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Reviews. 
( Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
X  September,  1898. 
and  helpful  organizations  that  I  have  ever  been  connected  with.  It  has  not 
been  my  privilege  to  attend  all  of  the  annual  meetings,  but  when  present,  I 
realize  how  much  I  have  lost  by  absence.  .  .  .  While  as  a  member  I  re- 
joice in  the  personal  advantages  secured,  I  must  extend  my  sympathy  to  those 
who  are  not  members,  and  my  regret  that  so  many  of  our  craft  are  blindly  or 
foolishly  neglecting  and  rejecting,  dividends  larger  and  better  in  every  way 
than  can  possibly  be  secured  by  any  other  investment  of  time  and  money. 
Some  of  the  benefits  that  accrue  in  attending  these  conventions  in  an  intel- 
lectual sense  are  that  : 
(1)  They  direct  and  stimulate  one's  thoughts  and  energies  upon  questions  of 
scientific  interest  as  well  as  practical  benefit. 
(2)  They  are  of  direct  and  immediate  benefit  to  the  investigator,  in  that  the 
discussions  upon  the  results  of  his  labors  enable  him  to  perfect  these  investiga- 
tions as  well  as  to  disseminate  the  results. 
(3)  The  few  days  of  relaxation  and  time  for  thought  and  contact  with  others 
ofttimes  saves  the  thinking  man  much  labor  and  directs  his  energies  along  the 
most  profitable  lines. 
(4)  To  the  student  fresh  from  college  they  serve  to  arouse  aspirations  and 
ambitions  which  admirably  supplement  the  college  training  and  make  him  to 
feel  that  he  is  in  the  larger  school  during  all  the  remainder  of  his  days  of  life. 
The  practical  pharmacist  will  find  that  affiliation  with  and  attendance  at 
his  local,  State  and  National  Associations  are  necessary  if  he  wishes  to  possess 
the  exalted  title  of  a  "practical  "  pharmacist. 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
ATEAS  der  Officineeeen  Pfeanzen.—  Darstellung  und  Beschreibung  der 
im  Arzneibuch  fur  das  deutsche  Reich  erwahuten  Gewachse.  Zweite  Verbes- 
serte  Auflage  von  Darstellung  und  Beschreibung  sammtlicher  in  der  Pharma- 
copoeia Borussica  aufgefiihrten  Officinellen  Gewachse  von  Dr.  O.  C  Berg  und 
C.  F.  Schmidt.  Herausgegeben  durch  Dr.  Arthur  Meyer  und  Dr.  K.  Schu- 
mann.   L,ief.  xxii ;  Tafel  cxxiv-cxxix. 
In  this  number  of  the  Atlas  are  contained  monographs  on  Sassafras  offici- 
nale, Th.  Fr.  L.  Nees.  u.  Eberm.;  Laurus  nobilis,  h  ;  Beta  vulgaris,  L,inn., 
var.  Rapa  Dumort ;  Cubeba  officinalis,  Miq.,  and  Cannabis  saliva,  L-inn. 
Excellent  illustrations  of  the  outer  morphology  of  these  plants  accompany 
the  articles. 
VIII    Congres  Internationa:;  de  Pharmacie  et  des  Sciences  qui  s'y 
RATTACHENT  TENU  A  BRUXEEEES  EES  14,  15,  16,  17,  18  et  19  AOUT,  1897. — 
Compte  Rendu,  par  M.  Duyk,  Secretaire-gdneral. 
An  account  of  the  Eighth  International  Pharmaceutical  Congress  has  already 
been  given  in  this  Journae  (1897,  p.  464).  The  present  publication  gives  a 
detailed  account,  in  some  571  pages,  of  the  proceedings,  together  with  a  list 
of  members,  officers,  etc. 
AtKAEOiDAE  Estimation.— A  bibliographical  Index  of  the  Chemical  Re- 
search prepared  from  original  Literature  for  the  Committee  of  Revision.  By 
Paul  I.  Murrill,  under  the  direction  of  Albert  B.  Prescott.    Published  by  the 
