  careful  study  in  Europe,  with  a  view 
